Australian Christian Commonwealth

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Australian Christian Commonwealth
Typeweekly newspaper
Editor
  • Joseph Berry (first edition)
  • Rev. B. Wibberley 1901–1911
  • Rev. A. E. Cowley (final edition)
Launched4 January 1901 (1901-01-04)
Ceased publication28 June 1940 (1940-06-28)
City Adelaide
Country Australia
ISSN 2205-7552

The Australian Christian Commonwealth was a weekly newspaper published by Hussey & Gillingham in South Australia from 1901 to 1940.

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History

The Australian Christian Commonwealth was first published on 4 January 1901. Although "new", the masthead of the first edition included the subtitle "with which are incorporated The Christian Weekly & Methodist Journal, The Primitive Methodist Magazine, The Bible Christian Monthly" and that it was "The Organ of the Methodist Church in South Australia, and the Champion of Evangelical Christianity." [1] The Methodist Church of Australasia had been formed by combining several Methodist denominations in Australia. The three incorporated titles belonged to the three South Australian branches of merging denominations :– Wesleyan Methodist Church, Primitive Methodist Church and Bible Christian Church.

The newspaper began as "Vol. XIII, No. 660, [New Series]" maintaining the publication order, alongside content and design continuity, of its previous iteration, the Christian Weekly and Methodist Journal. [2] [3] It continued publication until mid-1940, and was superseded by the South Australian Methodist (1940-1970).

Rev. Brian Wibberley Mus. Bac. was editor from 1901 to 1911.

Preservation

The newspaper has been digitised and made available for free online by the National Library of Australia through the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project. [4]

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References

  1. "Page 1". Australian Christian Commonwealth. XIII (660). South Australia. 4 January 1901. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Methodist Church of Australasia. South Australia Conference (1882), Christian weekly and Methodist journal, Robert Nicholson, retrieved 26 February 2018
  3. "Australian Christian Commonwealth". SA Memory. State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. "Australian Christian Commonwealth (SA : 1901 - 1940)". National Library of Australia. ISSN   2205-7552 . Retrieved 25 February 2018.