Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 36 no. 4048 24 July 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.
English News, George Cavenagh , single work column

In this editorial the author (possibly George Cavenagh) notes that the Sydney Gazette has 'laboured under very great disadvantages' in not having a regular supply of the latest news from England. The author announces that the Gazette has 'at last succeeded in securing a regular supply of the leading journals of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by every [ship] arrival'. The column lists the newspaper titles lately received and their dates.

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Untitled, Edward John Eyre , single work column travel
A column announcing 'the safe arrival overland of Mr. [John Edward] Eyre.' The column includes part of a correspondence from Eyre to Robert Campbell and an extract from Eyre's report of the journey extracted from the South Australian Gazette.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Jewess; or, The Council of Constance, &c., single work advertisement

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 12 July 1838 of the 'Romantic Drama, entitled The Jewess' and the 'Laughable Farce, called The Man and the Marquis'. The performance included a song and dances. 'By particular desire, Mr Miller, Teacher of Dancing, has for this night only, kindly consented to Dance the "Duke of Gordon's Highland Fling." Song "Banks of the Dee," by Mrs Clarke [Anne Clarke]. After which, Mr Miller, also for this night only, will Dance "Byron's Celebrated Hornpipe."'

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