Thomas Revel Johnson Thomas Revel Johnson i(A95522 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1819 ; Died: Ceased: 30 Jul 1863 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 3 y separately published work icon Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer Bell's Life in Sydney George Ferrers Pickering (editor), Thomas Revel Johnson (editor), 1845 Sydney : 1845-1860 Z1270546 1845 newspaper (11 issues)

Bell's Life in Sydney was started by Thomas Revel Johnson in 1845. George Ferrers Pickering became joint proprietor with Johnson in February 1847, and he appears to have assumed editorial responsibilities soon afterwards. The following year, the Johnson/Pickering partnership was dissolved in acrimonious circumstances, and Johnson left the newspaper. George Ferrers Pickering appears to have edited Bell's Life in Sydney from 1847 through until ca. 1868, and for most of this period was also joint proprietor (with various partners). Under Pickering's editorship, Bell's Life in Sydney became essentially a sporting newspaper, with a strong focus on horse racing. However, for much of its life it also included a theatre column, and from time to time it also published fiction and poetry, a good deal of which involved sporting and racing themes.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Satirist and Sporting Chronicle Thomas Revel Johnson (editor), 1843 Sydney : Thomas Revel Johnson , 1843 Z1828589 1843 periodical

A weekly periodical published in Sydney for a little over two months in 1843.

In his editorial in the first issue Thomas Revel Johnson Johnson states '... our object [is] to expose and repress "humbug", either [judicial], magisterial, or political. Our title will readily convey the means that will be used to effect [this] object, and though satire is to be the weapon which we shall fearlessly wield - let it be remembered we shall at all times strive to steer clear of personal scurrility. Our pages shall never be made the channel of private resentment, party bickerings, but we shall endeavor to "pursue the even tenor of our way," undauntedly pointing out whatever we deem prejudice to the public weal. It is also purposed to include the most correct sporting intelligence, and we trust that this part of our columns will not be deemed unworthy the attention of those interested in the turf, the ring, and the cockpit.'

Johnson was almost immediately 'charged with having, on the 4th instant, printed and published a certain journal, a weekly newspaper called the Satirist and Sporting Chronicle, without having first entered into the necessary recognizances as prescribed by the newspaper act.' He was found guilty and according to the Chronicle 'sentenced ... to pay a fine of £20, or be imprisoned for the period of two months. There were one or two other cases against the same defendant, but they were all postponed until Friday next.'


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