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Swan River Guardian
The ''Swan River Guardian'' was a newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia from 1836 to 1838. History The ''Swan River Guardian'' was published from 6 October 1836 to 22 October 1838 in Perth. It was published weekly on a Thursday. From 1836 it was edited by William Nairne Clark and printed and published by Charles Bourne Sole; from 1838 it was edited, printed and published by Clark. A total of 64 issues were published. The other weekly newspaper that was being published at the same time in Perth was ''The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal'', which was established at the beginning of 1833. See also * List of newspapers in Australia * List of newspapers in Western Australia This is a list of newspapers published in Western Australia. Major titles See also * Gascoyne newspapers * Goldfields-Esperance newspapers * Great Southern newspapers * Kimberley newspapers * Mid West newspapers * Pilbara newspapers * South ... Further reading *SLWA catalogue en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Library Of Western Australia
The State Library of Western Australia is a research, education, reference and public lending library located in the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. It is a portfolio agency of the Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts, and facilitated by the Library Board of Western Australia. The State Library has particular responsibility for collecting, preserving and digitising Western Australia's heritage materials. The Battye Library of West Australian History is the section of the Library dedicated to West Australian historical materials. History In 1886, the Western Australian Legislative Council allocated £5000 to be spent in celebrations for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. Of this, it was decided that £3000 would be used to establish a free public library in Perth. A foundation stone was laid at a site in St Georges Terrace in 1887, however due to the lack of funds this site was not built upon. Instead, books to the value of £1000 were ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nairne Clark
William Nairne Clark (1804–1854) was a public notary and publisher, active at the Swan River Colony and Tasmanian settlements founded in Australia. The son of Charles Clark of Princeland, he was born in Scotland at Coupar Angus, Perthshire, to Marjory, née Barclay. His great uncle, advocate and judge William Nairne (Lord Dunsinane), provided his early education at Dunsinnan House in Collace, and he studied law to become appointed a life long public notary. Amongst the recognition of his works and contributions, aside from the contemporary notability of his firsts in publishing and duelling, he is noted by Dominic Serventy and Hubert Whittell in the seminal work ''Birds of Western Australia'' (1948, ''et seq'') as having published observations on birds of Southwest Australia and the first list of its avifauna. His poetry has occasionally been selected for anthologies of historic prose or republished in Australian newspapers. First duel in Western Australia He arrived at Fremant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perth Gazette And Western Australian Journal
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times (Western Australia), The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported the Coalition (Australia), Liberal–National Party Coalition. It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country. Content ''The West Australian'' publishes international, national and local news. , newsgathering was integrated with the TV news and current-affairs operations of ''Seven News'', Perth, which moved its news staff to the paper's Osborne Park, Western Australia, Osborne Park premises. SWM also publish two websites from Osborne Park including thewest.com.au and PerthNow. The daily newspaper includes lift-outs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia. National In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. Daily newspapers * ''The Australian'' (broadsheet) * ''The Australian Financial Review'' * ''The Guardian Australia'' (online) Weekly newspapers * ''The Saturday Paper'' * ''Green Left'' * ''The Weekly Times'' Bi-weekly and monthly newspapers * ''Koori Mail'', bi-weekly * '' Nichigo Press'' national edition, monthly, Japanese * ''The Life News'' national edition, fortnightly, English New South Wales Sydney and regional newspapers There are many newspapers published in the State of New South Wales, serving both the capital, Sydney and the regions. Some newspapers are defunct; some have been renamed; some have been amalgamated. The two main Sydney newspapers are ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', which was founded in 1831 when the state was still a colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In Western Australia
This is a list of newspapers published in Western Australia. Major titles See also * Gascoyne newspapers * Goldfields-Esperance newspapers * Great Southern newspapers * Kimberley newspapers * Mid West newspapers * Pilbara newspapers * South West newspapers * Wheatbelt newspapers * List of non-English-language newspapers in Western Australia References Further reading * * Droppert, Gerard J. (1955) ''The beginnings of the press in Western Australia : a study of newspapers published during the period 1829-1850'' Typescript (photocopy) "HS/PR/1292." held in Battye Library * * {{cite book , chapter = The Inquirer, Daily News, and Morning Herald , title = Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia , location = Perth , publisher = P. W. H. Thiel , year = 1901 , pages = 163–168 Newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
