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y separately published work icon The Australian newspaper  
Alternative title: The Australian : Daily Journal of Commerce, Agriculture and Politics
Date: 1837-1841 Note: Nichols was editor from 4 July 1837 to 10 July 1841
Date: 1835-1837 Note: Hardy was editor from 1 May 1835 to 30 June 1837 but was probably editor from 1 August 1834.
Date: 1833-1835 Note: Editors from 3 May 1833 to 29 July 1834.They continued proprietors to 28 April 1835.
Date: 1828-1833
Date: 1824-1828
Issue Details: First known date: 1824... 1824 The Australian
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1824
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: George Williams , 1824-1848 .
      Link: 6904254Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • Publisher varies.
      • From January 1825, printed for the proprietors by John Cubitt, Sydney.
      • Digitised issues available for the period 14 October 1824 to 28 September 1848. (Correct as 13 January 2014.)
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Works about this Work

Killer Drones, Dieback and Democracy Justin Clemens , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , December 2011 - January 2012 no. 115 2012; (p. 22-26)
Clouds of Rhetoric : Climate Change and the State of Australian Journalism Ben Eltham , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , October no. 7 2011; (p. 9-20) Ben Eltham on News Limited and the future of quality Australian journalism.
Behind the Book : Vance Palmer's Short Stories and Australian Magazine Culture in the 1920s Roger Osborne , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 49-64) 'Behind the books that serve most critics and biographers as signposts to the development of Vance Palmer's short fiction, another sequence of events is found in the newspapers and magazines to which he contributed. In addition to the stories for which he is best-known, he published hundreds more in Australian periodicals. This article considers Palmer's career through his contributions to the Bulletin, the Triad and the Australian Journal. Palmer might be best-known as a representative figure in Australia's literary culture, but he is also one of the most representative figures of the magazine culture of his time.' (JASAL abstract.)
y separately published work icon Working for Rupert Hugh Lunn , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 Z895284 2001 single work biography humour
Australia's First Press Ralph Mansfield , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Margin , July-August no. 45 1998; (p. 5-13)
Behind the Book : Vance Palmer's Short Stories and Australian Magazine Culture in the 1920s Roger Osborne , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 49-64) 'Behind the books that serve most critics and biographers as signposts to the development of Vance Palmer's short fiction, another sequence of events is found in the newspapers and magazines to which he contributed. In addition to the stories for which he is best-known, he published hundreds more in Australian periodicals. This article considers Palmer's career through his contributions to the Bulletin, the Triad and the Australian Journal. Palmer might be best-known as a representative figure in Australia's literary culture, but he is also one of the most representative figures of the magazine culture of his time.' (JASAL abstract.)
Untitled 1845 single work column
— Appears in: The Atlas , 7 June vol. 1 no. 28 1845; (p. 333)
Law Report Extraordinary : Australian v. Atlas 1846 single work column
— Appears in: The Atlas , 14 February vol. 2 no. 64 1846; (p. 82)
The Daily's List i "'Tis plain the Daily can with ease", 1847 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Atlas , 15 May vol. 3 no. 129 1847; (p. 234) Doggerel on the content of 'the Daily', probably the Sydney newspaper, the Australian which was known for a time, from the from mid-1840s, as Daily Journal of Commerce, Agriculture and Politics.
Hoax Heliconical, for the Next Anniversary Festival i "STRIKE, strike the red hot iron,", 'Anticipo' , 1825 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 March vol. 23 no. 1111 1825; (p. 4)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Subtitle:
Subtitle varies. From 1 March 1844: Daily Journal of Commerce, Agriculture and Politics
Frequency:
Frequency varies. Originally published weekly. As of 1 April 1826, publication changed to twice weekly (Saturdays and Wednesdays)
Range:
No. 1 (14 October 1824) - vol. 5 no. 766 (28 September 1848)
Price:
One shilling
Note:

Founders and proprietors Robert Wardell (1794-1834) and William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872).

Has serialised

The Bushranger's Autobiography, W. W. , single work novel crime
The House of Assembly : A Play in Seven Acts, Sir Geofrey Dunstan , single work drama humour
Account of a Trip to Hunter's River, X. Y. Z. (fl. 1826-1827) , single work prose travel
A Ride to Bathurst, X. Y. Z. (fl. 1826-1827) , single work prose travel
Skeleton Reef, Grosvenor Bunster , single work novel
Lord William and companion Duncan find a skeleton and gold in Western Australia. Coincidentally, the murdered man is one they knew in Scotland. They return to Scotland with an Aboriginal whom they shot and nursed to back to health. The murderer is uncovered and the reef yields gold. All marry and stay in Scotland.
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