Newspaper history

Fancy v fact: Rod Kirkpatrick's history feature
Does a newspaper’s establishment date to the first publication of the oldest title it may have acquired? Newspaper historian Rod Kirkpatrick takes issue with publishers who ‘buy time’.

Ladies first in Australia's newspaper history. Rod Kirkpatrick writes
Rod Kirkpatrick's first article for GXpress looks at the role of trong women in the foundation of Australia's newspapers

New face, new pace
The Bendigo Advertiser provides a case study of technological changes at country dailies over the past 150 years, writes Rod Kirkpatrick

Words win war
When the army tries to come to town, it expects to be welcomed if not as hero then certainly as friend, writes Rod Kirkpatrick.