Harry J. Stephens

Harry James Stephens (c. 1866 – 25 August 1947) was an Australian journalist with a long career, mostly in Victoria and New South Wales agricultural districts. He was with The Farmer & Settler of Sydney for fourteen years and while editing that paper created Australia's first Country Party; later was editor of rival newspaper The Land.

History

He was successively editor of the Melbourne War Cry and reporter for the Launceston Daily Telegraph, then founder and editor of the Launceston Federalist; editor of the Charlton Tribune; managing editor of the Numurkah Leader; sub-editor of Sydney's Sunday Times; editor of The Farmer & Settler, Sydney 1906–1920, in 1912, with decentralisation, rural development and defence its primary concerns.;[1][2] proprietor and editor of the Ouyen Mail; founder and managing editor of the Sunraysia Daily, Mildura;[3] proprietor of the Western Advertiser of Wentworth;[4] publicity officer for the National Party in Sydney; editor of The Land,[5] and Fruit Culture.

His last appointment was as executive of the A.B.C.'s Publicity Department.[6]

References
  1. "That Alleged Country Party". The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser. NSW. 4 July 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "The Country Party". The Leader. Orange, NSW. 7 December 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The "Sunraysia Daily" Editor". The Mildura Cultivator. Vic. 7 July 1920. p. 14. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Mr. Harry J. Stephens". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record. Renmark, SA. 2 December 1921. p. 24. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Personal". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record. Renmark, SA. 12 December 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Death of Journalist Harry J. Stephens". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. SA. 12 September 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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