Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821-1825)
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The Hobart Town Gazette was established in 1816 in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (known as Tasmania since 1856) as the Hobart Town Gazette, and Southern Reporter. In 1821 the name was changed to the Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser. In 1825 the title was split, with the government authorised publication remaining the Hobart Town Gazette, and the original editor launching the Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser . From 1882 it was known as the Hobart Gazette and from 1907 as the Tasmanian Government Gazette.
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- The Hobart Town gazette, and Van Diemen's Land advertiser.
- Publisher
- Hobart Town : [Andrew Bent], 1821-1825.
- Description
- 5 v. ; 33 cm.
- Notes
- Caption title.
Ferguson no. 649.
Supplements accompany some issues.
Also available on microfilm, and online via the Australian Newspapers service. Address as at 29 Sept. 2009: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title5
Until Vol. 10, no. 477 (June 24, 1825) published "by authority", with a notice from the Governor, that "all public communications which may appear in this paper, signed with any official signature, are to be considered as Official Communications ...". From 24 June 1825-12 Aug. 1825, it was published without this authority, which was transferred from 25 June 1825 to the new official publication, Hobart Town gazette, published by Howe and Ross, Government Printers, which appeared a day after Bent's paper and had the same numbering. This continued for 7 weeks until Hobart Town gazette and Van Diemen's Land advertiser changed title to: Colonial times and Tasmanian advertiser. - Life Dates
- Vol. 6, no. 245 (Jan. 20, 1821)-v. 10, no. 484 (Aug. 12, 1825)
- Later Title
- Colonial Times, and Tasmanian advertiser 1835-4718
- Former Title
- Hobart Town gazette, and Southern reporter 1834-0946
- Place
- Australia Tasmania Hobart.
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