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The Daily Standard (Brisbane)

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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 (Queensland Branch).[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

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The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[4][5]

References

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  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. ^ "Tardent, Henry Alexis (1853–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 1990.
  4. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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