The Evening News (Sydney)

The Evening News was the first evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] It was published from 29 July 1867 to 21 March 1931.[2] The Sunday edition was published as the Sunday News.

The Evening News
The Evening News, 6 November 1869
TypeDaily evening newspaper
FormatTabloid
Founder(s)Samuel Bennett
PublisherAssociated Newspapers
Founded29 July 1867 (1867-07-29)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication21 March 1931 (1931-03-21)
CitySydney
CountryAustralia
Sister newspapers
  • Media of Australia
  • List of newspapers

History

The Evening News was founded in 1867 by Samuel Bennett[2] and was regarded as a "less serious read" than other Sydney newspapers.[3] In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge The Evening News with another of his papers, The Empire.[4] The Evening News continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by Associated Newspapers, who had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time.[3] A Sunday morning edition was published as Sunday News from 1919-1930.[3]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[5][6]

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See also

References
  1. Bryce, Merilyn. "Bennett, Samuel (1815–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. "The Evening News". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Isaacs, Victor (2003). Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history (PDF). North Richmond: Rural Press. p. 10.
  4. Bryce, Merilyn. "Bennett, Samuel (1815–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  6. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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