Alternative title: The South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail; South Australian Chronicle
Issue Details: First known date: 1858... 1858 The South Australian Weekly Chronicle
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The South Australian Advertiser and the South Australian Weekly Chronicle, have been called into existence by the universal demand of the public for a new Daily and a new Weekly Journal, in harmony with the Spirit of the Age, of independent tone, of constitutional Liberalism, of catholic sentiment, unfettered by party obligations, reflecting honestly the opinions of the majority, and at the same time giving free scope for the exposition of the views and wishes of the minority.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1858
Notes:
Publisher varies.
      Adelaide, South Australia,: 1863-1895 .

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 2200-1018
Frequency:
Weekly (Saturday)
Range:
1858-1895
Mergers:
Incorporates the Weekly Mail (1863-1866) from 5 January 1867
Supplement:
Includes supplements
Size:
66cm
Price:
4d

Has serialised

Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia, John Wrathall Bull , single work autobiography

"Bull arrived in Adelaide with his wife and children in 1838. He conducted a business in Hindley Street and had a share in a sheep station four miles north of Adelaide, before moving with his family to settle on a wheat property near Mount Barker. There he invented a mechanical reaper, the credit for which he claims was appropriated by John Ridley. Bull attempts to write a history of the colony from its earliest days until around 1845, basing his narrative on his own experiences, the experience of others 'taken down from their lips', and from sources such as diaries and newspaper articles. His recollections of events in his own life are detailed and lively; they include descriptions of landing in Adelaide in 1838, attending a ball given by Governor Hindmarsh at Government House. witnessing an execution, the burning of Government House, the opening of the town of Gawler, journeying with his family to Mount Barker, and his farming experiences and inspiration for the invention of his reaper. He also includes gossipy reminiscences of acquaintances such as Governors Hindmarsh and Gawler, the Reverends C.B. Howard and T.Q. Stow, Pastor Kavel and the German settlers at Hahndorf, businessman Emanuel Solomon, William Light, Osmond Gilles and other public officials" (Walsh and Hooton 29).

Sources

Walsh, Kay and Joy Hooton. Australian Autobiographical Narratives : An Annotated Bibliography. Canberra : Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, University College, ADFA and National Library of Australia, 1993.

The Moated Grange : An Original Tale, M. C. , single work novel
Recollections of a Pioneer, Captain Emanual Underwood , single work autobiography
Paving the Way : A Romance of the Australian Bush, Simpson Newland , single work novel
Outlaw and Lawmaker, Rosa Praed , single work novel

'The text follows the romance between a reckless Australian maiden, Elsie Valliant, and a brash Irish Radical turned Australian Bushranger, Morres Blake - alias, Moonlight - in the untamed wilds of Leichardt's Land, a fictional area of Queensland...Praed's Outlaw and Lawmaker explores the intricacies of emerging Australian colonial life in light of the many questions concerning women's rights, roles and positions in the new world.'

Source: https://australianwomenwriters.com/2017/04/giving-up-the-secrets-of-the-bush-rosa-praeds-outlaw-and-lawmaker/  

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