The ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' (from 5 July 1845) and ''South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal'' (from 9 October 1847) was a weekly publication in the

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'' ...

which included notices from and about the government between 1845 and 1852.

History

The colony of South Australia's first publication, called ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', changed its name on 15 June 1839 to become 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 ...

''. Later, in 1845, publisher George Stevenson appropriated the vacancy by publishing his own version under the same name. According to the

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George Stevenson founded the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal, originally and confusingly titled the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register after Adelaide's first newspaper. Stevenson edited the South Australian Register with an aggressive outspokenness, and continued this approach in his new title. He stated he would be campaigning for free trade, reduced taxes, alterations to the scheme of land sales. Most of all, this newspaper led the call for fully representative government. The newspaper’s title change reflected the founding of major mine ventures at Burra and elsewhere. The earlier spirited inter-press debate continued with this fourth major newspaper, alongside the Register,
South Australian South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest o ...
, and
Adelaide Times The ''Adelaide Times'' was an early newspaper founded by James Allen and printed in Adelaide, the capital of the then colony of South Australia. It was published between 2 October 1848 and 8 May 1858, and evolved through a series of names and pub ...
. ... The newspaper was forced to close in 1852 due to the lack of labour and cash brought by the exodus of men to the Victorian goldfields. Faced with his entire staff leaving for the gold rush, Stevenson closed the newspaper and joined them.

Volume 1, number 1 of the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' was published on Saturday, 5 July 1845. The final edition under that title was Volume III number 118 on 2 October 1847. Volume III number 119 of the ''South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal'' was published the following Saturday, 9 October 1847. The publication ceased with the printing of Volume 7, no. 516 (13 March 1852).

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