Freedom of the Press single work   column  
Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 Freedom of the Press
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Beginning with a lengthy quote from Junius, the author condemns the colony's newspapers and their editors writing that 'Candour and decency appear to be banished from their pages, and personal scurrility and unrestrained malevolence form their predominating features.'

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Freedom of the Press G. W. (fl. 1838) , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , February vol. 1 no. 2 1838; (p. 133-134)
Freedom of the Press G. W. (fl. 1838) , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , February vol. 1 no. 2 1838; (p. 133-134)
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