The Queensland Figaro and Punch was a weekly newspaper published from 1885 to 1936 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The Queensland Figaro and Punch was a weekly newspaper published from 1885 to 1936 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The newspaper was a merger of two previous newspapers, the Queensland Figaro and the Queensland Punch . [1] The Queensland Figaro was originally published on January 6, 1883 [2] by John Edgar (Bobby) Byrne. [1] From 1901 until 1936 the newspaper was once again published under its original name, with print stopping only during First World War and several years thereafter. [3]
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. [4] [5]
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