The Cairns Post is a major News Corporationnewspaper in Far North Queensland, Australia, that exclusively serves the Cairns area. It has daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and liftouts covering health, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The Cairns Post is published every weekday and a weekend edition which is called The Weekend Post is published on Saturdays.
Premises of The Cairns Post on Abbott Street (2016)The original founder FT0WimbleFirst office of the Cairns Post on Lake Street (1886)Morning Post (Cairns) - Premises after the cyclone 1906
It is the oldest business in Cairns and has been operating continuously for more than a century.[1][2]
The Cairns Post claims to be dating back to 1882.[3]
The Cairns Post 1883 - 1893Edit
The first incarnation of a newspaper called The Cairns Post was published first on 10 May 1883 and was founded by the ink manufacturer Frederick Thomas Wimble. The son of an English second-generation ink-maker migrated as a 20-year old for health reasons to Australia. He initially stayed in Melbourne but later moved to Sydney, carrying on with ink manufacturing. In 1883 he moved to Cairns, hoping to get involved in agriculture, but soon went into establishing the Cairns Post as a weekly paper appearing Thursdays with offices on Lake Street. From May 1887 forward the paper was published biweekly, appearing Wednesdays and Saturdays.
In the economic depression following the Australian banking crisis of 1893 Wimble, who soon after his arrival in Cairns was elected alderman and in 1888 became the first member for the electoral district of Cairns in the Queensland Parliament, lost his fortune. This led also to the end of the Post. Wimble ended also his parliamentary career. He returned to Sydney "with nothing left but my good name". There he had renewed success and regained control of his former company there and published from 1906 Wimble's Reminder, which run until 1957. This left the Cairns Argus, founded in 1888 by William Graham Henderson, who initially came from Sydney to Cairns to join Wimble, as the sole newspaper in town.[4][5][6]
Founding of the Morning Post in 1895Edit
Today's Post dates back to 1895 when Edwin "Hoppy" Charles Mollet Draper founded as head of E. Draper & Co. the Morning Post as a weekly publication. He was born in 1861 to a prominent family in Williamstown, Victoria. After he bankrupted a small provincial paper he traveled Victoria as an insurance salesman. Later he followed his younger brother Alexander J Draper (b. 1863 in Williamstown) to Cairns. AJ Draper started initially a career with the Bank of Australasia which took him through rural Victoria and New South Wales. After being sent to Townsville he moved to Cairns in 1885 where he became involved in numerous business interests and also filled the position of mayor for several stints between 1891 and 1927. In January 1885 he founded together with WD Hobson the Cairns Chronicle which evolved into a "rabid tabloid" style paper. In May 1886 he appointed Edwin as editor of the publication. Later that year libelous remarks led to a horsewhipping of Edwin Draper by the Cairns Post publisher FT Wimble. AJ Draper lost control of the scandal-plagued Chronicle as a consequence of the 1893 economic crisis.[7][8]
Edwin had to give up his position in 1898 due to a “serious illness” and he died in 1901 in Cairns. After his death it was found out, that thePost was actually held in the name of AJ Draper's wife Georgina. In August 1900 the paper became biweekly and four years later it became a daily paper.
In December 1907 the paper became The Cairns Morning Post and in July 1909 it was renamed The Cairns Post. The Drapers were fiercely opposed to the labour movement. This triggered the foundation of the Cairns Times in 1900, which was later taken over directly by the unions. After taking over the Cairns Argus in 1918 it became a daily newspaper, the Daily Times, which eventually was taken over by the Post in 1935 and incorporated with the weekly Northern Herald, which itself was a spun off by the Post in 1913.[9][10]
Takeovers: Queensland Press in 1966 and Murdoch in 1987Edit
After the death of AJ Draper in 1928 the Post remained in the hands of the Draper family until 1965, when Queensland Press Ltd bought the company. The Queensland Press was also the largest shareholder of the Melbourne based publisher The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT) which was targeted for a takeover by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in the course of the big media shake-up of 1986/87, which was enabled by the Australian Federal Government under Prime Minister Bob Hawke to curry favour with the nation's major newspapers and their owner in order to foster its re-election chances in the 1987 Australian federal election. In the end, some major assets of HWT were divided up between Murdoch's rival Robert Holmes a Court and Murdoch acquired Queensland Press in January 1987 via his family company Cruden Investments for $ 700 million.
