Abstract
historians have concentrated their attention on the media and in most histories of Australia the media appear only peripherally. The raising of funds in Australia to aid the dockers in 1889 has been examined by P. F. Donovan in a valuable article,1 but the financial aspects of the unions' struggle in 1890 have not been studied. Indeed, Coghlan's Labour and Industry in Australia2 still provides the most detailed account of the course of the strike and it is not always reliable. This article attempts to demonstrate the interconnection between media and money in 1889 and in 1890, and it concludes by examining the characteristics and impact of the various media at this time. I In 1889 most newspapers simply headed their cables Trom our own correspondent' and Reuter did not require its subscribers to publish under the Reuter name. Cables were still expensive although by 1889 the original press rate of 10s. a word had been reduced to 2s.9d. for a message between London and Sydney.3 Newspapers formed syndicates so as to share the cost, and the members of each syndicate may be ascertained by a careful comparison of the cables on any particular day. The three main services were:
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