Tribune (Australian newspaper)

Tribune was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. Initially it was subtitled as Tribune: The People's Paper. It was also published as the Qld Guardian, Guardian (Melbourne), Forward (Sydney). It had previously been published as The Australian Communist, (1920-1921) The Communist, (1921-1923) and the Workers' Weekly (1923-1939).

The Tribune has been digitised, as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia between the years 1939 and 1976.

Publication history
The Tribune was the flagship of Australia's left wing newspapers.

The Australian Communist
The Australian Communist was a weekly newspaper published from Sydney, Australia between 24 December 1920 and 29 April 1921. The newspaper was the official organ of the Communist Party of Australia. In total, 19 issues of The Australian Communist were published. Tom Glynn served as the editor of The Australian Communist until 25 March 1921. For the last issues C.W. Baker served as the editor.

The Communist
The newspaper changed its title to The Communist. It continued publishing under the new title from 1921 to 1923.

Workers' Weekly
The Communist folded in 1923 to be replaced by Worker' Weekly which became the official organ of the party from 1923 to 1939. Workers' Weekly stopped publication with Tribune becoming the official organ starting 1939.

Summary

See also 
List of newspapers in New South Wales
List of newspapers in Australia

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Category:English-language communist newspapers
Category:Defunct newspapers of Sydney
Category:Newspapers on Trove