A note on the Electric
Chronicle:
As from the July-August 1904/2004 edition, the
Electric Chronicle is presented on my own web site, Stitson Education (see the
link above). It is available on subscription only. Free samples, including
extra features not previously available, are displayed on the site.
Up to and including the May-June 1904/2004 edition, the Electric Chronicle was
available only to Echo Education subscribers.
The Electric Chronicle consists of a web site and a 12-page A4-sized newspaper
which may be read on-screen, downloaded as files or printed out.
The web version of the Chronicle is made up of news stories as originally
reported and written
a century ago (see an example below); the newspaper version is edited and rewritten
in modern format,
and is illustrated with century-old current affairs cartoons from various journals.
An edition of each version of the Chronicle is posted every second month.
Electric Chronicle extra
features!
At the beginning of 2004 I added a free
sample study guide relating to English, History and Media Studies
to accompany Echo's Chronicle edition for January-February 2004.
With the move of the Electric Chronicle from the Echo to the Stitson Education
site in July 2004, the study guides are a regular feature, accompanying each edition.
Additional, new features not previously available are interactive crossword
puzzles, based on World, National and General news items of a century ago on the Chronicle
web pages, and a gallery of extra news cartoons that aren't in the 12-page
newspaper.
To enquire about the Electric Chronicle, email to:
stitson@alphalink.com.au
Here are a few samples of news items you'll find:
Featuring in the March-April 2004 Electric
Chronicle
from the pages of The Age, March- April 1904:
First Federal Labor Government — Deakin resigns as P.M.
Continuation of the Russo-Japan war
"Slave" treatment of Aborigines in Western Australia
Australia vs. England Test Cricket, and "rowdyism" at the S.C.G.
Riots at Rev. Dowie's religious campaign in Melbourne
Horror crime in London — serial bigamist cements murdered wife into a box
... and much more, including this story:
A prosecution for obscenity,
transcribed in full from The Age, March 12, 1904.
The following may be of interest to
teachers:
Report of a newspaper journalist's visit to a school,
transcribed from the Sydney
Morning Herald
of February 8th, 1904
(and included in the Jan-Feb 2004 web
edition of the Electric Chronicle).
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