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Issue Details:
First known date:
1840...
vol.
1
no.
1
21 November
1840
of
Geelong Advertiser
est. 1840
Geelong Advertiser
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* Contents derived from the 1840 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Press,
single work
column
(p. 2)The editor promises to maintain the good work begun by John Pascoe Fawkner in his newspaper undertakings in Launceston and Melbourne. 'Our course is a straightforward one,' the editor proclaims. 'Our columns shall be open to all and overawed by none ... We shall fearlessly expose all offences against the people, and sternly denounce every instance of malversation whether it be committed by the highest functionary of the state or by the petty minions of the petty powers. The editor concludes that 'truth, and truth alone, can render the press a really efficient instrument of reformation or punishment'.
- Impromptu on Hearing of the Upset Price of Land Being Raisedi"At the Antipodes, they say", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Wharfi"Barry O'Lynn had no watch to put on,", single work poetry satire (p. 2)
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