The Geraldton Guardian is a newspaper that was established in Geraldton, Western Australia, on 1 October 1906 to serve the Victoria and Murchison Districts. It was launched on principles of liberal democracy, state rights, nationalism and British preference.[1]
The Geraldton Guardian was established by the proprietors, Constantine and Gardner, at the "Guardian Buildings", Marine Terrace, Geraldton, Western Australia.[2] Edward Constantine, the senior partner of Constantine and Gardner was born in Cornwall, England but emigrated to South Australia with his parents at the age of three.[3]
Initially the Geraldton Guardian was published biweekly on Tuesday and Friday. It consisted of eight demy-folio pages printed on a demy Wharfedale machine.[3] From 15 October 1907, publication changed to tri-weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.[4] It was now bring printed on a super double royal Wharfedale powered by a 5-horsepower engine.
On 1 January 1929 the Guardian amalgamated with the other Geraldton newspaper, the Geraldton Express (established in 1878), and was published as The Geraldton Guardian and Express, an evening daily.[5][6]
On 1 January 1948 it changed its name back to The Geraldton Guardian.[7]
Issues of the Geraldton Guardian (1906 - 1928) and (1948 - 1950) plus The Geraldton Guardian and Express (1929 - 1947) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[8] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.
Hard copy and microfilm copies of the Geraldton Guardian,[2] The Geraldton Guardian and Express[9] and The Geraldton Guardian[10] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.
