The Inquirer (Perth)

The Inquirer
Type Weekly newspaper (every Wednesday)
Format Manuscript
Owner(s) Francis Lochée, William Tanner
Editor Francis Lochée
Founded 5 August 1840
ISSN 1838-9767

The Inquirer was a newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia between 5 August 1840 and 27 June 1855, by Francis Lochée.[1] It was a competitor to the Perth Gazette.[2][3][4][5][6]

The Inquirer was established by Francis Lochée and William Tanner, with the first issue published on 5 August 1840.[7][8] Lochée became sole proprietor and editor in June 1843, when Tanner, dissatisfied with its progress, withdrew his support.[7] Lochée retained ownership of the paper until May 1847 when he sold the operation to the paper's former compositor Edmund Stirling.[9] In July 1855, The Inquirer merged with the The Commercial News and Shipping Gazette, owned by Robert John Sholl, to form The Inquirer & Commercial News, which was published between 1855 and 1901.[10] Sholl had been the editor of The Inquirer between 1849 and early 1855, but left to establish a new weekly, The Commercial News and Shipping Gazette, in February 1855,[11] with financial support from George Leake.

References

  1. ↑ Lochée, Francis (1960), Francis Lochée papers, 1960s, retrieved 11 March 2014
  2. ↑ The Inquirer : a Western Australian Journal of Politics and Literature, 1840, retrieved 11 March 2014
  3. ↑ "Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855)". Newspaper Titles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ↑ The Inquirer: a Western Australian Journal of Politics and Literature, Francis Lochee, 1840, retrieved 11 March 2014 Trove work no 31024150
  5. ↑ The Inquirer: a Western Australian Journal of Politics and Literature, Francis Lochée, 1840, retrieved 11 March 2014 Trove work no 1729236361
  6. ↑ Ward, Katie; Erickson, Rica, 1908-; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs; Dictionary of Western Australians. Aboriginal Volumes Committee; Western Australian College of Advanced Education. Intercultural Studies Centre (1987), Index to the Inquirer newspaper, Perth, Western Australia, 1850-1855, The Intercultural Studies Centre of W.A.C.A.E, retrieved 11 March 2014
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tauman, Merab Harris (1967). "Lochée, Francis (1811–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Death of Mr. Francis Lochee, J.P.". Perth Gazette (National Library of Australia). 24 November 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Battye, O.K. (1976). "Stirling, Edmund (1815–1897)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  10. ↑ The Inquirer & Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Sterling Bros. and Co, 1900, ISSN 1838-9767
  11. ↑ Birman, Wendy (1976). "Sholl, Robert John (1819–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 11 March 2014.