Local History Talk - Hervey Bay - Pioneer Newspapers of the Wide Bay presented by Margaret Slocomb- All ages

Dr Margaret Slocomb will share her research on Pioneer Newspapers of the Wide Bay.

In twenty years, 1860 to 1880, Tom White created five newspapers in the Wide Bay and Burnett. He was essentially apolitical by nature and he set his ambitions at a rather low bar – to provide a “record of passing events”. He wanted to inform and entertain, but, inevitably, he got ensnared in some terrifying stoushes with opponents, either local officials or local MPs. Libel was the weapon of choice in those years, and White narrowly escaped several brushes with the so-called Gagging Act that legislated against press freedom. He died in Bundaberg in January 1881 when he was only 42 years old.

Date: Monday, 3rd August 2020

Time: 9.30 - 10.30am

Where: Hervey Bay Library

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