Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser
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The Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser, previously the Parramatta Chronicle, and Cumberland General Advertiser, continued the general themes and editorial policy of its predecessor.

The weekly issues featured news from Parramatta and Liverpool and from other parts of New South Wales. Regional areas were referred to as 'The Interior' and included Maitland, the Lower Murrumbidgee, Bathurst, Goulburn and Queanbeyan. Reports were also included from colonial settlements in Port Phillip, Van Diemen's Land, Swan River and South Australia. Depending on the arrival of ships, international news was provided from Ireland, the USA, New Zealand, India and Tahiti. Most issues included some news from England.

Colonial news focused heavily on crime and accidents. Significant space was given over to reports of violent crime, insolvencies, suicides, illicit stills and crimes perpetrated by the Indigenous populations of, in particular, the Port Phillip district. Typical crime headlines were 'Murders by the Blacks', 'A Horrid Murder' and 'Wicked Villainy'. Many issues included reports from the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, the Windsor Police Court and the Central Criminal Court. News items about accidental deaths from drowning and burns were also prominent.

Dominant local issues included the standard of the Female Factory at Parramatta, the debates of the Legislative Council and news from the various churches. The latter incorporated the construction and opening of a Jewish synagogue in Sydney and early Wesleyan moves towards providing European-style education for local Indigenous peoples.

The Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser published some poetry by colonial and British authors, but literature was not an important feature in the newspaper's pages. Regular column space was devoted to shipping arrivals and departures, shipping accidents and shipwrecks, race meetings and sporting activities, recipients of tickets-of-leave, impoundings, and births, deaths and marriages.

The newspaper also ran advertisements for local providers of goods and services and 'wanted' ads for those seeking household help or offering their labour. Among the advertisements were notices for theatrical performances, the publication of almanacs and an announcement, from Edmund Mason (q.v.) of the establishment of a library service for Parramatta.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1845
    • Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Benjamin Ellensworth Bailey , 1845 .
      Link: U8090Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845. Link: U8091Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845.
      Note/s:
      • Published and printed by Benjamin Ellensworth Bailey. (Cumberland Advertiser, 2.93 (4 October 1845): [4].)
      • AS of 28 February 1846, the newspaper was printed by 'Mr B. Isaacs, George Street' (Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser, 3.114 (28 February 1946): [4])
      • Issues published between 4 October and 27 December 1845 can be found at: http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403447.html. Later issues are available at: http://www-prod.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403439.html

Works about this Work

The Late Mr. Benjamin Isaacs 1898 single work column
— Appears in: Windsor and Richmond Gazette , 5 March vol. 10 no. 496 1898; (p. 5)
Ourselves 1845 single work column
— Appears in: Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser , 18 October vol. 2 no. 95 1845; (p. 2)
The editor of the Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser notes, with gratitude, the increased sales of the newspaper since an advertisement decrying the paper was placed in the Sydney Morning Herald.
The Cumberland Rag i "Wanted forthwith, to write libellous rhymes", 1845 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser , 11 October vol. 2 no. 94 1845; (p. 3)
The writer, in satirical mode, offers a negative opinion on the quality of the newly published Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser.
The Cumberland Rag i "Wanted forthwith, to write libellous rhymes", 1845 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser , 11 October vol. 2 no. 94 1845; (p. 3)
The writer, in satirical mode, offers a negative opinion on the quality of the newly published Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser.
Ourselves 1845 single work column
— Appears in: Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser , 18 October vol. 2 no. 95 1845; (p. 2)
The editor of the Cumberland Times, and Western Advertiser notes, with gratitude, the increased sales of the newspaper since an advertisement decrying the paper was placed in the Sydney Morning Herald.
The Late Mr. Benjamin Isaacs 1898 single work column
— Appears in: Windsor and Richmond Gazette , 5 March vol. 10 no. 496 1898; (p. 5)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 1440-3447
Frequency:
Weekly
Range:
Vol. 2, no. 93 (4 October 1845) - vol. 3, no. 127 (20 May 1846)
Continues:
Parramatta Chronicle, and Cumberland General Advertiser
Price:
  • In Parramatta, 3s. and 6d. per quarter, or 3s. if paid in advance.
  • In other districts, 4s. per quarter, or 3s. if paid in advance.
Note:
Four column format.
Note:
'For the Queen, the law and the people.' (Motto beneath banner title.)
Note:
From 10 January 1846 onwards, the comma is dropped from the newspaper title.
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