One Hundred & Fifty Years Of News From The Herald

One Hundred & Fifty Years Of News From The Herald

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Condition: SECONDHAND

This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.

Author: Geoff Gaylard
Binding: Hardback
Published: Southbank Communications Group., 1990

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Minor chipping to back of DJ.

This book is a chronology of headlines, news and pictures of major events from the inception of the paper as the 'Port Philip Herald' in 1840 to its sesquicentennial year of 1990 when it merged with its sister paper 'The Sun' to become 'The Herald Sun'. This unique book covers the fifteen decades of the Melbourne 'Herald', each decade prefaced with an overview by Gaylard, followed by a year-by-year listing of the most memorable events of the day. This publication captures the triumphs and disasters of those years and forms a graphic and compelling contribution to social history.

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Description

Author: Geoff Gaylard
Binding: Hardback
Published: Southbank Communications Group., 1990

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Minor chipping to back of DJ.

This book is a chronology of headlines, news and pictures of major events from the inception of the paper as the 'Port Philip Herald' in 1840 to its sesquicentennial year of 1990 when it merged with its sister paper 'The Sun' to become 'The Herald Sun'. This unique book covers the fifteen decades of the Melbourne 'Herald', each decade prefaced with an overview by Gaylard, followed by a year-by-year listing of the most memorable events of the day. This publication captures the triumphs and disasters of those years and forms a graphic and compelling contribution to social history.