Yesterday's News: A History of the Newspaper Press in New South Wales from 1920 to 1945

The Newspaper Press in New South Wales, 1803–1945 #2

by R.B. Walker

This book follows on the author's The Newspaper Press in New South Wales 1803–1920. It traces the establishment of new papers and the rise of a popular, sensational press in the 1920s, and demonstrates the concentration of ownership at the end of that decade. The paper empire of Associated Newspapers was partly to collapse during the depression of the 1920s, but the rich and conservative Sydney Morning Herald and the poor but tenacious Labor Daily flourished in this time of troubles. With the war came the hardships of censorship and newsprint and other shortages, but also the advantage of readers eager for war news. The book deals separately with the Labour press, the suburban press, country newspapers, press agencies, journalists and the practice of journalism, and women as readers and writers. It concludes by considering the relationship between the newspaper press and the new medium of radio.

243 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1980

About the author

Dr Robin Berwick Walker is or was an Australian historian.