![]() The Argus office at 76 Collins Street, Melbourne in 1867 | |
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet, then tabloid from 1942[1] |
Founder(s) | William Kerr |
Founded | 1846 |
Ceased publication | January 19, 1957 |
Free online archives | https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/13 |
The Argus was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period.[2] Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. The Argus's main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, The Age.