The South Australian Advertiser 'was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow. Barrow was a Congregational pastor, member of parliament, ex-Register journalist, and a nephew of Charles Dickens. Sir Henry Ayers was the first chairman of the board of the newspaper.
'The earliest issues of the Advertiser were slim four-page productions. The weekly Chronicle was founded at the same time as the Advertiser, as its weekend newspaper.
'From 1863 the company also published an evening newspaper, the Express. Following Barrow's death in 1874, another Congregational minister, William Harcus, became editor.
'In 1879 John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser as a cadet journalist, and in a short time rose to become editor.'
>Source: SA Memory website, http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=2531
Sighted: 24/04/2013
The South Australian Weekly Chronicle
The South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail;
South Australian Chronicle
John Henry Barrow
(editor),
1858
Adelaide
:
John Henry Barrow
,
1858-1863
Z823415
1858
newspaper
(167 issues)
'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.'
The Advertiser [1889-1931]
1889
Adelaide
:
1889-1931
Z1806109
1889
newspaper
(68 issues)
