The Satirical Press of Colonial Australia: A Migrant and Minority Enterprise

Title
The Satirical Press of Colonial Australia: A Migrant and Minority Enterprise
Publication Date
2020
Author(s)
Scully, Richard
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4012-4991
Email: rscully@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rscully
Editor
Editor(s): Catherine Dewhirst and Richard Scully
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Cham, Switzerland
Edition
1
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-43639-1_2
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/30408
Abstract
This chapter re-assesses the colonial Australian versions of the London Punch, making a case for their importance as essentially migrant and minority publications. Founded as a means of maintaining a sense of Britishness, and as a direct link to the culture of Metropolitan London, these magazines were staffed overwhelmingly by migrants (from Britain and elsewhere), directed to a predominantly migrant readership, and filled their pages with migration-themed jokes, cartoons, and pieces of doggerel. The everyday worries of a stranger in a strange land could be soothed by reference to the humour of the local satirical magazine, and a sense of shared community built through regular recourse to the pages of Melbourne Punch, Sydney Punch, Tasmanian Punch, Ballarat Punch, Adelaide Punch, Queensland Punch, or even Ipswich Punch.
Link
Citation
The Transnational Voices of Australia's Migrant and Minority Press, p. 19-36
ISBN
9783030436391
9783030436414
9783030436384
Start page
19
End page
36

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