| Type | weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor |
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| Launched | 4 January 1901 (1901-01-04) |
| Ceased publication | 28 June 1940 (1940-06-28) |
| City | Adelaide |
| Country | Australia |
| ISSN | 2205-7552 |
TheAustralian Christian Commonwealth was a weekly newspaper published byHussey & Gillingham inSouth Australia from 1901 to 1940.
TheAustralian Christian Commonwealth was first published on 4 January 1901. Although "new", the masthead of the first edition included the subtitle"with which are incorporated TheChristian Weekly & Methodist Journal, The Primitive Methodist Magazine, TheBible Christian Monthly" and that it was"The Organ of the Methodist Church in South Australia, and the Champion of Evangelical Christianity."[1] TheMethodist Church of Australasia had been formed by combining severalMethodist denominations in Australia. The three incorporated titles belonged to the three South Australian branches of merging denominations :–Wesleyan Methodist Church,Primitive Methodist Church andBible Christian Church.
The newspaper began as "Vol. XIII, No. 660, [New Series]" maintaining the publication order, alongside content and design continuity, of its previous iteration, theChristian Weekly and Methodist Journal.[2][3] It continued publication until mid-1940, and was superseded by theSouth Australian Methodist (1940-1970).
Rev.Brian Wibberley Mus. Bac. was editor from 1901 to 1911.
The newspaper has been digitised and made available for free online by theNational Library of Australia through theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Project.[4]