Harry J. Stephens

Last updated April 06, 2019

Harry James Stephens (c. 1866 – 25 August 1947) was an Australian journalist with a long career, mostly in Victoria and New South Wales agricultural districts. He was with The Farmer & Settler of Sydney for fourteen years and while editing that paper created Australia's first Country Party; later was editor of rival newspaper The Land .

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History

He was successively editor of the Melbourne War Cry and reporter for the Launceston Daily Telegraph , then founder and editor of the Launceston Federalist ; editor of the Charlton Tribune; managing editor of the Numurkah Leader; sub-editor of Sydney's Sunday Times ; editor of The Farmer & Settler , Sydney 1906–1920, in 1912, with decentralisation, rural development and defence its primary concerns.;^[1]^[2] proprietor and editor of the Ouyen Mail; founder and managing editor of the Sunraysia Daily , Mildura;^[3] proprietor of the Western Advertiser of Wentworth;^[4] publicity officer for the National Party in Sydney; editor of The Land,^[5] and Fruit Culture.

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References

↑ "That Alleged Country Party". The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser . NSW. 4 July 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "The Country Party". The Leader . Orange, NSW. 7 December 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "The "Sunraysia Daily" Editor". The Mildura Cultivator . Vic. 7 July 1920. p. 14. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Mr. Harry J. Stephens". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record . Renmark, SA. 2 December 1921. p. 24. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Personal". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record . Renmark, SA. 12 December 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Death of Journalist Harry J. Stephens". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . SA. 12 September 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "That Alleged Country Party". The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser . NSW. 4 July 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[2] "The Country Party". The Leader . Orange, NSW. 7 December 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "The "Sunraysia Daily" Editor". The Mildura Cultivator . Vic. 7 July 1920. p. 14. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Mr. Harry J. Stephens". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record . Renmark, SA. 2 December 1921. p. 24. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Personal". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record . Renmark, SA. 12 December 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Death of Journalist Harry J. Stephens". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . SA. 12 September 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.