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Alternative title: Monitor Magazine
Issue Details: First known date: 1826... 1826 The Monitor
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1826
      Sydney, New South Wales,: 1826-1828 .
      Link: U13175Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
      Note/s:
      • Printed and published at the Monitor Press. Sydney, New South Wales. (1.1 (19 May 1826): 8)
      • As of 2 March 1827: 'Edited, printed and published by E. S. Hall, sole proprietor.' In mid-1827, the newspaper premises were at 81 George Street, Sydney.

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Edward Smith Hall and the Sydney Monitor Erin Ihde , Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2004 Z1194269 2004 single work criticism
y separately published work icon A Manifesto for New South Wales : Edward Smith Hall and the Sydney Monitor, 1826-1840 Erin Ihde , 2002 Z1194117 2002 single work thesis
Colonial Periodicals: Patterns of Failure Lurline Stuart , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin , First Quarter vol. 13 no. 1 1989; (p. 1-10)
Untitled i "The Monitor said, which was very unkind,", Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish , 1837 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Times , 26 August vol. 4 no. 33 1837; (p. 3)
Mirror of the Times, or Gleaner in Rhymes i "Says Mrs Payne of Goulburn Street,", 1837 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Times , 10 June vol. 4 no. 23 1837; (p. 3)
y separately published work icon A Manifesto for New South Wales : Edward Smith Hall and the Sydney Monitor, 1826-1840 Erin Ihde , 2002 Z1194117 2002 single work thesis
y separately published work icon Edward Smith Hall and the Sydney Monitor Erin Ihde , Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2004 Z1194269 2004 single work criticism
Impromptu, on Reading the Leading Article of the Last Three Monitors i "On a joint of salt junk Father Neddy descanted -", 'Bah!' , 1827 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser , 30 July vol. 25 no. 1379 1827; (p. 4)
Begone, Dull Rag! i "BEGONE, dull rag!", 'P. A. X.' , 1829 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 28 May vol. 27 no. 1664 1829; (p. 4)
Epigrams, Newspaper Mottoes. i "The Monitor. THAT nothing excuse, or in malice decry,", 1834 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Times , 5 December no. 33 1834; (p. 4)
'(For the other papers). Mildy humorous parodies of their epigraphs' (Webby).

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 1837-3844
Frequency:
Initially weekly. As of 8 June 1827, changed to twice weekly (publication days varied).
Range:
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Friday 19 May 1826) - v. 3, no. 161 (Monday 11 August 1828)
Continued by:
The Sydney Monitor
Price:
One shilling.
Advertising:
Includes advertising.
Note:
Motto: Nothing extenuate,/Nor set down aught in malice - William Shakespeare, Othello, Act V Scene 2
Note:
Issued between 18 May and 1 June 1827 as the Monitor Magazine.

Has serialised

Scene in New South Wales, single work prose
To Miss ----, of the South Creek, single work correspondence
Anticipation : Extracts from the Sydney Newspapers. January 1900, single work prose
The author imagines the social, economic and political changes that will take place in Australia by the year 1900. The author forecasts the virtual disappearance of Indigenous Australians, stating: 'It is now five years since any of the sable gentry were seen withing 500 miles of Sydney. Disease, nakedness, and the increasing severity of the winters having nearly extirpated the race' (7 July 1826).
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