''The Illustrated Adelaide Post'' was a monthly publication, January 1867 – December 1874, published by W. A. Cawthorne, with issues appearing the week before departure of the English mail ship, clearly for new arrivals wanting to keep friends and relations "back home" informed. and printed by W. C. Sims (c. 1842–1923) of

Gawler Place, Adelaide Gawler Place is a single-lane road in the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs north to south from North Terrace to Wakefield Street, parallel to and approximately midway between King William and Pulteney Streets. ...

and his partner

Joseph Elliott Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(c. 1833–1883), previously of 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 ...

s general printing office, and later owner of ''

The Southern Argus The ''Southern Argus'' is a newspaper first published from March 1866 in Port Elliot, South Australia, and then in Strathalbyn from 1868 to the present. It is published on Thursdays. History The ''Southern Argus'' (as distinct from the ''Nor ...

'', in 1867. Although described as "South Australia's first entirely local, fully illustrated, newspaper", it was characterised by the ''

'', among other deficiencies, as having only the first and last pages dedicated to local news, the rest being identical to ''The Illustrated Melbourne Post''. The paper was not a success, and from 1875 was incorporated into a local edition of ''

The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil The ''Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil'' was a monthly magazine published in Melbourne by The Argus (Melbourne), ''The Argus'' between 1873 and 1889. History and profile The ''Sketcher'' appeared once a month, starting April 1873. The ...

Trove Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text document ...

has digital copies fro
March 1867
(featuring a picture of the

Old Gum Tree The Old Gum Tree (also known as The Proclamation Tree) is a historic site in Glenelg North, South Australia. Near this tree on 28 December 1836, the British governor John Hindmarsh delivered the proclamation announcing the establishment of Gov ...

) freely available.

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