y separately published work icon The Peak Downs Telegram newspaper  
Alternative title: The Peak Downs Telegram and Advertiser; The Peak Downs Telegram and Copperfield Miner
Issue Details: First known date: 1864... 1864 The Peak Downs Telegram
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Notes

  • The final issue of the Clermont Telegram, 6 May 1981, published a series of articles by Rod Kirkpatrick on the early years of the Peak Downs Telegram.
  • Rod Kirkpatrick (Clermont Telegram, 6 May 1981, p. 3) gives 4 October 1864 as the date for the first issue of the Peak Downs Telegram. Library catalogues generally give 2 August 1864 as the start date. Kirkpatrick claims that Buzacott purchased printing plant in Sydney and had it sent to Rockhampton. He further states that the plant was placed on a dray to Clermont in September 1864; Buzacott followed 'by springcart with a printer and two 14-year old boys' and arrived in Clermont after '13 days' camping out'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1864
    • Clermont, Clermont - Dysart - Moranbah - Glenden area, Central West Queensland, Queensland,: Charles Hardie Buzacott ; E. J. Fried , 1864-1870 .
      Note/s:
      • Charles Hardie Buzacott ceased his involvement with the Peak Downs Telegram in 1870 when he sold the paper to Charles James Graham, a local Peak Downs grazier, and John Mackay, a printer from Rockhampton.
    • Clermont, Clermont - Dysart - Moranbah - Glenden area, Central West Queensland, Queensland,: E. J. Fried , 1870-1943 .
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Works about this Work

Charles's Crazy Clermont Caper Rod Kirkpatrick , 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Clermont Telegram , 6 May 1981; (p. 5)
How the Peak Downs Telegram Began Rod Kirkpatrick , 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Clermont Telegram , 6 May 1981; (p. 3)
History of Clermont Newspapers 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Clermont Telegram , 6 May 1981; (p. 2)
Peak Downs Telegram 1926 single work column
— Appears in: The Capricornian , 26 June vol. 52 no. 26 1926; (p. 65)
Peak Downs Telegram 1926 single work column
— Appears in: The Capricornian , 26 June vol. 52 no. 26 1926; (p. 65)
History of Clermont Newspapers 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Clermont Telegram , 6 May 1981; (p. 2)
How the Peak Downs Telegram Began Rod Kirkpatrick , 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Clermont Telegram , 6 May 1981; (p. 3)
Charles's Crazy Clermont Caper Rod Kirkpatrick , 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Clermont Telegram , 6 May 1981; (p. 5)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Weekly
Range:
4 October 1864 - [18 December 1943]
Continued by:
The Clermont Telegram (1950-1981)
Mergers:
Incorporates the Copperfield Miner and the Peak Downs Record (1973-1878) from 1 June 1878.
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