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y separately published work icon The Inquirer newspaper  
Date: 1846
Date: 1846-1855
Date: 1840-1846
Issue Details: First known date: 1840... 1840 The Inquirer
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1840
Notes:
Digitised issues for the period 5 August 1840 to 27 June 1855 available here; issues from 4 July 1855 onwards available here. (Correct as of 16 October 2013.)
Notes:
Publisher varies.
Link: Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service. (This link is to 1840-1855 issues.)
    • Perth, Western Australia,: Francis Lochée , 1840-1846 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Edited, printed and published by Francis Lochee at the office of the Inquirer in St George's Terrace, Perth.' (5 August 1840 - 22 July 1846).
    • Perth, Western Australia,: Richard West Nash , 1846 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Edited, printed and published by the proprietor, Mr Richard West Nash at the office of The Inquirer in St George's Terrace, Perth.' (29 July 1846-16 Dec. 1846).
    • Perth, Western Australia,: Edmund Stirling , 1846-1855 .
      Note/s:

      • 'Printed and published by Edmund Stirling at the office of The Inquirer in St George's Terrace, Perth.' (23 Dec. 1846-30 Dec. 1846).

        'Printed and published by the Proprietor, Edmund Stirling, at the office of The Inquirer, in St George's Terrace, Perth.' (6 Jan. 1847-27 June 1855).

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y separately published work icon Richard West Nash in Western Australia, 1839-1849 : A Biographical Sketch Michael White , Perth : Murdoch University. Centre for Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies , 2001 6439034 2001 single work biography
Newspapers and Literature in Western Australia, 1829-1859 W. Bunbury , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 23 no. 1 1978; (p. 65-83) The Literature of Western Australia 1979; (p. 250-271)
Western Australia Eighty Years Ago 'Historicus' (fl. 1927) , 1927 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Perth] , 22 May no. 1,532 1927; (p. 41)
Untitled 1848 single work column
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette, and Independent Journal of Politics and News , 22 January no. 4 1848; (p. 2)
Untitled 1847 single work column
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 7 August vol. 1 (New Series) no. 32 1847; (p. 2)
Untitled 'A Hermit in Western Australia' , 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 12 November vol. 10 no. 510 1842; (p. 3) This letter, about the merits of the Perth Gazette as opposed to its rival the Inquirer, includes an interesting and separate comment on the use of fire for bush regeneration.
Untitled Charles Macfaull , 1842 single work column
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 19 November vol. 10 no. 511 1842; (p. 2)

In an editorial, the editor of the Gazette refutes allegations made against the newspaper by its rival the Inquirer: 'Our contemporary, the Inquirer, in one of his amiable moods, has condescended to notice us in his last publication, and we cannot do less than return the compliment.'

The argument seems to have developed over reports (not indexed) by two different parties published in the Gazette and the Inquirer in late October and early November 1842 on the discovery of a new tract of available land. The argument devolved into one over religion in the colony and continued through the November and December issues and into 1843. Columns and correspondence specific to the newspapers themselves are indexed only.
Untitled A. B. (fl. 1842) , 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 19 November vol. 10 no. 511 1842; (p. 3)
Untitled Charles Macfaull , 1842 single work column
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 26 November vol. 10 no. 512 1842; (p. 2)
Untitled 'A Hermit in Western Australia' , 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 3 December vol. 10 no. 513 1842; (p. 3-4)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Subtitle:
A Western Australian Journal of Politics and Literature
Frequency:
Weekly on Wednesday (until 1888), then twice weekly
Range:
Vol. 1 no. 1 (5 August 1840) - vol. 15 no. 772 (17 June 1855)
Supplement:
Includes supplements: The Western Australian Commercial Advertiser and Literary Miscellany, and WA Commercial Advertiser
Note:
Distribution area: Perth; Fremantle
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