y separately published work icon Geelong Advertiser newspaper  
Alternative title: Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate; The Geelong Advertiser; The Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer
Issue Details: First known date: 1840... 1840 Geelong Advertiser
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Notes

  • For further information, see the Geelong Advertiser's website: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/about.html
  • AustLit indexing complete for the period 1840-1849.
  • For publication history, including details of mergers, etc, see: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/44215

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Geelong North, Geelong North area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,: John Pascoe Fawkner ; J. Harrison , 1840 .
      Printed by William Watkins
      Link: U5862Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845.
      Note/s:
      • Edited by James Harrison and printed and published for John Pascoe Fawkner (sole proprietor) by William Watkins, at the Advertiser Office, North Geelong, Australia Felix. (Offices later located at Yarra St, North Corio.)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 21 November 1840 to 24 May 1845. (Correct as of 29 August 2013.)
    • Corio, Corio - Norlane area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,: James Harrison , 1845-1847 .
      Link: 6378197Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Edited, printed and published by the Proprietor James Harrison at his Office, Yarra-street, North Corio, Australia Felix.' (Colophon, 28 May 1845:8)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 2 January 1845 to 26 October 1847. (Correct as of 29 August 2013.)
    • Geelong North, Geelong North area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,: James Harrison , 1847-1851 .
      Link: 6378238Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Edited, printed and published by the Proprietor James Harrison at his Office in Yarra-street, North Geelong.' (Colophon, 27 October 1847: 4)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 29 October 1847 to 20 December 1851. (Correct as of 29 August 2013.)
    • Geelong North, Geelong North area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,: James Harrison , 1851-1856 .
      Link: 6378261Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Edited, printed and published, by the proprietor, James Harrison, at his office in Malop-street, North Geelong.' (Colophon, 22 December 1851)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 22 December 1851 to 9 August 1856. (Correct as of 28 August 2013.)

Works about this Work

To the Editor of the Geelong Advertiser i "Sir, In your last I had read with alarm,", Beta (fl. 1848) , 1848 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Geelong Advertiser , 31 March vol. 8 no. 772 1848; (p. 1)
The Geelong Advertiser 1845 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 19 February vol. 5 no. 291 1845; (p. 2)
Controversy continues over the the reporting on a dinner to farwell Mr Justice Jeffcott. The Port Phillip Patriot disputes the version of events recorded in the Geelong Advertiser and attributes the latter's copy to the Port Phillip Herald. The Advertiser's editor strongly denies this.
Geelong Advertiser 1845 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 6 January vol. 5 no. 279 1845; (p. 4)
The editor of the Geelong Advertiser announces an alteration in the days of publication of the newspaper due to changes in mail delivery services between Sydney and Port Phillip. The editor also notes that: 'The Proprietor of the Advertiser having made arrangements for procuring an entirely new printing office, will soon be in a position to extend his operations in a manner more commensurate with the demands of the public and his own wishes. Being firmly convinced that Geelong will ultimately be the capital of the Colony, it will be his aim to make the Geelong Advertiser, the leading journal in Port Phillip.'
To Our Subscribers 1841 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 16 January vol. 1 no. 9 1841; (p. 2)
The Press 1840 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 21 November vol. 1 no. 1 1840; (p. 2)
The editor promises to maintain the good work begun by John Pascoe Fawkner in his newspaper undertakings in Launceston and Melbourne. 'Our course is a straightforward one,' the editor proclaims. 'Our columns shall be open to all and overawed by none ... We shall fearlessly expose all offences against the people, and sternly denounce every instance of malversation whether it be committed by the highest functionary of the state or by the petty minions of the petty powers. The editor concludes that 'truth, and truth alone, can render the press a really efficient instrument of reformation or punishment'.
The Press 1840 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 21 November vol. 1 no. 1 1840; (p. 2)
The editor promises to maintain the good work begun by John Pascoe Fawkner in his newspaper undertakings in Launceston and Melbourne. 'Our course is a straightforward one,' the editor proclaims. 'Our columns shall be open to all and overawed by none ... We shall fearlessly expose all offences against the people, and sternly denounce every instance of malversation whether it be committed by the highest functionary of the state or by the petty minions of the petty powers. The editor concludes that 'truth, and truth alone, can render the press a really efficient instrument of reformation or punishment'.
To Our Subscribers 1841 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 16 January vol. 1 no. 9 1841; (p. 2)
Geelong Advertiser 1845 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 6 January vol. 5 no. 279 1845; (p. 4)
The editor of the Geelong Advertiser announces an alteration in the days of publication of the newspaper due to changes in mail delivery services between Sydney and Port Phillip. The editor also notes that: 'The Proprietor of the Advertiser having made arrangements for procuring an entirely new printing office, will soon be in a position to extend his operations in a manner more commensurate with the demands of the public and his own wishes. Being firmly convinced that Geelong will ultimately be the capital of the Colony, it will be his aim to make the Geelong Advertiser, the leading journal in Port Phillip.'
The Geelong Advertiser 1845 single work column
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser , 19 February vol. 5 no. 291 1845; (p. 2)
Controversy continues over the the reporting on a dinner to farwell Mr Justice Jeffcott. The Port Phillip Patriot disputes the version of events recorded in the Geelong Advertiser and attributes the latter's copy to the Port Phillip Herald. The Advertiser's editor strongly denies this.
To the Editor of the Geelong Advertiser i "Sir, In your last I had read with alarm,", Beta (fl. 1848) , 1848 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Geelong Advertiser , 31 March vol. 8 no. 772 1848; (p. 1)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 1324-6216
ISSN: 1324-6216
ISSN: 1440-141X
ISSN: 1440-1428
ISSN: 1440-1398
ISSN: 1440-1401
Frequency:
Weekly, then bi-weekly and tri-weekly and, later still, daily (Monday - Saturday)
Range:

Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 21, 1840) - v. 5, no. 315 (May 21, 1845) (as the Geelong Advertiser);

Vol. 11, no. 1658 (Dec. 22, 1851) - no. 3096 (Aug. 9, 1856) (as the Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer)

1856- (as the Geelong Advertiser)

Size:
46cm
Price:
6s 6d per quarter if paid in advance; or 7s 6d if paid at the end of the quarter
Advertising:
Includes advertising
Note:
Motto: Fortis est Veritas
Note:
  • Published on Saturday from 21 November 1840 - 11 September 1841.
  • Published on Monday until the end of 1843 at which point it began publishing twice weekly on Monday and Thursday. From mid-January 1845, days of publication changed to Wednesday and Saturday.
Note:
From 7 June 1845 to 22 October 1847, the newspaper was known as the Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate. From 29 October 1847, the paper reverted to its original title and became: The Geelong Advertiser.

Has serialised

The Shadow of Larose, Arthur Gask , single work novel detective

'On the lonely stretch of road between Whyalla and Iron Knob a man was murdered and robbed of £1,850. Upon that fiction Mr. Arthur Gask has built up one of his best detective stories, under the title 'The Shadow of Larose.''

Source:

'Lonely Road: Scene of Mysterious Murder', Advertiser, 12 May 1920, p.16.

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