The changing role of Queensland newspapers in imagining leisure and recreation
The first detailed article I wrote following four years of archival research into Newspaper representations of rockclimbing in Queensland and beyond was published in the online journal ejournalist in 2001. Please visit the site and download it (free) by clicking on the following link: The changing role of Queensland newspapers in imagining leisure and recreation.
| Possibly the earliest newspaper images of climbing published in Australia: the first known women to climb Crookneck, Sara, Jenny and Etty Clark are pictured with three male companions on the summit in 1912 (Queenslander 8 June 1912). |
The first detailed article I wrote following four years of archival research into Newspaper representations of rockclimbing in Queensland and beyond was published in the online journal ejournalist in 2001. Please visit the site and download it (free) by clicking on the following link: The changing role of Queensland newspapers in imagining leisure and recreation.
This post first appeared on The Living Rock: A History Of Adventure Climbing I, please read the originial post: here
