The Leader (Melbourne)

The Leader was a weekly newspaper in Melbourne, Victoria. It was a "companion weekly" to the daily newspaper The Age, and was edited by David Syme's brother George Syme.^[1]

Its first issue was released on 3 February 1855, under the title "The Weekly Age".^[2]

Henry Short was editor from 1887 to 1925.^[3]

A longtime contributor to The Leader was Julian Thomas (1843–1896), who wrote as "The Vagabond" or "The Vag".^[4]^[5]

Digitization

The National Library of Australia has digitized photographic copies of most issues of The Leader from Vol X, No. 314 of 4 January 1862 to No. 3,285 of 28 December 1918 and which may be accessed via Trove. They have also scanned some editions from 1935.

^ Morrison, Elizabeth (26 July 2014). "New book unveils the legacy of David Syme". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "Advertising". The Age. 1 February 1855.
^ "Veteran Journalist's Death". The Age. No. 22, 754. Victoria, Australia. 10 March 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 28 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Friday, 4th September, 1896". The Herald. No. 5037. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Vagabond's Grave". The Leader (Melbourne). No. 2186. Victoria, Australia. 27 November 1897. p. 12. Retrieved 28 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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