The Daily Standard (Brisbane)

The Daily Standard was a newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1912 to 1936. The newspaper was closely affiliated with the Australian Labor Party.[1]

The newspaper was published from its first edition on Tuesday, 10 December 1912 through to its 7322nd edition on Tuesday, 7 July 1936. One of its strongest supporters was Richard Sumner who actively promoted and put up his personal assets as a financial guarantee for it. Sumner was a board member for many years and chairman for several years.[2]

The editors of The Daily Standard included:

Contributors to The Daily Standard included:

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Catalogue entry in National Library of Australia
  2. ↑ ""Dick" Sumner Goes to his Rest". The Daily Standard. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 11 June 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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