The ''Adelaide Morning Chronicle'' was a newspaper published in
Adelaide, South Australia during 1852 and 1853.
History
While claiming not to be a religious newspaper, the ''Adelaide Morning Chronicle'' was established by the draper Andrew Murray during the
South Australian Parliament's debate over
separation of church and state. Its intention was to provide a voice for the influential and conservative
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
section of the Adelaide community. This was in opposition to the opinions expressed by the
non-conformist churches in their newspaper, the ''Austral Examiner''.
The newspaper was of a sufficient quality to also be seen as competition to the ''
South Australian Register
''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 f ...
''. Murray later worked for the
''Melbourne Argus''. The newspaper was reduced to a bi-weekly publication (rather than daily) after 35 issues in early 1852,
[ ''South Australian register'', 12 January 1852, p. 2] through the economic effects of the
Victorian gold rush and ceased in early 1853.
References
External links
*
Digitised page of ''Adelaide Morning Chronicle'' from State Library of South Australia's SA Memory website
Defunct newspapers published in Adelaide
1852 establishments in Australia
1853 disestablishments in Australia
Newspapers on Trove
{{Australia-newspaper-stub