The Sydney Sportsman was a horse racing and sporting newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1900 to 1960. It continues to be published as The Sportsman.
The Sydney Sportsman was a horse racing and sporting newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1900 to 1960. It continues to be published as The Sportsman.
The Sydney Sportsman was first published on 3 October 1900 by John Norton. Norton was a controversial publisher who also published the Truth newspaper. [1] He called on the writers of the Sydney Sportsman to "give it" to whoever deserved it, regardless of libel laws. [2] The Australian poet Banjo Paterson was editor of the paper from 1921 to 1930. [3] The paper was sold to John Fairfax and Sons in 1958. [4]
The paper became The Sportsman in 1960 and is still in publication. It is now devoted to all forms of racing. [5] It is currently published by Nationwide News Pty Ltd. [6]
The Sydney Sportsman can be viewed at the State Library of New South Wales, [7] and the National Library of Australia. [8]
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [9] [10]
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