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The Tribune (Melbourne)

For the official organ of the Communist Party of Australia, see Tribune (Australian newspaper).

The Tribune was a newspaper first published in Melbourne, Australia in 1900 for the Roman Catholic Church.

History

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1853

A newspaper Catholic Tribune was published in Melbourne by bookseller James Shanley (died March 1857) from 2 July 1853,[1][2] and may have ceased with the advent of the Advocate on 1 February 1868.[3]

1870

In November 1870 The Tribune was founded in Melbourne by William Ponsonby McMahon[4] aimed at a liberal–labour Catholic readership,[5] but failed to thrive. He then found employment working for the Melbourne Argus.

1900

In 1900 The Tribune subtitled "A Journal of Information and Literature" was founded, with McMahon its publisher and editor.[6][7] (Trove only has copies from No. 730 Vol. XIII of 3 January 1914 to No. 989 Vol. XVII of 26 December 1918). McMahon resigned in January 1920 to take up a less demanding post as organising secretary to the Victorian Catholic Federation.[6]

Sufficient references have been found to the Tribune in the intervening years to be assured of its continued existence to 1963,[8] in which year Michael Costigan served as its representative at the Second Vatican Council in Rome.[9]

The Tribune was printed at The Advocate Press.[10]

Some personnel

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  • Father W. B. Mangan was editor and managing director 1913–1924[11] He was chaplain of the First AIF during WWI.[12]
  • J. A. Alexander was editor 1922[13] Alexander became political correspondent for the Herald.[14]
  • Thomas J. Moore was editor before leaving to found The New Times c. 1934[15]
  • Denys G. M. Jackson was editor 1936–1944 or later.[16]
  • Thomas W. Brennan was sub-editor and poet, became lawyer[17]
  • J. J. Collins was appointed manager in 1922[13]
  • Father Francis Moynihan was associate editor from February 1924 to February 1925[18]
  • J. J. McLean, news editor 1947[19]
  • Bessie Marren, "Cecilia" of the Women's Page[19] She later married Arthur Calwell.
  • Harrison Owen, London correspondent[19]
  • Frank Kelly, previously with the Geelong Advertiser was journalist when McMahon was editor and offices were in Wardrop Buildings, Elizabeth Street.[19]
  • Offices were in Errol Place, North Melbourne in 1923

Other Tribune newspapers in Melbourne

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There have been other, unconnected and probably secular, Tribunes in Victoria:

  • The Evening Tribune, first issue 30 March 1874, was founded by ex-employees of Mason & Firth's printery, sacked for taking part in a strike.[20] It was taken over by a consortium in October 1874[21] and vanished without trace.
  • The Port Melbourne Tribune first appeared in April 1889[22] and William Howe became manager around 1890.[23][24] It was absorbed by The Port Melbourne Standard[25] in 1894.

References

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  1. ^ "Advocate Magazine". The Advocate (Melbourne). Vol. LXXXI, no. 4827. Victoria, Australia. 29 January 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 22 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Memories and Musings". The Advocate (Melbourne). Vol. LXXXIII, no. 4955. Victoria, Australia. 13 July 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The Literary and Critical Page". The Advocate (Melbourne). Vol. LXIX, no. 4036. Victoria, Australia. 27 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Short-lived". South Australian Register. Vol. XXXV, no. 7501. South Australia. 28 November 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Family Notices". The Southern Cross (South Australia). Vol. XLV, no. 2252. South Australia. 2 June 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia). Vol. XXXII, no. 1579. South Australia. 23 January 1920. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Who's Who". The W.A. Record. Vol. XXVIII, no. 1180. Western Australia. 9 May 1903. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Church Ban On Tribune Article". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 695. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ Michael Costigan (2009). "From News Weekly to the Catholic Weekly" (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  10. ^ "The Catholic Press and Radio in Melbourne". The Advocate (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1948. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia). Vol. XXXVI, no. 1783. South Australia. 25 January 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Lourdes and Australia". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXXIII. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ a b "Gossip". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXXII. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1922. p. 18. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia). Vol. XLIII, no. 2167. South Australia. 2 October 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Mr. T. J. Moore". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 28, 540. Victoria, Australia. 10 February 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Analysis of World News". Il Giornale Italiano. Vol. V, no. 20. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "Of General Interest". The Advocate (Melbourne). Vol. LXVIII, no. 4289. Victoria, Australia. 31 October 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Deceased Priest was Editor, Publisher". Catholic Weekly. Vol. VI, no. 278. New South Wales, Australia. 26 June 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ a b c d Frank Kelly (28 May 1947). "A Reporter's Reflections". The Advocate (Melbourne). Vol. LXXX, no. 4791. Victoria, Australia. p. 21. Retrieved 15 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "The Evening Tribune". North Melbourne Advertiser. No. 70. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "Melbourne". The Ballarat Star. Vol. XIX, no. 244. Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Advertising". The Record (Melbourne). No. 12292. Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "Port Melbourne's Mayor". The Record (Melbourne). Vol. XLII, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "Passing of Well Known Port Identity". The Record (Melbourne). Vol. LXXXIII, no. 20. Victoria, Australia. 23 May 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. ^ "Our New Mayor". Port Melbourne Standard. Vol. XXX, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 9 September 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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