The Sunday Times (Sydney)

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The Sunday Times, 6 January 1895
The Sunday Times
LanguageEnglish
City Sydney, New South Wales
CountryAustralia

The Sunday Times was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1885 to 1930.

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History

The Sunday Times was founded by W. H. Leighton Bailey. [1] It was first published on 15 November 1885 by Charles Mark Curtiss, and ceased with no. 2389 on 1 June 1930. [2]

The Sunday Times was controlled by the Evans family for over 30 years, [3] until 1916 when the Sunday Times Newspaper Company, as well as the company's premises, were sold to Hugh D. McIntosh. [4] In 1927, McIntosh sold his holdings in the Sunday Times Newspaper Company to Beckett's Newspapers, with J. H. C. Sleeman as Managing Director. [5] The Sunday Times ceased publication in 1930, with staff informed on 8 June. [6]

The Sunday Times Newspaper Company also published The Referee from 1887, [7] and later the Arrow . [8]

Digitisation

This paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [9] [10]

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  2. "Catalogue". Sunday Times (Sydney). Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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  4. "SUNDAY TIMES SOLD". The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser . NSW: National Library of Australia. 23 May 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  5. "CHANGE OF NEWSPAPER CONTROL". The Singleton Argus . NSW: National Library of Australia. 21 April 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. "SUNDAY TIMES". The Northern Star . Lismore, NSW: National Library of Australia. 9 June 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
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