The Australian (1824 newspaper)

The Australian (Sydney, NSW, 1824 - 1848) was a weekly English language newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The front page of The Australian newspaper on Thursday 14 October 1824

History

The paper was first published on Thursday 14 October 1824. It was founded by Robert Wardell and William Charles Wentworth.[1]

The last issue of the paper appeared on Thursday 28 September 1848. Publication of the paper ceased due to "the large amount of unpaid subscriptions, which we are unable to collect without proceeding to compulsory measures".[2]

Digitisation

Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[3] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of New South Wales.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Australian, State Library of NSW catalogue entry". Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "To our friends and subscribers". The Australian. 28 September 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Digitising our collections". Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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