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John Pascoe Fawkner John Pascoe Fawkner i(A78235 works by)
Born: Established: 20 Oct 1792 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 4 Sep 1869 Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1803
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1 y separately published work icon John Pascoe Fawkner's Sullivan Bay Reminiscences Richard Cotter (editor), John Pascoe Fawkner , Red Hill South : Lavender Hill Multimedia , 2002 Z1067849 2002 single work autobiography These reminiscences were written in 1829, 1862 and 1865. They are Fawkner's recollections of people and events which took place in 1803 and 1803 when he was a boy.
1 Melbourne's Founder Writes to Dickens John Pascoe Fawkner , 1995 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 35 1995; (p. 9-10)

'This letter.......contains interesting aspects for students of the literary world of early Melbourne whose founder [John Pascor Fawkner] was a book collector with a large and growing library which included contemporary English literature.'
Margin no.35 April 1995 p.10
1 Reminiscences of John Pascoe Fawkner John Pascoe Fawkner , 1969 single work autobiography
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , April vol. 1 no. 3 1969; (p. 41-56)
1 Reminiscences of the Colony of Victoria John Pascoe Fawkner , 1862 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 7 July 1862; (p. 2)
1 Our Rights i "Hands and hearts, and minds are ours;", John Pascoe Fawkner , 1848 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Geelong Advertiser , 7 June vol. 8 no. 791 1848; (p. 1)
1 4 y separately published work icon Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser William Kerr (editor), John Pascoe Fawkner (editor), 1839 Melbourne : John Pascoe Fawkner , 1839-1845 Z1558486 1839 newspaper (15 issues)
1 1 y separately published work icon Launceston Advertiser The Launceston Advertiser John Pascoe Fawkner (editor), Henry Dowling (editor), 1829 Launceston : John Pascoe Fawkner , 1829-1831 Z1769370 1829 newspaper (1 issues)

John Fawkner used the Launceston Advertiser 'as "the active and avowed friend of the emancipist class in Van Diemen's Land, dealing heavy and repeated blows upon officialdom and the reputed respectable class in the island". He attacked capital punishment in a colony that valued "a man's life at less than a sheep", and made forceful remarks on cruelty to assigned servants.'

Henry Dowling, who had worked on the newspaper, became editor and publisher in 1831.

During his time with the newspaper Dowling relinquished the proprietorship but continued his involvement with the newspaper, 'the cares and labours of a journalist', until the paper's cessation on the last day of December 1846.

Sources: Hugh Anderson, 'Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792 - 1869)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 368-370; Isabella J. Mead, 'Dowling, Henry (1810 - 1885)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 316-317 (sighted online 30/03/2011); [Henry Dowling], 'Our Farewell', Launceston Advertiser (31 December 1846): 2-3.
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