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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
First known date:1826
Sydney,New South Wales,:1826-1828.
Link:U13175Web resourceDigital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
Note/s:
Printed and published at the Monitor Press. Sydney, New South Wales. (1.1 (19 May 1826): 8)
As of 2 March 1827: 'Edited, printed and published by E. S. Hall, sole proprietor.' In mid-1827, the newspaper premises were at 81 George Street, Sydney.
Epigrams, Newspaper Mottoes.i
"The Monitor. THAT nothing excuse, or in malice decry,",
1834single work poetry — Appears in:
Sydney Times,5 December
no.
331834;(p. 4)'(For the other papers). Mildy humorous parodies of their epigraphs' (Webby).
The author imagines the social, economic and political changes that will take place in Australia by the year 1900. The author forecasts the virtual disappearance of Indigenous Australians, stating: 'It is now five years since any of the sable gentry were seen withing 500 miles of Sydney. Disease, nakedness, and the increasing severity of the winters having nearly extirpated the race' (7 July 1826).