Engines of influence : newspapers of country Victoria, 1840-1890

By Elizabeth Morrison
Published by Melbourne University Publishing (2005)

ISBN: 052285155X

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Book description
Engines of Influence presents a fifty-year history of Victoria's country newspapers. It begins with James Harrison's Geelong Advertiser published in 1840 and ends in December 1890 when 166 papers were being published in 122 country towns. It highlights the major part played by country newspapers in helping to construct the machinery of government, lay the foundations of party politics and to foster a sense of rural Victorian identity.

About the author
Dr Elizabeth Morrison is a research associate in the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University.

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