The ''Swan River Guardian'' was a newspaper published in
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 ...
, 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
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, t ...
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
''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'' ...
'', which was established at the beginning of 1833.
See also
*
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 newspape ...
*
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 entry.
References
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Defunct newspapers published in Perth, Western Australia