Premises on Abbott StreetEdit
Cairns Post - Premises 1930
The first stage of the Cairns Post building on 22-24 Abbott Street with its classical colonnade in the inter-war Academic Classical style was built in 1908 and was designed by Harvey Draper (1869-1921), who was another of the Draper brothers. He was one of the most prolific architect of Cairns in that era. He also designed the Adelaide Steamship Company’s Offices in Cairns (1910), the Jack and Newell Store (1911), the Palace Theatre (1913), the Howard Smith Building (1914), the Cairns Ambulance Station (1921), and St. Saviour's Church (Kuranda, 1915) as well as buildings interstate.
The Post building initially comprised the left three bays. Five more bays were added in 1924.[11][12]
^"The Cairns Post". Cairns.com.au. from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
^see the big inscription on the Abbot Street headquarters ("Estab. 1882") and "About Us", Cairns Post (per March 2023)
^McQueen, Humphrey. "Wimble, Frederick Thomas (1846–1936) – Biographical Entry". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
^"The Knob, A History of Yorkeys Knob" by Mary T Williams, published in October 1986
^Rod Kirkpatrick "The First Cairns Post" chs bulletins 282/283 June/July 1983
^Catherine May: "Draper, Alexander Frederick John (1863–1928)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, 1981
^Karen B: "A Horsewhipping for Christmas", Moreton Bay and More, 17 December 2021
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The Cairns Post is a major News Corporation newspaper in Far North Queensland Australia that exclusively serves the Cairns area It has daily coverage on local state national and world news plus a wide range of sections and liftouts covering health beauty cars and lifestyle The Cairns Post is published every weekday and a weekend edition which is called The Weekend Post is published on Saturdays The Cairns PostTypeDaily newspaperFormatTabloid Berliner Weekend Post from 2017 Owner s News LimitedEditorTyla HarringtonFounded10 May 1883HeadquartersCairnsWebsitewww wbr cairnspost wbr com wbr auPremises of The Cairns Post on Abbott Street 2016 The original founder FT0 WimbleFirst office of the Cairns Post on Lake Street 1886 Morning Post Cairns Premises after the cyclone 1906It is the oldest business in Cairns and has been operating continuously for more than a century 1 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 The Cairns Post 1883 1893 1 2 Founding of the Morning Post in 1895 1 3 Takeovers Queensland Press in 1966 and Murdoch in 1987 2 Premises on Abbott Street 3 Digitisation 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe Cairns Post claims to be dating back to 1882 3 The Cairns Post 1883 1893 Edit The first incarnation of a newspaper called The Cairns Post was published first on 10 May 1883 and was founded by the ink manufacturer Frederick Thomas Wimble The son of an English second generation ink maker migrated as a 20 year old for health reasons to Australia He initially stayed in Melbourne but later moved to Sydney carrying on with ink manufacturing In 1883 he moved to Cairns hoping to get involved in agriculture but soon went into establishing the Cairns Post as a weekly paper appearing Thursdays with offices on Lake Street From May 1887 forward the paper was published biweekly appearing Wednesdays and Saturdays In the economic depression following the Australian banking crisis of 1893 Wimble who soon after his arrival in Cairns was elected alderman and in 1888 became the first member for the electoral district of Cairns in the Queensland Parliament lost his fortune This led also to the end of the Post Wimble ended also his parliamentary career He returned to Sydney with nothing left but my good name There he had renewed success and regained control of his former company there and published from 1906 Wimble s Reminder which run until 1957 This left the Cairns Argus founded in 1888 by William Graham Henderson who initially came from Sydney to Cairns to join Wimble as the sole newspaper in town 4 5 6 Founding of the Morning Post in 1895 Edit Today s Post dates back to 1895 when Edwin Hoppy Charles Mollet Draper founded as head of E Draper amp Co the Morning Post as a weekly publication He was born in 1861 to a prominent family in Williamstown Victoria After he bankrupted a small provincial paper he traveled Victoria as an insurance salesman Later he followed his younger brother Alexander J Draper b 1863 in Williamstown to Cairns AJ Draper started initially a career with the Bank of Australasia which took him through rural Victoria and New South Wales After being sent to Townsville he moved to Cairns in 1885 where he became involved in numerous business interests and also filled the position of