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Founder(s) | Frederick Davis |
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Founded | 1900 |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 1979 |
City | Midland Junction |
Country | Australia |
The Swan Express was a weekly English language newspaper published in Midland, Western Australia.
The Swan Express was published from 1 December 1900 until 8 November 1979. It was printed by William Heller at 184 Barrack St, Perth, and published at The Crescent, Midland Junction. [1]
It was established by Frederick Davis, who had previously worked as the second in charge at The Sunday Chronicle. [2] Davis owned and edited the newspaper for 8 and a half years before he sold the business to Herbert James Lambert, who took control on Monday 3 April 1909. [3] Lambert was an experienced journalist and had previously worked as sub-editor at the Morning Herald. [3]
During World War I, Lambert ran the soldiers' camp newspaper, Camp Chronicle: the soldier's paper, and he later went on to become editor of The West Australian. [4]
Camp Chronicle was published at Blackboy Hill army camp, recording the day-to-day events of the camp. The newspaper contained personal paragraphs, anecdotes and matters pertaining to the life of a soldier. [5]
The weekly newspaper served the eastern suburbs of Perth, including Midland (then known as Midland Junction), which in 1900 was a major railway junction.
Issues of The Swan Express (1900–1954) and the Camp Chronicle (1915–1918) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program [6] of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.
Microfilm and hard copies of The Swan Express [1] [7] and the Camp Chronicle [8] [9] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.