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The Bunyip
''The Bunyip'' is a weekly newspaper, first printed on 5 September 1863, and originally published and printed in Gawler, South Australia. Its distribution area includes the Gawler, Barossa, Light, Playford, and Adelaide Plains areas. Along with ''The Murray Pioneer'', '' The River News'', and '' The Loxton News,'' ''The Bunyip'' was now owned (since 2003) by the Taylor Group of Newspapers and printed in Renmark. On 1 April 2020, ''The Bunyip'' announced that it would cease publication "indefinitely" as a result of losses due to the coronavirus crisis. However, due to public support, the newspaper was able to return shortly afterwards. In August–October 2020, with the temporary closure of ''The Border Watch'', ''The Bunyip'' briefly became South Australia's oldest rural newspaper still in print. History Originally a monthly publication, the first issue of ''The Bunyip'', subtitled "''Gawler Humbug Society's Chronicle''" was issued on 5 September 1863, consisted of eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bunyip
''The Bunyip'' is a weekly newspaper, first printed on 5 September 1863, and originally published and printed in Gawler, South Australia. Its distribution area includes the Gawler, Barossa, Light, Playford, and Adelaide Plains areas. Along with ''The Murray Pioneer'', '' The River News'', and '' The Loxton News,'' ''The Bunyip'' was now owned (since 2003) by the Taylor Group of Newspapers and printed in Renmark. On 1 April 2020, ''The Bunyip'' announced that it would cease publication "indefinitely" as a result of losses due to the coronavirus crisis. However, due to public support, the newspaper was able to return shortly afterwards. In August–October 2020, with the temporary closure of ''The Border Watch'', ''The Bunyip'' briefly became South Australia's oldest rural newspaper still in print. History Originally a monthly publication, the first issue of ''The Bunyip'', subtitled "''Gawler Humbug Society's Chronicle''" was issued on 5 September 1863, consisted of eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawler Times
''The Bunyip'' is a weekly newspaper, first printed on 5 September 1863, and originally published and printed in Gawler, South Australia. Its distribution area includes the Gawler, Barossa, Light, Playford, and Adelaide Plains areas. Along with ''The Murray Pioneer'', '' The River News'', and '' The Loxton News,'' ''The Bunyip'' was now owned (since 2003) by the Taylor Group of Newspapers and printed in Renmark. On 1 April 2020, ''The Bunyip'' announced that it would cease publication "indefinitely" as a result of losses due to the coronavirus crisis. However, due to public support, the newspaper was able to return shortly afterwards. In August–October 2020, with the temporary closure of ''The Border Watch'', ''The Bunyip'' briefly became South Australia's oldest rural newspaper still in print. History Originally a monthly publication, the first issue of ''The Bunyip'', subtitled "''Gawler Humbug Society's Chronicle''" was issued on 5 September 1863, consisted of eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Observer
''The Observer'', previously ''The Adelaide Observer'', was a Saturday newspaper published in Adelaide, South Australia from July 1843 to February 1931. Virtually every issue of the newspaper (under both titles) has been digitised and is available online through the National Library of Australia's Trove archive service. History ''The Adelaide Observer'' The first edition of was published on 1 July 1843. The newspaper was founded by John Stephens (editor), John Stephens, its sole proprietor, who in 1845 purchased another local newspaper, the ''South Australian Register''. It was printed by George Dehane at his establishment on Morphett Street, Adelaide, Morphett Street adjacent Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, Trinity Church. ''The Observer'' On 7 January 1905, the newspaper was renamed ''The Observer'', whose masthead later proclaimed "The Observer. News of the world, politics, agriculture, mining, literature, sport and society. Established 1843". In February 1931, the aili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallaroo Times
The ''Kadina and Wallaroo Times'' was a newspaper published in Kadina, and also serving the nearby Wallaroo, South Australia from August 1888 to August 1966. In 1968 the paper merged to form the ''Yorke Peninsula Country Times''. History With the 1861 discovery of copper at a property in the northern Yorke Peninsula, the town of Kadina quickly grew to 8,000. Brothers David and Andrew Fyfe Taylor, and George Thompson Clarkson founded the newspaper in the nearby port of Wallaroo in 1865. The newspapers mainly focused on reporting the happenings in these two towns and nearby Moonta. Editorial opinion was generally politically conservative and supportive of free trade. It opposed miners' strikes and in particular opposed to Premier Charles Kingston. Some early editions of the paper contained articles written in Welsh. "In 1870 South Australian Parliament debated the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' The unpopular MP and newspaper owner, Ebenezer Ward, reputedly charged the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mail (Adelaide)