mayor for several stints between 1891 and 1927 In January 1885 he founded together with WD Hobson the Cairns Chronicle which evolved into a rabid tabloid style paper In May 1886 he appointed Edwin as editor of the publication Later that year libelous remarks led to a horsewhipping of Edwin Draper by the Cairns Post publisher FT Wimble AJ Draper lost control of the scandal plagued Chronicle as a consequence of the 1893 economic crisis 7 8 Edwin had to give up his position in 1898 due to a serious illness and he died in 1901 in Cairns After his death it was found out that thePost was actually held in the name of AJ Draper s wife Georgina In August 1900 the paper became biweekly and four years later it became a daily paper In December 1907 the paper became The Cairns Morning Post and in July 1909 it was renamed The Cairns Post The Drapers were fiercely opposed to the labour movement This triggered the foundation of the Cairns Times in 1900 which was later taken over directly by the unions After taking over the Cairns Argus in 1918 it became a daily newspaper the Daily Times which eventually was taken over by the Post in 1935 and incorporated with the weekly Northern Herald which itself was a spun off by the Post in 1913 9 10 Takeovers Queensland Press in 1966 and Murdoch in 1987 Edit After the death of AJ Draper in 1928 the Post remained in the hands of the Draper family until 1965 when Queensland Press Ltd bought the company The Queensland Press was also the largest shareholder of the Melbourne based publisher The Herald and Weekly Times HWT which was targeted for a takeover by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in the course of the big media shake up of 1986 87 which was enabled by the Australian Federal Government under Prime Minister Bob Hawke to curry favour with the nation s major newspapers and their owner in order to foster its re election chances in the 1987 Australian federal election In the end some major assets of HWT were divided up between Murdoch s rival Robert Holmes a Court and Murdoch acquired Queensland Press in January 1987 via his family company Cruden Investments for 700 million Premises on Abbott Street Edit nbsp Cairns Post Premises 1930The first stage of the Cairns Post building on 22 24 Abbott Street with its classical colonnade in the inter war Academic Classical style was built in 1908 and was designed by Harvey Draper 1869 1921 who was another of the Draper brothers He was one of the most prolific architect of Cairns in that era He also designed the Adelaide Steamship Company s Offices in Cairns 1910 the Jack and Newell Store 1911 the Palace Theatre 1913 the Howard Smith Building 1914 the Cairns Ambulance Station 1921 and St Saviour s Church Kuranda 1915 as well as buildings interstate The Post building initially comprised the left three bays Five more bays were added in 1924 11 12 Digitisation EditThe paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia 13 14 The first digitised copy available is from February 1884 15 See also EditList of newspapers in AustraliaReferences Edit The Cairns Post 5 July 1909 The Cairns Post Cairns com au Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 Retrieved 12 February 2013 see the big inscription on the Abbot Street headquarters Estab 1882 and About Us Cairns Post per March 2023 McQueen Humphrey Wimble Frederick Thomas 1846 1936 Biographical Entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Adbonline anu edu au Archived from the original on 7 July 2012 Retrieved 12 February 2013 The Knob A History of Yorkeys Knob by Mary T Williams published in October 1986 Rod Kirkpatrick The First Cairns Post chs bulletins 282 283 June July 1983 Catherine May Draper Alexander Frederick John 1863 1928 Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 8 1981 Karen B A Horsewhipping for Christmas Moreton Bay and More 17 December 2021 The Northern Herald 11 April 1913 Page 2 Incorporating Cairns Daily Times Cairns Post 20 December 1935 p 8 Planning Scheme Policy Cairns Plan 2016 Cairns Regional Council p 80f waymarking com waymarks wm1338K Cairns Post Building 22 24 Abbott St Cairns QLD Australia Cairns Post Building 22 24 Abbott St Cairns QLD Australia Waymarking com per 3 March 2023 Newspaper and magazine titles Trove Archived from the original on 29 February 2016 Retrieved 9 October 2014 Newspaper Digitisation Program Trove Archived from the original on 2 July 2015 Retrieved 9 October 2014 The Cairns Post Trove Archived from the original on 18 January 2023 Retrieved 9 October 2014 External links EditCairns Post Qld 1884 1893 at Trove Morning Post Cairns Qld 1897 1907 at Trove Cairns Morning Post Qld 1907 1909 at Trove Cairns Post Qld 1909 1954 at Trove The Cairns 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