The Catholic Weekly

The Catholic Weekly
Format tabloid
Language English
Headquarters Sydney
Website catholicweekly.com.au

The Catholic Weekly is an English language newspaper currently published in Sydney, Australia. It is published in tabloid format. Throughout its history, it has also been published as The Freeman's Journal and Catholic Freeman's Journal.[1]

Front page of The Freeman's Journal newspaper on 27 June 1850.

History

The paper's history can be traced back to 1850 when it was named The Freeman's Journal which it remained until 1932 its name changed to Catholic Freeman's Journal. In 1942, the Catholic Freeman's Journal merged with another Catholic paper, The Catholic Press, and became The Catholic Weekly which it remains today.[1]

The Freeman's Journal was a general newspaper with a focus on Catholic and Irish affairs with an Australian outlook. The paper also campaigned for Catholic education in Australia.[2] It often maintained an independent line, not controlled by the clergy.[3]

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[4] a project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[5]

See also

Bibliography

  • Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history, by Victor Isaacs and Rod Kirkpatrick, North Richmond, N.S.W. : Rural Press, 2003.
  • Looking good : the changing appearance of Australian newspapers / by Victor Isaacs, for the Australian Newspapers History Group, Middle Park, Qld.: Australian Newspaper History Group, 2007.
  • Press timeline : Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 / Compiled by Rod Kirkpatrick for the Australian Newspaper History Group
  • Australian Newspaper History : A Bibliography / Compiled by Victor Isaacs, Rod Kirkpatrick and John Russell, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2004.
  • Newspapers in Australian libraries : a union list. 4th ed.

References

  1. 1 2 "SLNSW Catalogue". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "History of the Catholic Weekly". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. ↑ G. Haines, The Freeman's Journal 1857-1860: criticism within the Catholic Church, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 4 (1) (1972), 80-96.
  4. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Trove Digitised Newspapers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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