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Published by the proprieters of the Argus and the Australasian, the Sketcher contains articles, short stories, theatre and music reviews, social and sporting notes and engravings on Australia, chiefly Victoria and South Australia, and New Zealand. Includes some material on Fiji, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Literary content reduced in later issues. Contributors included Marcus Clarke, Thomas Carrington, Louis Buvelot and John Gully.
The Prospectus published in the Argus (24 March, 1873) states that the new publication will 'deal with the picturesque phases of our public and social life' while 'leaving in a great measure the publication and discussion of political and parliamentary news, and legal, commercial, and industrial intelligence, to the daily and weekly press'.
The Prospectus published in the Argus (24 March, 1873) states that the new publication will 'deal with the picturesque phases of our public and social life' while 'leaving in a great measure the publication and discussion of political and parliamentary news, and legal, commercial, and industrial intelligence, to the daily and weekly press'.
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Two interstate editions were also published at various times. The South Australian edition, which incorporated the Illustrated Adelaide Post, was published between 1874 and 1885. The proprietors were initially, W. A. Cawthorne, and later, G.N. and W. H. Birks. The other edition was published in Queensland between ca. 1877 and 1882 by Gordon and Gotch.
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The National Library of Australia (including Trove) incorrectly names H. George as the Sketcher's only publisher, while making no mention of the proprietors and publishers of the Argus and Australasian (Edward Wilson and Lauchlan Mackinnon). They in fact used three Melbourne printeries to print and publish the Sketcher, these being Hugh George (1873-1878 ), who is also known to have been an editor at the Argus; Alfred May and Alfred and Alfred Martin Ebsworth (1878-1882); and Alfred Martin Ebsworth (1882-1889).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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1861-62 : Seminal Years in the Publishing History of Illustrated Newspapers in Colonial Australia
2011
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Prospectus of a New Illustrated Monthly Journal
1873
single work
column
— Appears in: The Argus , 24 March 1873; (p. 4)
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1861-62 : Seminal Years in the Publishing History of Illustrated Newspapers in Colonial Australia
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , December no. 88 2011; (p. 13-26) -
Prospectus of a New Illustrated Monthly Journal
1873
single work
column
— Appears in: The Argus , 24 March 1873; (p. 4)
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Frequency:
Monthly (April 1873 -December 1879) ; fortnightly (January - December 1880) ; monthly (January 1881 - December 1889).
Range:
Vol. 1 no. 1 (19 April 1873) - vol. 17 no. 252 (26 December 1889)
Price:
6d.
Graphics:
'Careful arrangements have been made to secure the attainment of excellence in the pictorial illustrations.' - Prospectus, Argus, 24 March 1873
Note:
The title was shortened to The Australian Sketcher between January 1881 and February 1883.
Has serialised
- The Great Austral Plain : Its Past, Present and Future, single work prose travel
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