The Leader (Melbourne)

The Leader was a weekly newspaper in Melbourne, Victoria. It was a "companion weekly" to the daily newspaper The Age, and was edited by David Syme's brother George Syme.[1]

Its first issue was released on 3 February 1855, under the title "The Weekly Age".[2]

Digitization

The National Library of Australia has digitized photographic copies of most issues of The Leader from Vol X, No. 314 of 4 January 1862 to No. 3,285 of 28 December 1918 and which may be accessed via Trove. They have also scanned some editions from 1935.

References
  1. Morrison, Elizabeth (26 July 2014). "New book unveils the legacy of David Syme". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. "Advertising". The Age. 1 February 1855.


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