The Record (Perth)

Newspaper in Western Australia

The W. A. Catholic Record, later The W. A. Record, later simply The Record, was a newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia from September 1874, and was the official organ of the Archdiocese of Perth. The magazine is now published bi-monthly in both paper and electronic formats.

## History

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The fourth issue of the newspaper appeared early in 1874.[1]

A bi-monthly "eRecord" electronic magazine became free on-line in 2016,[2] and a hard copy and PDF version began publication at the same time.[3]

## Online archive

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Vol.XV No.412 of Thursday 19 July 1888 to New Series No.2061 of Saturday 28 January 1922 were digitized from photographic copies by the National Library of Australia and can be accessed using Trove.[4]

## Sequence

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* The W.A. Catholic Record - 1874-1888[5]

* The W.A. Record - 1888 - 1922
* Dates: Vol. 15, no. 412 (July 19, 1888)-vol. 44, no. 2070 (April 1, 1922)[6]
* The Record - 1922 - 2014[7][8][9][10]

## See also

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Other Roman Catholic publications in Australia are:

* The Southern Cross (South Australia)
* The Advocate (Melbourne)
* The Catholic Leader (Brisbane)

## References

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1. ^ "Perth Election and Ballot". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. 35, no. 2, 521. Western Australia. 7 October 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2016 - via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ "The Record". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
3. ^ "Archdiocese of Perth to launch new magazine this Easter". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
4. ^ "The W.A. Record". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
5. ^ "A TEMPLAR AND "THE W. A. CATHOLIC RECORD."". The Inquirer & Commercial News. Vol. 35, no. 2, 536. Western Australia. 20 January 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2024 - via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ The W.A. record, Thomas Bryan, for the West Australian record, 1888, retrieved 9 October 2024
7. ^ "The record - Catalogue | National Library of Australia".
8. ^ Wildy, G. D. (Geoffrey David); Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Perth (W.A.) (1962), The history of "The Record", official organ of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth : est. 1874, retrieved 9 October 2024
9. ^ Illustrations Ltd (1967), Record House, premises of The Record newspaper and Record Print, 450 Hay Street, Perth, retrieved 9 October 2024
10. ^ Massam, Katharine (1994), "With one eye on the world, Catholics and the media in W.A. The Record and its view of the world", Studies in Western Australian History (15): 56–66

## External links

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* Official website
* The W.A. Record (Perth, WA : 1888 - 1922) at Trove