The Tribune (Melbourne)

Last updated September 22, 2023

The Tribune was a newspaper first published in Melbourne, Australia in 1900 for the Roman Catholic Church.

History

1853

A newspaper Catholic Tribune was published in Melbourne by bookseller James Shanley (died March 1857) from 2 July 1853,^[1]^[2] and may have ceased with the advent of the Advocate on 1 February 1868.^[3]

1870

In November 1870 The Tribune was founded in Melbourne by William Ponsonby McMahon ^[4] aimed at a liberal–labour Catholic readership,^[5] but failed to thrive. He then found employment working for the Melbourne Argus .

1900

In 1900 The Tribune subtitled "A Journal of Information and Literature" was founded, with McMahon its publisher and editor.^[6]^[7] (Trove only has copies from No. 730 Vol. XIII of 3 January 1914 to No. 989 Vol. XVII of 26 December 1918). McMahon resigned in January 1920 to take up a less demanding post as organising secretary to the Victorian Catholic Federation.^[6]

Sufficient references have been found to the Tribune in the intervening years to be assured of its continued existence to 1963,^[8] in which year Michael Costigan served as its representative at the Second Vatican Council in Rome.^[9]

The Tribune was printed at The Advocate Press.^[10]

Some personnel

Father W. B. Mangan was editor and managing director 1913–1924^[11] He was chaplain of the First AIF during WWI.^[12]
J. A. Alexander was editor 1922^[13] Alexander became political correspondent for the Herald.^[14]
Thomas J. Moore was editor before leaving to found The New Times c. 1934^[15]
Denys G. M. Jackson was editor 1936–1944 or later.^[16]
Thomas W. Brennan was sub-editor and poet, became lawyer^[17]
J. J. Collins was appointed manager in 1922^[13]
Father Francis Moynihan was associate editor from February 1924 to February 1925^[18]
J. J. McLean, news editor 1947^[19]
Bessie Marren, "Cecilia" of the Women's Page^[19] She later married Arthur Calwell.
Harrison Owen, London correspondent^[19]
Frank Kelly, previously with the Geelong Advertiser was journalist when McMahon was editor and offices were in Wardrop Buildings, Elizabeth Street.^[19]
Offices were in Errol Place, North Melbourne in 1923

Other Tribune newspapers in Melbourne

There have been other, unconnected and probably secular, Tribunes in Victoria:

The Evening Tribune, first issue 30 March 1874, was founded by ex-employees of Mason & Firth's printery, sacked for taking part in a strike.^[20] It was taken over by a consortium in October 1874^[21] and vanished without trace.
The Port Melbourne Tribune first appeared in April 1889^[22] and William Howe became manager around 1890.^[23]^[24] It was absorbed by The Port Melbourne Standard ^[25] in 1894.

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References

↑ "Advocate Magazine". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXXI, no. 4827. Victoria, Australia. 29 January 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 22 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Memories and Musings". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXXIII, no. 4955. Victoria, Australia. 13 July 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "The Literary and Critical Page". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXIX, no. 4036. Victoria, Australia. 27 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Short-lived". South Australian Register . Vol. XXXV, no. 7501. South Australia. 28 November 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Family Notices". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XLV, no. 2252. South Australia. 2 June 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
1 2 "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XXXII, no. 1579. South Australia. 23 January 1920. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Who's Who". The W.A. Record . Vol. XXVIII, no. 1180. Western Australia. 9 May 1903. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Church Ban On Tribune Article". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 695. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Michael Costigan (2009). "From News Weekly to the Catholic Weekly" (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
↑ "The Catholic Press and Radio in Melbourne". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1948. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XXXVI, no. 1783. South Australia. 25 January 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Lourdes and Australia". Freeman's Journal . Vol. LXXIII. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
1 2 "Gossip". Freeman's Journal . Vol. LXXII. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1922. p. 18. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XLIII, no. 2167. South Australia. 2 October 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Mr. T. J. Moore". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 28, 540. Victoria, Australia. 10 February 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Analysis of World News". Il Giornale Italiano . Vol. V, no. 20. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Of General Interest". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXVIII, no. 4289. Victoria, Australia. 31 October 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 16 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Deceased Priest was Editor, Publisher". Catholic Weekly . Vol. VI, no. 278. New South Wales, Australia. 26 June 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
1 2 3 4 Frank Kelly (28 May 1947). "A Reporter's Reflections". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXX, no. 4791. Victoria, Australia. p. 21. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "The Evening Tribune". North Melbourne Advertiser . No. 70. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Melbourne". The Ballarat Star . Vol. XIX, no. 244. Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Advertising". The Record (Melbourne) . No. 12292. Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Port Melbourne's Mayor". The Record (Melbourne) . Vol. XLII, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Passing of Well Known Port Identity". The Record (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXXIII, no. 20. Victoria, Australia. 23 May 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Our New Mayor". Port Melbourne Standard . Vol. XXX, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 9 September 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "Advocate Magazine". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXXI, no. 4827. Victoria, Australia. 29 January 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 22 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Memories and Musings". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXXIII, no. 4955. Victoria, Australia. 13 July 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "The Literary and Critical Page". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXIX, no. 4036. Victoria, Australia. 27 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Short-lived". South Australian Register . Vol. XXXV, no. 7501. South Australia. 28 November 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Family Notices". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XLV, no. 2252. South Australia. 2 June 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[personal-6] 1 2 "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XXXII, no. 1579. South Australia. 23 January 1920. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[7] "Who's Who". The W.A. Record . Vol. XXVIII, no. 1180. Western Australia. 9 May 1903. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[8] "Church Ban On Tribune Article". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 695. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[9] Michael Costigan (2009). "From News Weekly to the Catholic Weekly" (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2022.

[10] "The Catholic Press and Radio in Melbourne". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1948. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[11] "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XXXVI, no. 1783. South Australia. 25 January 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[12] "Lourdes and Australia". Freeman's Journal . Vol. LXXIII. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[gossip-13] 1 2 "Gossip". Freeman's Journal . Vol. LXXII. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1922. p. 18. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[14] "Purely Personal". The Southern Cross (South Australia) . Vol. XLIII, no. 2167. South Australia. 2 October 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[15] "Mr. T. J. Moore". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 28, 540. Victoria, Australia. 10 February 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[16] "Analysis of World News". Il Giornale Italiano . Vol. V, no. 20. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[17] "Of General Interest". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXVIII, no. 4289. Victoria, Australia. 31 October 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 16 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[18] "Deceased Priest was Editor, Publisher". Catholic Weekly . Vol. VI, no. 278. New South Wales, Australia. 26 June 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[reflections-19] 1 2 3 4 Frank Kelly (28 May 1947). "A Reporter's Reflections". The Advocate (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXX, no. 4791. Victoria, Australia. p. 21. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.

[20] "The Evening Tribune". North Melbourne Advertiser . No. 70. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[21] "Melbourne". The Ballarat Star . Vol. XIX, no. 244. Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[22] "Advertising". The Record (Melbourne) . No. 12292. Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[23] "Port Melbourne's Mayor". The Record (Melbourne) . Vol. XLII, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[24] "Passing of Well Known Port Identity". The Record (Melbourne) . Vol. LXXXIII, no. 20. Victoria, Australia. 23 May 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[25] "Our New Mayor". Port Melbourne Standard . Vol. XXX, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 9 September 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 21 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

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