Series 309: John Fairfax & Sons Limited Chief Editorial Executive's files, 1972-1989
Series 309: John Fairfax & Sons Limited Chief Editorial Executive's files, 1972-1989
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Full title
Date
1972-1989
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9894/Boxes 1270-1422, 1975
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Physical Description
Contents
19 metres of textual material (53 boxes)
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Access Conditions
Partly restricted : Applies to files in MLMSS 9894/Boxes 1315, 1347, 1360, 1363, 1387, 1389
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Research & study copies allowed : .
Rights and Restrictions Information : No publication without prior written approval of Fairfax Media Ltd
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Fairfax Media Ltd.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This series contains files of the Chief Editorial Executive who was responsible for the news coverage and editorial opinion of all newspapers under John Fairfax and Sons. These included Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun, Australian Financial Review, Sun-Herald, National Times. The 360 files in this series also reflect the administrative aspects of the...
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Full title
Series 309: John Fairfax & Sons Limited Chief Editorial Executive's files, 1972-1989
Notes
Alphanumeric designations
Original Fairfax record group number 600
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The position of Executive Editor was created in the early 1970s to ease the increasing workload on the Executive Manager and assistant general manager, T. H. Farrell. The Executive Editor linked the five Sydney editors with management. David Bowman was the first executive editor. When he was appointed as editor in chief of the Herald the position w...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9894/Boxes 1270-1422, 1975
Record Identifier
Y0KxpZP1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KxpZP1
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Reference code
9593792
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