The Bulletin

The Bulletin was an Australian magazine founded in Sydney in 1880. It became influential through its writing, nationalist politics, and coverage of public affairs.

J. F. Archibald: J. F. Archibald was an Australian journalist and editor who co-founded The Bulletin in 1880. As editor and co-founder, he shaped the magazine’s early identity and literary influence.
Bulletin School: The Bulletin School was a group of Australian writers and illustrators associated with the magazine in the late nineteenth century. The magazine gave this loose circle a shared venue and a national audience.
Henry Lawson: Henry Lawson was an Australian writer known for short stories and poems about working-class life and the bush. The Bulletin published work that established his reputation as a major Australian writer.
White Australia policy: The White Australia policy was a set of laws and practices that restricted non-European immigration to Australia. The Bulletin’s nationalist politics included racial exclusion that anticipated and reinforced this policy.
John Haynes: John Haynes was an Australian journalist and politician who co-founded The Bulletin with J. F. Archibald. His partnership with Archibald established the magazine and its early political voice.
Australian literature: Australian literature is writing produced in Australia or shaped by Australian places, histories, and cultures. The Bulletin helped publish and popularize writing that treated Australian life as literary subject matter.
Banjo Paterson: Banjo Paterson was an Australian poet, journalist, and solicitor, best known for poems including “Waltzing Matilda.” His writing in The Bulletin helped bring bush ballads to a national readership.
Australian identity: Australian identity is the evolving sense of shared belonging shaped by Australia’s histories, cultures, and institutions. The magazine helped define a national character while also promoting narrow, exclusionary ideas of belonging.
Sydney: Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and Australia’s largest city. The magazine began there amid the city’s expanding press and political culture.
Australian nationalism: Australian nationalism is the political and cultural advocacy of a distinct Australian identity and national community. Its commentary helped circulate arguments for a national identity before federation.

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