'To print the first number of the SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GAZETTE and COLONIAL REGISTER in the capital of the civilized world [London], with the intention of publishing its second number in a city of the wilderness of which the site is yet unknown [Adelaide], may appear to many more chimerical than interesting; but we trust to satisfy all who honour these pages with other than a casual glance that there is greater prudence and higher import in that intention than are apparent on the surface ; and, moreover, that, without presumption or self-deceit, our scheme possesses none of the characteristics of the rash projector, but is the result of the patient investigation of men qualified by years and experience to form a sound judgment, and who, in all other relations of life, have acted on opinions cautiously adopted, deliberately confirmed, and fully capable of practical development.'
Source: 'The Colonial Register.' South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register 1.1 (16 June 1836): 8
A brief paragraph acknowledging the receipt of nos 12,13 and 14 of the South Australian Gazette 'which papers are remarkable only for the misrepresentations they contain. Mr George Stephenson [sic], the Editor of the Gazette, denies in direct language that he is the Editor. As we learn to the contrary from many respectable gentlemen, we are bound to disbelieve his assertion ... we cease to notice the scurrilous and cowardly South Australian Gazette, while under its present management.'
A brief paragraph acknowledging the receipt of nos 12,13 and 14 of the South Australian Gazette 'which papers are remarkable only for the misrepresentations they contain. Mr George Stephenson [sic], the Editor of the Gazette, denies in direct language that he is the Editor. As we learn to the contrary from many respectable gentlemen, we are bound to disbelieve his assertion ... we cease to notice the scurrilous and cowardly South Australian Gazette, while under its present management.'