Date: 1843 Note: McEncroe edited the Australasian Chronicle from 21 February to 7 October 1843, following Duncan's removal.
Date: 1839-1843 Note: Duncan edited the Australasian Chronicle to 21 February 1843.
Issue Details: First known date: 1839-1843... 1839-1843 The Australasian Chronicle
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Notes

  • Printed and published by Andrew Bent, of no. 67, Pitt-street, Sydney, for W. A. Duncan, the Editor and Trustee Proprietor. (vol. 1 no. 1, 2 August 1839 - vol. 2 no. 63, 6 March 1840)
  • Edited, printed and published by William Augustine Duncan, of Sydney, at the Office, George street, North (vol. 2 no. 64, 10 March 1840 - vol. 2 no. 91, 9 June 1840)
  • Edited, Printed, and Published by William Augustine Duncan, of George-street, Sydney, for William Davis, Roger Murphy, Thomas Smidmore, Thomas Smith, Timothy Maher, Thomas Bossuet Coveny, John Murray, and W. A. Duncan, all of Sydney, Joint Proprietors. (vol. 2 no. 92, 11 June 1840 - Vol. 4 no. 336, 1 January 1842)
  • Printed and published by W. A. Duncan at the Chronicle Office, George Street (vol. 4 no. 337, 4 January 1842 - vol. 4 no. 514, 21 February 1843)
  • Printed and Published by H. G. Flanagan the Chronicle Office, George street. (vol. 4 no. 515, 23 February 1843) Printed and Published by H. G. Flanagan, of Goulburn-street, at the Chronicle office, George-street. (vol. 4 no. 518, March 1843)
  • Sydney: Printed and Published by JOHN VAUGHAN of George-street, at the Chronicle Office, George-street. (vol. 4 no. 573, 8 July 1843)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      Sydney, New South Wales,: 1839-1843 .
      Note/s:
      • Publisher varies.

Works about this Work

A Word at Parting to Our Friends and Subscribers John McEncroe , 1843 single work column
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 25 November vol. 1 no. 14 1843; (p. 2)
Notice : The Late Australasian Chronicle 1843 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 25 October vol. 1 no. 5 1843; (p. 3)
Untitled 1843 single work column
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 11 October vol. 1 no. 1 1843; (p. 2)
To the Friends and Subscribers of the Chronicle John McEncroe , 1843 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 4 October vol. 5 no. 601 1843; (p. 2)
Untitled John McEncroe , 1843 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 2 August vol. 5 no. 583 1843; (p. 2)
'Privileges of the Press' 1842 single work column
— Appears in: The New South Wales Examiner , 29 August no. 51 1842; (p. 3)
The Examiner responds to an accusation of libel made against it by W. A. Duncan of the Australasian Chronicle. The Examiner denies the charge.
Prospectus W. A. Duncan , 1839 single work column
— Appears in: The Australasian Chronicle , 2 August vol. 1 no. 1 1839; (p. 1)
Untitled W. A. Duncan , 1839 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 29 October vol. 1 no. 26 1839; (p. 1)
Untitled W. A. Duncan , 1840 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 3 January vol. 2 no. 45 1840; (p. 1)
Our Anniversary W. A. Duncan , 1840 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 4 August vol. 2 no. 115 1840; (p. 2)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:

Bi-Weekly: 'Twice a week on Tuesday and Friday' (vol.1 no.1).

Published three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Satuday from vol. 2, no. 88 (2 June 1840)

Published twice a week, on Wednesday and Saturday from vol. 5, no. 583 (2 August 1843)

Range:
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 2, 1839)-v. 5, no. 602 (Oct. 7, 1843).
Continued by:
The Morning Chronicle
Price:

Town, 8s. 6d. per quarter, or £1 14s. per annum. Country, 10s. per quarter, or £2 per annum. Country papers at town price, if paid in advance. Single numbers, 6d. (vol. 1 no. 1)

Price:
Sydney - 15s. per quarter, or £3 per annum. Country - 16s. per ditto or £3 5s. ditto. (vol. 2 no. 180)
Price:
'No New Subscriber will be received without the payment of at least One Quarter's Subscription in advance. To such Subscribers the price of subscription is reduced to 12s. 6d. per quarter, for town and country. Old Subscribers, by paying up their arrears, and at least a Quarter's Subscription in advance, will obtain the paper at the same reduced price. To those who do not avail themselves of this advantage the present charges, will continue, i.e. 15s. in town, and 16s. in the country. On all accounts that have been twelve months due, ten per cent interest will in future be charged, and all debts of more than one year's standing will be sued for, without exception.' (Vol.4 no. 439, 30 August 1842)
Price:

Sydney 10s. per quarter or £2 per annum. Country - ditto. (Masthead, vol. 5 no. 583, 2 August 1843)

Ten shillings per quarter to those who pay in advance, and twelve shillings and sixpence to those who do not avail themselves of this advantage, both for town and country. (Advertisement, vol. 5 no. 583, 2 August 1843)

Advertising:
Two shillings and sixpence for eight lines and under, and one penny for every line of space above eight, each insertion
Advertising:
The charges for Advertising in this Journal are:-For one inch or eight lines of space, 3s.; and for each additional inch 1s., for each insertion. June 30 [1843]
Advertising:
3s. for 8 lines and under and 1s. per inch for every additional inch, each insertion (vol. 5, no. 583 2 August 1843)
Note:
Ferguson no. 2692
Note:
Publisher varies.
Note:

Epigraph: '... Be just and fear not;/ Let all the ends, thou aim'st at, be thy country's/ Thy God's and truth's ...' Shakespeare.

Epigraph appeared under the title before moving to a postion above the deitorial of each issue.

Note:
'The' dropped from title from Vol. 1 no. 17, 27 September 2010
Note:

Published in the United Kingdom by Mr. Jones, 63, Paternoster Row, London; Mr W. J. Batersby, 5, Essex-bridge, Parliamentstreet, Dublin; Mrs Strain, 9, Union Place, Edinburgh; and Mr Dennis Kennedy, Glasgow (Masthead, Vol. 1 no. 4)

Published in the United Kingdom by Mr. Jones, 63, Paternoster row, London; Mr. W. J. Battersby, 6, Essex.bridge, Parliament-street, Dublin. (Colophon, Vol. 4 no. 515)

Note:

'The Office of the Australasian Chronicle is Removed from No. 67, Pitt-street, to No. 104, George-street, North.' (Notice, dated 7 March 1840, published in vol. 2 no. 65)

Note:

'The Office of this Paper will be REMOVED, on the 1st of August, to Hutchinson's Buildings, near the corner of King and George-streets.' (Notice, published in the issue 13 June 1840)

The date of removal is amended to 15 August in the issue of 1 August 1840.

Note:
'... extensively circulated throughout New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, South Australia, New Zealand, and India; and in England, Scotland, and Ireland.' (Masthead Vol. 2 no. 155, 5 November 1840)

Has serialised

The Luckless Journey; Or, One Half Pint Too Much : An Australian Sketchi"Assist, kind muse, whilst I relate", Felix M'Quill , single work poetry humour
'Sad tale of Andrew and Peg who go to Sydney to sell their produce; are robbed of the proceeds while drunk and on the way home have their bullocks impounded and their keg of grog spilt' (Webby)
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