Direct Action (newspaper)

Direct Action, 31 January 1914

Direct Action was an English-language newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was published in tabloid format.

History

The paper's first issue was published on 31 January 1914 by the Industrial Workers of the World, Australian Administration. It was a monthly publication concerned with socialism and industrial unionism.^[1]

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,^[2] a project hosted by the National Library of Australia.^[3]

See also

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

References

1. "SLNSW Catalogue". State Library of NSW.
2. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
3. "Trove Digitised Newspapers". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

External links

• Direct Action (Sydney, NSW : 1914 - 1930) at Trove

Bibliography

• Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history, by Victor Isaacs and Rod Kirkpatrick, North Richmond, N.S.W. : Rural Press, 2003.
• Looking good : the changing appearance of Australian newspapers / by Victor Isaacs, for the Australian Newspapers History Group, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2007.
• Press timeline : Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 / Compiled by Rod Kirkpatrick for the Australian Newspaper History Group
• Australian Newspaper History : A Bibliography / Compiled by Victor Isaacs, Rod Kirkpatrick and John Russell, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2004.
• Newspapers in Australian libraries : a union list. 4th ed.