[this is from the Advance Australia Journal]
We come into existence because we believe there exists a necessity for such a journal as we purpose to be - a national newspaper. We belong not to party-politics nor religion. Protection nor free-trade shall have no place in our columns. Australia - the land of our birth is the star that shall guide us, and the advancement of all that tends to her welfare is our high aim.
We belong to no province in particular. The welfare of Australia as a whole, and not the parish politics of any one part, is the matter which shall have our deepest concern. We are not Victorian, nr South Australian in our proclivities; neither do we incline towards New South Wales. We are Australians; and the interests of the commonwealth shall be striven for with singleness of aim.
We come into existence because we believe there exists a necessity for such a journal as we purpose to be - a national newspaper. We belong not to party-politics nor religion. Protection nor free-trade shall have no place in our columns. Australia - the land of our birth is the star that shall guide us, and the advancement of all that tends to her welfare is our high aim.
We belong to no province in particular. The welfare of Australia as a whole, and not the parish politics of any one part, is the matter which shall have our deepest concern. We are not Victorian, nr South Australian in our proclivities; neither do we incline towards New South Wales. We are Australians; and the interests of the commonwealth shall be striven for with singleness of aim.