Tribune (Australian newspaper)

Tribune was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. Initially it was subtitled as Tribune: The People's Paper. It was also published as the Qld Guardian, Guardian (Melbourne), Forward (Sydney).[1] It had previously been published as The Australian Communist,[2] (1920-1921) The Communist,[3] (1921-1923) and the Workers' Weekly[4] (1923-1939).

Tribune, 1 September 1939

The Tribune has been digitised, as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia between the years 1939 and 1976.[5]

Publication history

The Tribune was the flagship of Australia's left wing newspapers.[6][7]

The Australian Communist

The Australian Communist was a weekly newspaper published from Sydney, Australia between 24 December 1920 and 29 April 1921. The newspaper was the official organ of the Communist Party of Australia. In total, 19 issues of The Australian Communist were published. Tom Glynn served as the editor of The Australian Communist until 25 March 1921. For the last issues C.W. Baker served as the editor.

The Communist

The newspaper changed its title to The Communist.[8] It continued publishing under the new title from 1921 to 1923.

Workers' Weekly

The Communist folded in 1923 to be replaced by Worker' Weekly which became the official organ of the party from 1923 to 1939. Workers' Weekly stopped publication with Tribune becoming the official organ starting 1939.

Summary

Publication	Commenced publication	Ceased publication
The Australian Communist	1920	1921
The Communist	1921	1923
Workers' Weekly	1923	1939
Tribune	1939	1991

References

"State Library of New South Wales/Catalogue". library.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
"The Australian communist". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"The Communist". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"The Workers' Weekly". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1976)". TROVE. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
"The Communist Party Newspaper, Tribune, is 60 years old. Voice of the Left Makes both town Hall and Kremlin". Sydney Morning Herald, p. 5. 22 June 1983. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Symons, Beverley; Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-; Wells, Andrew; National Library of Australia (1994), Communism in Australia : a resource bibliography, National Library of Australia, ISBN 978-0-642-10625-4CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Beverley Symons (1994). Communism in Australia: A Resource Bibliography. National Library Australia. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-642-10625-4.

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[1] "State Library of New South Wales/Catalogue". library.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[2] "The Australian communist". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[3] "The Communist". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[4] "The Workers' Weekly". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[5] "Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1976)". TROVE. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[6] "The Communist Party Newspaper, Tribune, is 60 years old. Voice of the Left Makes both town Hall and Kremlin". Sydney Morning Herald, p. 5. 22 June 1983. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[7] Symons, Beverley; Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-; Wells, Andrew; National Library of Australia (1994), Communism in Australia : a resource bibliography, National Library of Australia, ISBN 978-0-642-10625-4CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Symons1994-8] Beverley Symons (1994). Communism in Australia: A Resource Bibliography. National Library Australia. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-642-10625-4.