Sydney Sportsman

The Sydney Sportsman was a horse racing and sporting newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1900 to 1960. It continues to be published as The Sportsman.

John Norton, newspaper owner

History

The Sydney Sportsman was first published on 3 October 1900 by John Norton. Norton was a controversial publisher who also published the Truth newspaper.[1] He called on the writers of the Sydney Sportsman to "give it" to whoever deserved it, regardless of libel laws.[2] The Australian poet Banjo Paterson was editor of the paper from 1921 to 1930.[3] The paper was sold to John Fairfax and Sons in 1958.[4]

The paper became The Sportsman in 1960 and is still in publication. It is now devoted to all forms of racing.[5] It is currently published by Nationwide News Pty Ltd.[6]

Access

The Sydney Sportsman can be viewed at the State Library of New South Wales[7] and the National Library of Australia.[8]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[9][10]

See also

References
  1. Cannon, Michael. "Norton, John (1858–1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. "Port Pirie Recorder 3 November 1900". Trove digitized newspapers. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  3. "A B Banjo Paterson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  4. "Ezra Norton". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  5. "The Sportsman". catalogue. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. "The Sportsman". Nationwide News. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  7. "Sydney Sportsman". catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  8. "Sydney Sportsman". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  9. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  10. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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