The ''Sunday Mail'' (originally titled ''The Mail'') is an Adelaide newspaper first published on 4 May 1912 by Clarence Moody. Through much of the 20th century, '' The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, '' The News'' the afternoon tabloid, ''The Sunday Mail'' a vehicle for covering weekend sport, and ''Messenger Newspapers'' covering community news. "Sunday Mail" is a business name of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd, a private company that is part of News Corp Australia, which since 2004 has been a component of the U.S. multinational mass media company, News Corp. History ''Mail'' In 1912, Clarence Moody initially set up three newspapers – the ''Sporting Mail'' (1912-1914), ''Saturday Mail'' (1912-1917), and the ''Mail''. The first two titles lasted only a few years, and the ''Mail'' itself went into liquidation in late 1914. Ownership passed briefly to George Annells and Frank Stone, and then to Herbert Syme. In May 1923 News Limited purchased the ''Mail'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseworthy College
Roseworthy Agricultural College was an agricultural college in Australia. It was north of Adelaide and west of Roseworthy town. It was the first agricultural college in Australia, established in 1883. It is now part of the University of Adelaide. History Establishment Roseworthy College was the result of an initiative to develop a model farm. The idea was that the college would be an extension of the University of Adelaide and would be run by a Professor of Agriculture. The connection with the University was dropped and in 1882 John D. Custance took up the directorship and in 1883 the college's Main Building was completed. Custance may have been an effective manager but antagonized powerful politicians, and was sacked. In 1887, William Lowrie was appointed principal. Walter Richard Birks (1886–1960), principal from 1927 to 1932, was a distinguished college alumnus but was forced to resign after students' dissatisfaction culminated in strike action. In 1936, a full-time Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Observer (Adelaide)
''The Observer'', previously ''The Adelaide Observer'', was a Saturday newspaper published in Adelaide, South Australia from July 1843 to February 1931. Virtually every issue of the newspaper (under both titles) has been digitised and is available online through the National Library of Australia's Trove archive service. History ''The Adelaide Observer'' The first edition of was published on 1 July 1843. The newspaper was founded by John Stephens, its sole proprietor, who in 1845 purchased another local newspaper, the ''South Australian Register''. It was printed by George Dehane at his establishment on Morphett Street adjacent Trinity Church. ''The Observer'' On 7 January 1905, the newspaper was renamed ''The Observer'', whose masthead later proclaimed "The Observer. News of the world, politics, agriculture, mining, literature, sport and society. Established 1843". In February 1931, the ailing Depression-hit newspaper, along with ''The Register ''The Register'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Register (Adelaide)
''The Register'', originally the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', and later ''South Australian Register,'' was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into '' The Advertiser'' almost a century later in February 1931. The newspaper was the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept. According to the National Library of Australia, its pages contain "one hundred years of births, deaths, marriages, crime, building history, the establishment of towns and businesses, political and social comment". All issues are freely available online, via Trove. History ''The Register'' was conceived by Robert Thomas, a law stationer, who had purchased for his family of land in the proposed South Australian province after be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advertiser (Adelaide)
''The Advertiser'' is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of in the 1950s, and the full ownership of in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Edward Bright
Hon. Henry Edward Bright (30 June 1819 – 18 February 1904) was a member of the South Australian Colonial Parliament. A son, Henry Edward Bright jr. (1843–1917), was a mayor of Gawler, South Australia. Early life Bright was born in London on 30 June 1819, the son of Edward Bright and Mary Ann. He, his wife Jane Prudence (née King) and son Henry Edward Bright jr. arrived in Adelaide in April 1850. Political career Bright was a member for Stanley in the South Australian House of Assembly from March 1865 to February 1875, and for Wooroora from February 1875 to April 1884. From July 1873 to June 1875, he was Commissioner of Public Works in the Government of the Sir Arthur Blyth, and in May 1885 was elected to the Legislative Council of South Australia, of which he was a member until May 1891. Family Bright married Jane Prudence King (1816 – 23 Feb 1904) at St. George's in Hanover Square, London on 15 March 1841. *Their son Henry Edward Bright jr. (16 March 1843 – 12 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
