Alternative title: The Launceston Advertiser
Date: 1831-1846
Date: 1829-1831
Issue Details: First known date: 1829... 1829 Launceston Advertiser
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

John Fawkner used the Launceston Advertiser 'as "the active and avowed friend of the emancipist class in Van Diemen's Land, dealing heavy and repeated blows upon officialdom and the reputed respectable class in the island". He attacked capital punishment in a colony that valued "a man's life at less than a sheep", and made forceful remarks on cruelty to assigned servants.'

Henry Dowling, who had worked on the newspaper, became editor and publisher in 1831.

During his time with the newspaper Dowling relinquished the proprietorship but continued his involvement with the newspaper, 'the cares and labours of a journalist', until the paper's cessation on the last day of December 1846.

Sources: Hugh Anderson, 'Fawkner, John Pascoe (1792 - 1869)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 368-370; Isabella J. Mead, 'Dowling, Henry (1810 - 1885)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 316-317 (sighted online 30/03/2011); [Henry Dowling], 'Our Farewell', Launceston Advertiser (31 December 1846): 2-3.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1829
Notes:
Digitised issues available for the period 9 February1829 to 31 December 1846. (Correct as of 18 December 2013.)
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: John Pascoe Fawkner , 1829-1831 .
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published by the Proprietor, John Fawkner, Jun. Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.' (Vol 1 no. 1, 9 February 1829)
      • John Pascoe Fawkner ceased publishing the newspaper with the 27 June 1831 issue.
    • Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Henry Dowling , 1831-1846 .
      Note/s:
      • 'V. D. Land : Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Henry Dowling, George Street, Launceston.' (Vol. 3 no. 126, 11 July 1831)

Works about this Work

Untitled William Lushington Goodwin , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: The Cornwall Chronicle , 28 April vol. 4 no. 168 1838; (p. 70)
A polemical article probably written by the editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, Wiliam Lushington Goodwin, and directed at the Launceston Advertiser.
Untitled William Lushington Goodwin , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: The Cornwall Chronicle , 28 April vol. 4 no. 168 1838; (p. 70)
A polemical article probably written by the editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, Wiliam Lushington Goodwin, and directed at the Launceston Advertiser.

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Subtitle:
A Weekly Political, Commercial and Agricultural Jounal (Subtitle first appears 11 April 1845)
Subtitle:
A Political, Commercial, and Agricultural Journal (Subtitle first appears 2 July 1846)
Frequency:
Fortnightly (February 1829) ; weekly (March 1829 - June 1846) ; twice weekly from July 1846 to 31 December 1846
Range:
Vol. 1 no. 1 (Monday, 9 February 1829) - vol. 19 no. 1052 (31 December 1846)
Mergers:
Incorporated into the Launceston Examiner (1842-1899)
Supplement:
Supplements accompany some issues
Size:
Varies
Price:
'Subscribers to the Launceston Advertiser are respectfully informed, that the annual subscription will be £2 12s. Single Papers 1s each. If paid quarterly in advance 10s per quarter. Advertisements to Subscribers 8 lines and under 3s 6d. and 3d per line for all above 8 lines. To Non-subscribers 8 lines and under 5s.— all above 8 lines 3d per line. All Advertisements to be paid for before insertion. (Vol 1 no. 2, 23 February 1829)
Price:
Terms: Quarterly, if paid in advance 10s. 0d.; if paid at the end of the quarter 12s. 6d. Advertisements: for the first 12 lines 4s. and for each line respectively beyond 12 the charge is three-pence per line. (Vol. 3 no. 126, 11 July 1831)
Note:
'New series' 11 July 1831
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