Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 36 no. 3080 15 February 1838 of The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser est. 1803 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
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* Contents derived from the , 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Just Published Just Pubished [sic], single work advertisement

Advertisement for Tegg's New South Wales Pocket Almanac and Remembrancer 1838.

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Ex 'Marquis of Hastings' : Standard Works, single work advertisement

Advertisement for a lengthy list of books for sale including, Cook's (Capt.) Voyages Round the World and other works of biography, autobiography, and travel. Shakespeare's Dramatic Works (1 vol.), Aesop's Fables, Nights of the Round Table, and the Life and Exploits of Don Quixote. Novels include Coelebs in Search of a Wife, by Mrs Hannah More, works by Mrs Hemans [Felicia Hemans] and Mrs Hofland [Barbara Hofland]. Works for children are advertised including Original Tales for Infant Minds, Rhymes for the Nursery, Juvenile Everyday Book, Mrs Leslie and her Grandchildren [by Mrs Hamerton] and Tales for Winter Evenings. Other titles include, Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, Nights of Mess, and Other Tales [by James White], Encyclopaedia of Romance, by [the Rev. Henry] Martineau, Anecdote Library, Seymour's Comic Album, Mirror of Literature [Amusement and instruction], Sherwood Forest and Other Poems [by Robert Millhouse], Bowdler's Poems and Essays, and London Minstrel, a Collection of Songs Set to Music. Non-fiction titles include encyclopaedias and dictionaries, works on history, domestic sciences, religion, the animal and plant kingdoms, Redding on Wines, medicine, phrenology, temperance and books for the school room.

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The Patriots, single work column
This column alludes to a Sydney Monitor announcement that subscribers in debt will be 'sold off next week unless they pay'.
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[Untitled], single work column

This column announces that Joseph Wyatt's new Sydney, New South Wales, theatre is nearly ready. The actors were due to arrive from Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) at the end of February 1838, once their benefit season was completed in Hobart Town on 22 February.

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The Theatre, William Kerr , single work review
— Review of Gustavus of Sweden; or, The Masked Ball H. M. Milner , 1833 single work drama ;

A review of the performance of H. M. Milner’s Gustavus of Sweden; or, The Masked Ball at the Theatre Royal,Sydney, 10 February 1838. This is an extensive review of the play and the actors' performances.

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A Compositor, single work advertisement

Advertisement, dated 14 February 1838, for a compositor for the Sydney Gazette. The advertisement is repeated on 17 February 1838.

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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Charles XII &c., single work advertisement

Advertisement for: Performance on 15 February 1838 of: 'for the first time this season, the Historical Drama, in two Acts, entitled Charles XII, or, The Siege of Stralsund ', [James Robinson Planche, 1828] and 'the Serious Drama, in three Acts, called Victorine, or, I'll Sleep On It'.

According to a review of the 15 February performance, published in the Sydney Gazette 20 February 1838, Victorine, or, I'll Sleep On It was replaced by Melmoth the Wanderer.

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