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Robert Clyde Packer Robert Clyde Packer i(A124710 works by) (a.k.a. Robert Packer; R. C. Packer)
Born: Established: 24 Jul 1879 Hobart Town (1803-1880), Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania, ; Died: Ceased: 12 Apr 1934
Gender: Male
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1 17 y separately published work icon Smith's Weekly James Joynton Smith (editor), Robert Clyde Packer (editor), Claude McKay (editor), Claude McKay (editor), James Joynton Smith (editor), James Joynton Smith (editor), Claude McKay (editor), Kenneth Slessor (editor), Kenneth Slessor (editor), Claude McKay (editor), Claude McKay (editor), Robert Clyde Packer (editor), J. F. Archibald (editor), Claude McKay (editor), James Joynton Smith (editor), 1919 Sydney : 1919-1950 Z968214 1919 newspaper (81 issues)

Smith's Weekly was primarily an illustrated broadsheet newspaper carrying whole pages of cartoons, political comment and comic strips. It was named after and initially funded by Sir James Joynton Smith (1858-1943), an Englishman who became lord mayor of Sydney. For much of its life Smith's Weekly was also regarded as 'the Digger's newspaper'. During the 1920s and 1930s it became a leading advocate for the welfare of returned servicemen and women, and throughout its life it ran a regular page of news, correspondence and other items intended for Diggers. This continued in the years following World War II.

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