''The Telegraph'' was a newspaper in

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, founded in 1862, and merged with '' The Express'' to become ''The Express and Telegraph'', published from 1867 to 1922.

History

''The Adelaide Telegraph''

The Adelaide ''Telegraph'' was founded and edited by

Frederick Sinnett Frederick Sinnett (8 March 1830 – 23 November 1866) was a literary critic and journalist in colonial Australia. Sinnett was born in Hamburg, Germany, a son of Mrs. Percy Sinnett, a well-known English author, and was educated for the profession ...

(c. 1836 – 23 November 1866) and first published by David Gall on 15 August 1862 as an evening daily, independent of the two morning papers '' The Advertiser'' and ''

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''. ''The Advertiser'', which was first published in 1858, retaliated in 1863 by founding its own afternoon newspaper, ''The Express'', as a competitor to ''The Telegraph''.

Ebenezer Ward Ebenezer Ward (4 September 1837 – 8 October 1917) was an Australian politician and journalist. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1870 to 1880 and from 1881 to 1890, representing Gumeracha (1870–1880), Burra (188 ...

served as sub-editor 1863 to 1864, when he joined Finniss's Northern Territory expedition as clerk-in-charge, then returned to the ''Telegraph'' the following year after being sacked by Finniss for insubordination. Sinnett left for Melbourne in late 1865, and Ward succeeded him as both editor (briefly) and parliamentary shorthand writer until 1868.

''The Daily Telegraph''

Around 1864 or 1865 ''The Adelaide Telegraph'' was renamed the ''Daily Telegraph'', introduced a morning edition, and founded the short-lived weekend ''Weekly Mail''.

''The Express and Telegraph''

In December 1865 the manager Henry Edlin called in all debts and advertised the business for sale, and was purchased by a consortium led by John Baker. A year later the whole of the "machinery, plant and goodwill" was purchased at auction by the publishers of the ''Advertiser'', ''Chronicle'', and ''Express''. The paper is remembered for publishing some of the earliest writings of "Pasquin" ( E. R. Mitford), before he founded his own self-titled weekly in 1867. ''The Daily Telegraph'' was then incorporated into ''The Express'' as '' The Express and Telegraph'', which title persisted until 1922, when it reverted to simply ''The Express'' (1922–1923).

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* 1867 establishments in Australia 1922 disestablishments in Australia Defunct newspapers published in Adelaide {{australia-newspaper-stub