y separately published work icon The Courier newspaper  
Date: 1840-1848
Issue Details: First known date: 1840... 1840 The Courier
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1840
Link: Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
    • Hobart Town (1803-1880), Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,: William Gore Elliston , 1840-1848 .
      Note/s:
      • Colophon: 'Printed and Published by the Proprietor William Gore Elliston, at the Courier Office, in Collins Street ... in Hobart Town, at his Printing Office, situated as aforesaid.' (Vol. 13, no. 738, 6 October 1840)
    • Hobart Town (1803-1880), Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,: Henry Best and Charles Best , 1848-1859 .
      Note/s:
      • Colophon: 'Printed and Published at the Courier Office No. 31 Collins street, Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Land, by HENRY BEST and CHARLES BEST, Printers ...' (Vol. 21 no. 1881, 5 July 1848)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 1835-4769
Frequency:
Twice weekly; weekly from 14 May 1841; daily on Tuesday from 1 October 1844; tri weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from January 1845; twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday from July 1845; daily from January 1853; tri weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from July 1857; daily from July 1858.
Range:
Vol. 13, no. 738 (Tuesday 6 October 1840) - vol. 34, no. 3685 (31 May 1859)
Continues:
The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette
Mergers:
Merged with the Mercury to form the Hobart Town Daily Mercury.
Price:
On the 5 July 1848 at the time of the sale of the paper to Henry and Charles Bent the price of the newspaper was ten shillings per quarter, if paid in advance, or twelve shillings on credit. At the cessation of the paper in 1859 the price was threepence per issue, two pounds ten shillings per annum in advance.
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