The ''Adelaide Chronicle'' (full title: ''The Adelaide Chronicle, and South Australian Literary Record'') was an early publication in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

, the capital of the then

colony of South Australia In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ...

. It was published between and , when it ceased publication as a result of the economic depression caused by the mass exodus of workers to the Victorian goldfields.

History

Adelaide's three earliest newspapers all commenced in 1839: ''The Egotist'', the ''Adelaide Guardian'', both of which folded in their first year, and the ''Adelaide Chronicle'' published by Robert Thomas of 37

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, and the founder of the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' (edited by George Stevenson). Given the "bitter rivalries" between the ''Register'' and ''

Southern Australian ''The South Australian'' was a newspaper published in Adelaide, the capital of colonial South Australia from 2 June 1838 to 19 August 1851. Between 1838 and 1844, it was published as The ''Southern Australian.'' History ''The Southern Australia ...

'' newspapers at the time, the intention was to publish a more neutral newspaper.

''Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser''

This was one of the earliest publications in the new colony of South Australia, being published between 10 December 1839 and 20 May 1840. The newspaper was initially owned and printed by William Caddy Cox, and edited by Oliver K. Richardson. After three months, it was sold to Robert Thomas, edited by James Frederick Bennett, and released weekly on Wednesdays.

''Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Literary Record''

In late May 1840, the newspaper was renamed (given that "a journal devoted partly to literature has hitherto been much wanted"), continuing the publication order of its predecessor. It was published between 27 May 1840 and 18 May 1842. A notice on page 2 of the final edition read:

TO THE READERS OF THE CHRONICLE One of the natural consequences of the extreme depression of the time is the falling off of newspaper readers, and the diminution of what constitutes the main ingredient of newspaper prosperity - advertisements. ..In accordance with that determination the ''Chronicle'' will not be again issued until further notice.

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