The Road Ahead (magazine)

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The Road Ahead is the bi-monthly magazine of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) in Australia.

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History

The magazine was first published in 1940. It replaced the Queensland Motorist which was the monthly journal of the RACQ published since 1926. [1] [2]

Circulation data

The Road Ahead, is Queensland’s highest circulating magazine, with 836,995 printed copies and 410,584 digital copies distributed each edition. [3]

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References

  1. "Advertising". Queensland Times . LXVII (12, 652). Queensland, Australia. 4 February 1927. p. 9 (DAILY.). Retrieved 3 March 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (1926), Queensland motorist : official organ of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, Shipping Newspapers, retrieved 3 March 2017
  3. "CAB Sept, 2020". Outback Queensland Tourism. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.