The Bulletin
Front cover of the February 13, 2007 edition is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Editor-in-Chief	John Lehmann
Categories	newsmagazine
Frequency	weekly
First issue	1880
Final issue — Number	2008  ?
Company	Australian Consolidated Press
Country	Australia
Language	English
Website	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au
ISSN	1440-7485

The Bulletin was an Australian weekly magazine, which was published in Sydney from 1880-2008. It was immensely influential in Australian culture and politics from about 1890 until World War I, the period when it was identified with the "Bulletin school" of Australian literature. Its influence thereafter declined steadily. In the 1960s it was revived as a modern newsmagazine. The final issue was published on 23 January 2008.^[1][2] Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), a member of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... The original culture of Australia can only be surmised: cultural patterns among the remote descendants of the first Australians cannot be assumed to be unchanged after 53,000 years of human habitation of the continent. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early history

The Bulletin was founded by two Sydney journalists, J.F. Archibald and John Haynes, and the first edition appeared on 31 January, 1880. It was intended to be a journal of political and business commentary, with some literary content. Its politics were nationalist, anti-imperialist, protectionist, insular, racist, republican, anti-clerical and masculinist - but not socialist. It mercilessly ridiculed colonial governors, capitalists, snobs and social climbers, the clergy, feminists and prohibitionists. It upheld trade unionism, Australian independence, advanced democracy and White Australia. It ran savagely racist cartoons attacking Chinese, Indians, Japanese and Jews, and mocking Indigenous Australians. The paper's masthead slogan, "Australia for the White Man," became a national political credo. J.F. Archibald (1856-1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of the Sydney Bulletin during the days of its greatest influence in Australian politics and literary life. ... John Haynes (April 26, 1850 - August 15, 1917) was a parliamentarian in New South Wales, Australia for five months short of thirty years, and co-founder (1880), with J. F. Archibald, of The Bulletin. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolizing French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... For the computer game, see Imperialism (computer game). ... Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between nations, through methods such as high tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, a variety of restrictive government regulations designed to discourage imports, and anti-dumping laws in an attempt to protect domestic industries in a particular nation from foreign take-over... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial quota... Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, with an emphasis on liberty, rule of law, popular sovereignty and the civic virtue practiced by citizens. ... Anti-clericalism is a historical movement that opposes religious (generally Catholic) institutional power and influence, real or imagined[1], in all aspects of public and political life, and the involvement of religion in the everyday life of the citizen. ... Socialism refers to the goal of a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community. ... For other uses, see Capitalism (disambiguation). ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... Feminists redirects here. ... The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... This badge from 1906 shows the use of the expression White Australia at that time While there was never any specific official policy called the White Australia policy, this is the term used for a collection of historical legislation and policies which either intentionally or unintentionally restricted non-white immigration... Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including Islam and various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group...

J.F. Archibald (left) with Henry Lawson

This mix of radicalism and xenophobia was immensely popular in the raw male-dominated frontier districts of late 19th century Australia, and The Bulletin soon became known as "the bushman's bible," with a circulation reaching 80,000 by 1900. Archibald's masterstroke was to open The Bulletin 's pages to contributions from its readers in 1886, running pages of poetry, short stories and cartoons contributed by miners, shearers and timber-workers from all over Australia. Some of this material was of high quality, and over the years many of Australia's leading literary lights had their start in The Bulletin 's pages. At the same time, The Bulletin ran well-informed political and business news. Image File history File links Archibald. ... Image File history File links Archibald. ... J.F. Archibald (1856-1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of the Sydney Bulletin during the days of its greatest influence in Australian politics and literary life. ... Henry Lawson, circa 1902 Henry Lawson[1] (17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Look up xenophobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Bulletin 's literary editor, Alfred Stephens, was the main inspiration for the "Bulletin school." Among the better-known contributors were the writers Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Bernard O'Dowd, Joseph Furphy, Miles Franklin and Vance and Nettie Palmer, the cartoonists Livingston Hopkins ("Hop"), David Low, Phil May, D H Souter and the illustrator and novelist Norman Lindsay. Alfred Stephens Alfred George Stephens (AG Stephens; August 28, 1865 - April 15, 1933) was an Australian writer and literary critic, notably for The Bulletin. ... Henry Lawson, circa 1902 Henry Lawson[1] (17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. ... Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941)[2] was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. ... Bernard ODowd near age 38. ... Joseph Furphy (who largely wrote under the pen name Tom Collins), September 26, 1843–September 13, 1912, is widely regarded as the Father of the Australian novel. He was extremely popular in Australia during the 19th century, and is best known for his book Such is Life. ... Portrait of Franklin, circa 1940s. ... Vance and Nettie Palmer were two of Australias best-known literary figures from the 1920s to the 1950s. ... Livingston Hop Hopkins (7 July 1846 – 21 August 1927) was an American cartoonist who became a major Australian cartoonist during the time of the Federation of Australia. ... A self portrait by Phil May. ... David Henry Souter (1862 – 1935) was an Australian artist and journalist. ... A concrete and steel sculpture by Norman Lindsay depicting a female nude in an erotic pose Norman Alfred William Lindsay (February 22, 1879 – November 21, 1969) was a prolific artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, and scale modeler. ...

