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The Western Mail, or
Western Mail, was the name of two weekly newspapers published in
Perth, Western Australia.
West Australian newspapers
The first
Western Mail was published between
19 December 1885 and
23 October 1896 as a joint venture by
Charles Harper and
John Winthrop Hackett Senior, the co-owners of the
The West Australian, the State's major daily paper. It was printed by James Gibbney at the paper's office in
St Georges Terrace, Perth.
Considerable numbers of regional and local newspapers in Western Australia in the late 1800s and early 1900s included the word 'Mail' in their names.
West Australian Newspapers management experimented with a variety of formats in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including the
Weekend Mail for five years (see publication details below).
The paper was renamed to
The Countryman in 1955, which together with the
Rural Press owned
Farm Weekly are today the two major weekly rural papers in the state.
Western Mail Limited
In 1980 the name was resurrected with a second version, published by Western Mail Limited. The push for a new paper was made by
Robert Holmes à Court and
Bell Group following his failed takeover attempt of
The Times (UK).
The venture was wound up in 1988.
Publication details
Western Mail (WA Newspapers)
The
Western Mail. Perth, W.A: West Australian Newspapers.
- Vol. 1, no. 1 (19 December 1885) - Vol. 70, no. 3403 (20 January 1955)
Days of issues
Weekly on Thursday 3 July 1919 - 20 January 1955.
Weekly on Friday 27 September 1912 - 27 June 1919.
Weekly on Saturday 16 September 1899 - 21 September 1912.
Weekly on Friday 21 June 1895 - 8 September 1899.
Weekly on Saturday 19 December. 1885 - 15 June 1895.
Special Issues and supplement
Annual Christmas edition - 1908-1955
State Centenary no. 1929;
Historical calendar of Western Australia 1829-1929.1929. Centenary number of the Western Mail, July 1929.
Centenary of the West Australian 1933
Christmas issue published each year from 1897
Countryman's Magazine (Vol. 1, no. 1 (18 August 1949) - Vol. 2, no. 8 (9 April 1951)
Women's Magazine (21 March 1946 - 23 October 1947).
Weekend Mail. Perth [W.A.] : West Australian Newspapers Ltd.
Known as Weekend Mail - TV from 5 September 1959 to 1960.
Vol. 1, no. 1 (22 January 1955)-v. 6, no. 290 (30 July 1960).
Weekly on Saturday.
Annual supplement: Weekend Mail Annual (1955-1960)
Western Mail (Western Mail Ltd)
The Western Mail, Perth, W.A : Western Mail Ltd., 1980-1988.
Vol. 1, no. 1 (8 November 1980) - no. 374 (31 December - 3 January 1988).
Weekly on Saturday.
Note on sources
Most dates are derived from the entries in the State reference Library catalogue
Western Mail 1980
Western Mail 1885Further Information
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