| The Swan Express | |
| Founder: | Frederick Davis |
| Foundation: | 1900 |
| Language: | English |
| Ceased Publication: | 1979 |
| Publishing Country: | Australia |
| Publishing City: | Midland Junction |
The Swan Express was a weekly English language newspaper published in Midland, Western Australia.
The Swan Express was published from 1 December 1900 until 8 November 1979. It was printed by William Heller at 184 Barrack St, Perth, and published at The Crescent, Midland Junction.[1]
It was established by Frederick Davis, who had previously worked as the second in charge at The Sunday Chronicle.[2] Davis owned and edited the newspaper for 8 and a half years before he sold the business to Herbert James Lambert, who took control on Monday 3 April 1909.[3] Lambert was an experienced journalist and had previously worked as sub-editor at the Morning Herald.
During World War I, Lambert ran the soldiers' camp newspaper, Camp Chronicle: the soldier's paper, and he later went on to become editor of The West Australian.[4]
Camp Chronicle was published at Blackboy Hill army camp, recording the day-to-day events of the camp. The newspaper contained personal paragraphs, anecdotes and matters pertaining to the life of a soldier.[5]
The weekly newspaper served the eastern suburbs of Perth, including Midland (then known as Midland Junction), which in 1900 was a major railway junction.
Issues of The Swan Express (1900–1954) and the Camp Chronicle (1915–1918) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[6] of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.
Microfilm and hard copies of The Swan Express[7] and the Camp Chronicle[8] [9] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.