Archibald retired in 1907, and thereafter The Bulletin became steadily more conservative, and by World War I had become openly Empire-loyalist. This marked its break with the political left and the end of its real influence, although it retained its place in Australian literary life well into the 1920s. In 1927, managing director William Macleod sold his stake in the magazine to Samuel Prior, long term financial editor, senior editor and, since buying Archibald's shares some years earlier, major shareholder. Macleod had earlier invited Prior's third child, Henry, to manage the magazine. The Prior family owned and operated The Bulletin Newspaper company for the following decades, introducing new ventures such as the Wild Cat Monthly in 1923, the Australian Woman's Mirror in 1924, and, in a joint venture with Norman Lindsay designed to publish Australian writers, the Endeavour Press in 1932. Ultimately, however, the magazine gradually declined, losing circulation steadily. Its pre-war attitudes came to seem increasingly reactionary, and its cult of the bushman increasingly anachronistic in what was already an urbanised country. By the 1940s The Bulletin was regarded as a sad relic, filled with racist and antisemitic bile, and with political commentary so right-wing as to seem almost comic. For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards or prejudice against Jews (not, in common usage, Semites in general — see the Scope section below). ...

Modern Era

In 1961 The Bulletin was sold to the press magnate Sir Frank Packer, who installed Donald Horne as editor. The paper was radically modernised, most of the old hands were sacked, and "Australia for the White Man" disappeared from the masthead. Under the Packer family The Bulletin remained politically conservative, but rejoined the political and journalistic mainstream, as a well-edited magazine (modelled on Time) of political and business news and commentary, with occasional forays into literature as a gesture to its great past. Sir Frank Packer (December 3, 1906–May 1, 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine television network. ... Donald Horne (December 26, 1921 – September 8, 2005) was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australias best known public intellectuals. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

The Packer family tolerated the magazine's loss-making habits for the prestige of publishing Australia's oldest magazine. They published it "in conjunction with" Newsweek, which was usually found as a separate section within the magazine. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

Online, The Bulletin (http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au) existed in another form, publishing articles from the magazine as well as content exclusive to the web, photo galleries, an archive of past covers and a blogging site known at The Bullring (http://www.thebulletinblog.com.au/the_bullring.htm).

On January 24, 2008, ACP Magazines announced they had ceased publishing the magazine. Reasons given included that circulation had declined to 57,000 compared with sales figures in the order of 100,000 during the 1990s. The loss in readership was attributed to readers preferring the internet for current affairs.^[2] is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Columnists and bloggers

Regular columnists and bloggers on the magazine's website included:

• Patrick Cook
• Ellen Fanning
• Laurie Oakes
• Leo Schofield
• Paul Daley [1]
• Julie-Anne Davies [2]
• Roy Eccleston [3]
• Katherine Fleming [4]
• Chris Hammer [5]
• Adam Shand [6]
• Rebecca Urban [7]

Born in 1949, Patrick Cook is an Australian political cartoonist who has regularly contributed to The Bulletin. ... Ellen fanning is NOT a relative of Bernard Fanning, contrary to popular belief. ... Laurie Oakes is an Australian political journalist and commentator. ... Leo Schofield AM (born Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 1935) is one of the leading figures in the arts in Australia. ...

See also

• The Bulletin Debate

Henry Lawson (right) with J.F. Archibald, the co-founder of The Bulletin The Bulletin Debate was a famous dispute in The Weekly Bulletin magazine from 1892-93 between two of Australias most iconic writers and poets: Henry Lawson and Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson. ...

References

• Bruce Bennett et al, The Oxford Literary History of Australia, OUP Melbourne 1998
• Geoffrey Dutton, The Literature of Australia, Penguin, Melbourne 1964
• Vance Palmer, The Legend of the Nineties, MUP Melbourne 1954
• Patricia Rolfe, The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History of the Bulletin, Wildcat Press, Sydney 1979.
• William Wilde et al, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, OUP, Melbourne 1985

2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Bulletin
• The Bullring
• The Bulletin: 2007 covers