Tribune (Sydney newspaper)

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Tribune: The People's Paper was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. During this time it was also published as the Qld Guardian, Guardian (Melbourne), Forward (Sydney). [1] It had previously been published as The Australian Communist, [2] The Communist, [3] and the Workers' Weekly. [4]

The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991. The CPA achieved its greatest political strength in the 1940s and faced an attempted ban in 1951. Though it never presented a major challenge to the established order in Australia, it did have significant influence on the trade unions, social movements, and the national culture.

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Tribune, 1 September 1939

Publication history

The Tribune was the flagship of Australia's left wing newspapers. [5] It was published weekly from 1923; first appearing in print as The Australian communist (1920-1921), before changing its name to The Communist (1921–1923), then to the Workers' Weekly (1923-1939) and finally known as the Tribune (1939–1991). [6]

Publication Commenced publication Ceased publication
The Australian communist 19201921
The Communist19211923
Workers' Weekly19231939
Tribune19391991

Digitisation

The Tribune has been digitised, as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia between the years 1939 and 1976. [7]

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References

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  2. "The Australian communist". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "The Communist". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. "The Workers' Weekly". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. "The Communist Party Newspaper, Tribune, is 60 years old. Voice of the Left Makes both town Hall and Kremlin". Sydney Morning Herald, p. 5. 22 June 1983. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. Symons, Beverley; Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-; Wells, Andrew; National Library of Australia (1994), Communism in Australia : a resource bibliography, National Library of Australia, ISBN   978-0-642-10625-4
  7. "Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1976)". TROVE. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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