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Walter Allan was the inaugural editor. Allan Wauchope was editor and part-owner in January 1950 when the Centralian Advocate building was destroyed by fire, causing damage estimated at £15,000 and prompting the newspaper to criticise the lack of a fire brigade at that time in Alice Springs. |
Walter Allan was the inaugural editor. Allan Wauchope was editor and part-owner in January 1950 when the Centralian Advocate building was destroyed by fire, causing damage estimated at £15,000 and prompting the newspaper to criticise the lack of a fire brigade at that time in Alice Springs. |
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{{Quote|text="I'm writing this story on borrowed paper on a borrowed typewriter, and that opening sentence seems to me to be the height of irony. As the authorities of the Northern Territory Administration know only too well Centralian Advocate has been campaigning ceaselessly for the installation of a fire brigade in the town, but we didn't bargain upon being a burnt offering on the altar of the NT Administration's apathy."|sign=Alan Wauchope|source=[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49474027 Centralian Advocate, 20 January 1950]}} |
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War hero Jim Bowditch wrote for the newspaper from 1950-54 and later become editor of the NT News. Bowditch used the newspaper to campaign for the right of Aboriginal people with white heritage to receive full citizenship.<ref>[https://dcarment.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/nt-press.pdf Hamilton, Stephen and Carment, David: The Northern Territory Press. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, No. 150, Feb 2014: 56-60.]</ref> |
War hero Jim Bowditch wrote for the newspaper from 1950-54 and later become editor of the NT News. Bowditch used the newspaper to campaign for the right of Aboriginal people with white heritage to receive full citizenship.<ref>[https://dcarment.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/nt-press.pdf Hamilton, Stephen and Carment, David: The Northern Territory Press. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, No. 150, Feb 2014: 56-60.]</ref> |
Revision as of 07:50, 12 April 2015
Type | Bi-weekly newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | News Corp Australia |
Founded | 24 May 1947 |
Headquarters | Gap Road Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
Website | www.alicenow.com.au |
The Centralian Advocate is a bi-weekly newspaper at Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Published on Tuesday and Friday, the Centralian Advocate is part of News Corp Australia. The newspaper claims a readership of 15,000 people and has an audited circulation of 4401.[1]
Early history
The Centralian Advocate was first published on 24 May 1947[2]. The newspaper was founded by Charles Henry "Pop" Chapman who had made his fortune gold mining in the Tanami Desert.
The first edition contained a mix of news and opinion from Alice Springs and around the world. Mention was made of a predecessor, The Dead Heart, which was described as a "news sheet" that published 30 editions in seven months.[3]
Walter Allan was the inaugural editor. Allan Wauchope was editor and part-owner in January 1950 when the Centralian Advocate building was destroyed by fire, causing damage estimated at £15,000 and prompting the newspaper to criticise the lack of a fire brigade at that time in Alice Springs.
"I'm writing this story on borrowed paper on a borrowed typewriter, and that opening sentence seems to me to be the height of irony. As the authorities of the Northern Territory Administration know only too well Centralian Advocate has been campaigning ceaselessly for the installation of a fire brigade in the town, but we didn't bargain upon being a burnt offering on the altar of the NT Administration's apathy."
— Alan Wauchope, Centralian Advocate, 20 January 1950
War hero Jim Bowditch wrote for the newspaper from 1950-54 and later become editor of the NT News. Bowditch used the newspaper to campaign for the right of Aboriginal people with white heritage to receive full citizenship.[4]
Bowditch was active in community affairs through his interests in politics, theatre and cricket.[5]
Chapman sold the business in April 1949 to Wauchope, Ron Morcom and Mrs JH McArthur.[6]
There were several other owners before News Corp bought the Centralian Advocate in 1966.
References
- ^ News Corp Australia
- ^ Centralian Advocate, 24 May 1947
- ^ The Dead Heart passes, Centralian Advocate, 24 May 1947
- ^ Hamilton, Stephen and Carment, David: The Northern Territory Press. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, No. 150, Feb 2014: 56-60.
- ^ Bowditch storms Alice Springs and goes into print by Peter Simon, April 2012
- ^ Centralian Advocate, 22 April 1949