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y separately published work icon The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil periodical  
Alternative title: The Australasian Sketcher
Issue Details: First known date: 1873... 1873 The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil
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Published by the proprieters of the Argus and the Australasian, the Sketcher contains articles, short stories, theatre and music reviews, social and sporting notes and engravings on Australia, chiefly Victoria and South Australia, and New Zealand. Includes some material on Fiji, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Literary content reduced in later issues. Contributors included Marcus Clarke, Thomas Carrington, Louis Buvelot and John Gully.

The Prospectus published in the Argus (24 March, 1873) states that the new publication will 'deal with the picturesque phases of our public and social life' while 'leaving in a great measure the publication and discussion of political and parliamentary news, and legal, commercial, and industrial intelligence, to the daily and weekly press'.

Notes

  • Two interstate editions were also published at various times. The South Australian edition, which incorporated the Illustrated Adelaide Post, was published between 1874 and 1885. The proprietors were initially, W. A. Cawthorne, and later, G.N. and W. H. Birks. The other edition was published in Queensland between ca. 1877 and 1882 by Gordon and Gotch.
  • The National Library of Australia (including Trove) incorrectly names H. George as the Sketcher's only publisher, while making no mention of the proprietors and publishers of the Argus and Australasian (Edward Wilson and Lauchlan Mackinnon). They in fact used three Melbourne printeries to print and publish the Sketcher, these being Hugh George (1873-1878 ), who is also known to have been an editor at the Argus; Alfred May and Alfred and Alfred Martin Ebsworth (1878-1882); and Alfred Martin Ebsworth (1882-1889).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1873
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Wilson and Mackinnon , 1873-1889 .
      Link: U24386Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published by Hugh George, at The Argus Office, Collins-street, Melbourne, for Wilson and Mackinnon, proprietors.' (Colophon, 1.1 (19 April 1973): 16).
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— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , December no. 88 2011; (p. 13-26)
Prospectus of a New Illustrated Monthly Journal 1873 single work column
— Appears in: The Argus , 24 March 1873; (p. 4)
1861-62 : Seminal Years in the Publishing History of Illustrated Newspapers in Colonial Australia Peter Dowling , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , December no. 88 2011; (p. 13-26)
Prospectus of a New Illustrated Monthly Journal 1873 single work column
— Appears in: The Argus , 24 March 1873; (p. 4)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Monthly (April 1873 -December 1879) ; fortnightly (January - December 1880) ; monthly (January 1881 - December 1889).
Range:
Vol. 1 no. 1 (19 April 1873) - vol. 17 no. 252 (26 December 1889)
Price:
6d.
Graphics:
'Careful arrangements have been made to secure the attainment of excellence in the pictorial illustrations.' - Prospectus, Argus, 24 March 1873
Note:
The title was shortened to The Australian Sketcher between January 1881 and February 1883.

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