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The Age first edition, Melbourne Museum
The first edition of The Age

The Age is a newspaper made in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned by an Australian company called Fairfax, and its first edition was on 17 October 1854.

The newspaper was first made by John and Henry Cooke. They also had a merchant business called Francis Cooke and Co.. They said they would use the newspaper to help miners in the Australian Gold Rush. The newspaper has become very popular since then. According to its website, it gets up to 957,000 on Saturdays. The editor is Andrew Jaspan, who got the job in 2004. He got in trouble in 2008 when The Age journalists agreed that he had been making it hard for them to make news reports independently.

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  • TheAgeNov111975

    Front page of The Age reporting the dismissal of the Prime Minister on 11 November 1975

  • The Age Headquarters

    Previous headquarters of The Age

See also

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