Summary
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.
History edit
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]
Access edit
The Sydney Sportsman can be viewed at the State Library of New South Wales,[7] and the National Library of Australia.[8]
Digitisation edit
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[9][10]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Cannon, Michael. "Norton, John (1858–1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Port Pirie Recorder 3 November 1900". Trove digitized newspapers. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "A B Banjo Paterson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Ezra Norton". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "The Sportsman". catalogue. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "The Sportsman". Nationwide News. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Sydney Sportsman". catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Sydney Sportsman". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
External links edit
- Official website
- Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW : 1900 – 1954) at Trove