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Organisation Melbourne University Press/ Melbourne University Publishing (1921 - )

From: 1921
Website: https://www.mup.com.au/
Summary: Melbourne University Press, Australia's first scholarly publisher, began as a second-hand book selling agency, a stationery store, a post-office and gown-hiring service. The first books to bear the MUP imprint, Myra Willard's History of the White Australia Policy and D.K. Picken's Number System of Arithmetic and Algebra, appeared in December 1923.
(University of Melbourne Archives, Key 48: Melbourne University Press 1921)

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1921 - Establishment of Melbourne University Press

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Online Resources

Key 48: Melbourne University Press 1921, University of Melbourne Archives, https://archives.unimelb.edu.au/resources/keys-to-the-past/keys/key-48. Details

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