The Referee (newspaper)

Australian newspaper

For the English newspaper founded as The Referee, see Sunday Referee.

Referee 20 October 1886

The Referee was a newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1886 to 1939.[1]

## History

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The Referee was first published on 20 October 1886 as The Sydney Referee by Edward Lewis.[2] In 1933 it absorbed The Arrow.[3] It ceased on 31 August 1939.[4][5]

In 1887 Nat Gould started work as "Verax", horse-racing editor for the paper, which published in serial form his first novel, With the Tide, followed by his next five. He returned to England in 1895.[6]

## Digitisation

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This paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[7][8]

## See also

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* List of newspapers in Australia
* List of newspapers in New South Wales

## References

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1. ^ "Referee (Sydney, New South Wales)". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. ^ "Issue 1 Page 1". The Sydney Referee. No. 1\. New South Wales, Australia. 20 October 1886. p. 1 - via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ "Arrow (Sydney, New South Wales)". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
4. ^ "The Referee (Sydney)". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
5. ^ ""The Referee" Says "Good-bye"". The Referee. No. 2736\. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
6. ^ "Nat Gould Passes". The Referee. Sydney. 30 July 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
7. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
8. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

## External links

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* Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886–1939) at Trove