Le Courrier Australien

Le Courrier Australien
Type of site
 Online newspaper
Available in French, English
Created by François Vantomme
Website lecourrieraustralien.com
Commercial Yes
Launched 2016

Le Courrier Australien is a bilingual French-English online newspaper, formerly a long-running print newspaper, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History

Published for the first time in Sydney on 30 April 1892, Le Courrier Australien has been the longest running foreign language newspaper in Australia. It is a bilingual news source, providing the community with updates on the latest news in both English and French.

Le Courrier Australien has been fundamental in integrating the French speaking community in Australia while simultaneously exposing the Australian community to French language, culture, philosophy, and lifestyle for over 125 years.

The publication of the printed newspaper ceased in 2011.[1] The newspaper has been digitised and is available on Trove.[2]

News website

Front page of first edition of Le Courrier Australien, 30 April 1892

After five years of suspended activity, Le Courrier Australien was re-started in October 2016 by Bernard Le Boursicot OAM and François Vantomme, founder and editor-in-chief of VoilaSydney.com, with a digital format both in English and in French.[3]

Based in Sydney, the website provides news, reports, and interviews about Australia and France, and also covers Pacific and international news. It is again the most important French-language media based in Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Free French Movement in Australia (1892), Le Courrier australien, Le Courrier Australien, ISSN 0011-0442
  2. ↑ "Le Courrier Australien (Sydney, NSW : 1892 - 2011)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "French-language media in Australia". La France en Australie. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

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