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Date: 1842-1869 Note: James Aikenhead edited the Launceston Examiner until 1869 when he transferred his interest to his son William.
Issue Details: First known date: 1842... 1842 Launceston Examiner
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The Reverend John West, Jonathan Stammers Waddell and James Aikenhead established the Launceston Examiner in 1842, with West becoming the Examiner's 'first editorial writer'.

Initially,the Examiner was 'printed at a book shop in Brisbane St, but in 1848 it moved to Charles St and in 1854 to the specially built Paterson St premises, which, enlarged and modernised, is still [2013] its home.'

Sources: L. L. Robson, 'Aikenhead, James (1815-1887)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/aikenhead-james-1693/text1825 ; 'About Us', The Examiner website, www.examiner.com.au
Sighted: 06/02/13

Notes

  • For further information, see the Examiner's website: www.examiner.com.au

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Date: 1842-1899
Notes:
Digitised issues available for the period 12 March 1842 to 30 December 1899. (Correct as of 18 December 2013.)
Link: Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: James Aikenhead , 1842-1843 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published by the proprietor, James Aikenhead ... at the Launceston Examiner Office ...' (Colophon, 12 March 1842 - 26 August 1843)
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Jonathan Stammers Waddell , 1848-1857 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published at the Launceston Examiner office ... by Jonathan Stammers Waddell ...' (Colophon, 7 June 1848 - 8 December 1857)
      • James Aikenhead continued as joint proprietor with Waddell throughout this time.
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: James Aikenhead , 1857 .
      Note/s:
      • Printed and published at the Launceston Examiner office ... by James Aikenhead ...' (Colophon, 10 - 29 December 1857)
      • Waddell died on 9 December 1857.
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Henry Button , 1858-1869 .
      Note/s:
      • James Aikenhead continued as joint proprietor throughout this time until he transferred his interest to his son William Aikenhead.
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Aikenhead & Button , 1869-1887 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published ... by William Aikenhead and Henry Button ... trading [as] Aikenhead & Button ...' (Colophon, 19 October 1869 - 20 July 1887)
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Henry Button , 1887-1899 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published .. by Henry Button ...' (Colophon, 21 July 1887 - 30 December 1899
      • Henry Button became sole proprietor in July 1887.
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y separately published work icon Launceston Advertiser The Launceston Advertiser John Pascoe Fawkner (editor), Henry Dowling (editor), 1829 Launceston : John Pascoe Fawkner , 1829-1831 Z1769370 1829 newspaper (1 issues)

John Fawkner used the Launceston Advertiser 'as "the active and avowed friend of the emancipist class in Van Diemen's Land, dealing heavy and repeated blows upon officialdom and the reputed respectable class in the island". He attacked capital punishment in a colony that valued "a man's life at less than a sheep", and made forceful remarks on cruelty to assigned servants.'

Henry Dowling, who had worked on the newspaper, became editor and publisher in 1831.

During his time with the newspaper Dowling relinquished the proprietorship but continued his involvement with the newspaper, 'the cares and labours of a journalist', until the paper's cessation on the last day of December 1846.

Sources: Hugh Anderson, 'Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792 - 1869)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 368-370; Isabella J. Mead, 'Dowling, Henry (1810 - 1885)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 316-317 (sighted online 30/03/2011); [Henry Dowling], 'Our Farewell', Launceston Advertiser (31 December 1846): 2-3.
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 1836-8204
Subtitle:
Commercial and Agricultural Advertiser
Frequency:
Weekly on Saturdays; twice weekly on Saturdays and Wednesdays from May 1842; thrice weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) from 1853; daily from 10 April 1866 - 16 February 1867; thrice weekly until 21 December 1877; daily until 30 December 1899.
Range:
Vol. 1 no. 1, 12 March 1842 - vol. 59 no. 311, 30 December 1899
Continued by:
The Examiner (1900- )
Mergers:
Incorporates Launceston Advertiser (1829-1846) from 2 January 1847.

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