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The birth of the newspaper in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The Sydney Gazette, first published by ex-convict George Howe in 1803. George Howe was also permitted to print Australia's first newspaper from a humble shed located at the rear of Government House. The Sydney Gazette was the only newspaper circulated i...

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Howe, George Terry (1806 - 1863) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

HOWE, GEORGE TERRY (1806-1863), printer and publisher, was born on 18 December 1806 in Sydney, the second son of George Howe and Elizabeth Easton. In that month Lieutenant-Governor (Sir) George Arthur persuaded Howe to bring his press to Hobart Town and ...

Howe, Ann (c. 1802 - 1842) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

HOWE, ANN (c.1802-1842), newspaper proprietor, was born in Sydney, daughter of Sarah Bird, a successful convict entrepreneur and publican, and John Morris, also a former convict. On 17 December 1821 at St Phillip's Church of England Ann Bird married Robe...

King, Philip Gidley (1758 - 1808) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

KING, PHILIP GIDLEY (1758-1808), governor, was born at Launceston, Cornwall, England, on 23 April 1758. After five weeks in Sydney King landed on Norfolk Island early in November, and six weeks later Anna Josepha safely gave birth to a son, Phillip Parke...

Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall, State Library of Victoria   (website State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

Tom excelled at Rugby School in sports; returning to Melbourne in 1856 he became the transcendent cricketer in the colony of Victoria. Elizabeth left Mrs McGillivray s and on 2 December 1833 married Horatio Wills, editor of the Sydney Gazette, after a cou...

Driving Australian e-culture   (website The Wolanski Foundation )

A week later, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) [i] held its second OZeculture conference, Taking the Next Step, to induce thoughts on Australian culture in the digital age. David Kennedy from the National Offic...

TWF: research: culture1   (website The Wolanski Foundation )

The dull monotony was attacked on Boxing Day 1832, when two plays were presented in the saloon of the Royal Hotel, Sydney. By October 1833, the theatre behind the hotel had been completed and, on 5 October, Levey's second season of plays opened at the Th...

Bibliography   (website Archive of Australian Judaica )

PDF version of PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY, 6th edition (Sydney, Archive of Australian Judaica, University of Sydney Library, 2008), first published in 1986. In 1968 the Australian Jewish Herald began to publish a series ...

The art of the obituary: panel discussion - RN Book Show - 29-December-2006 -   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

A discussion about what was recently described by Keith Thomas in the Times Literary Supplement as 'an underrated literary genre' - the obituary. Ramona Koval: Today, the art of the obituary, with three people who are experts in this neglected literary fo...

Classic FM Music Details - 18/03/2000: 18th March 2000   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

ABC Classics 432 698-2 3'Lehßr arr Lanchbery The Merry Widow: Polka - State Orch of Victoria/John Lanchbery. ABC Classics 465 426-2 6'Freire Ay, Ay, Ay - Plßcido Domingo, t; London Sym Orch/Karl-Heinz Loges. Philips 442 778-2 3'Sullivan arr Mackerras an...

The birth of the newspaper in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

The Sydney Gazette, first published by ex-convict George Howe in 1803. George Howe was also permitted to print Australia's first newspaper from a humble shed located at the rear of Government House. Walker, R B 1976, The Newspaper Press in New South Wal...

Journal of the RAHS   (website Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) )

The Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society (JRAHS), published twice yearly, is the oldest established journal of Australian history and contains a wide range of scholarly articles and reviews. Michael B Tyquin, 'Sir William "Mo" Williams KCMG...

Green Plaques   (website Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) )

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No Title   (website Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) )

Royal Australian Historical Society, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 http:// www. Built in 1871 for the Parramatta politician George Oakes, History House is now the home of the Royal Australian Historical Society. 6. St James' Church King St., nea...

Activities   (website Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) )

The Royal Australian Historical Society offers members a calendar of activities. This meeting will include several ten minute talks on the current research projects of members, followed by discussion. Meeting place: Yarra Bay Sailing Club, Yarra Road, ju...

Law in Australia | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

Law in Australia covers all aspects of local and international law which relates to New South Wales and the people of New South Wales. Almanacs listing New South Wales legal practitioners and directories of Australian law firms are collected. Original ma...

List of subjects used in the index — State Records NSW   (website State Records Authority of New South Wales )

The subject headings used in the Index are listed here for quick reference and to provide researchers with an overview of the Project as a whole. The subject indexing is limited and researchers are reminded that, when researching an activity, an approach...

The Sydney Gazette | State Library of New South Wales   (website(s) State Library of New South Wales    Discover atmitchell collections )

In 1803 Governor King authorised the publication of Australia's first newspaper, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. As well as shipping news, town gossip and commercial news the newspaper contained government proclamations, regulations an...

Sydney Gazette | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

Find both indexes to the Sydney gazette in printed volumes in the Mitchell Library Reading Room on the 'Newspaper Index' Reference Shelves. TIP<br/>There are also some convict-specific indexes to the Sydney gazette, including Index of criminal trial repor...

Newspapers | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

The State Library has an extensive Newspaper collection consisting of about 1700 different newspapers, published in Australia and overseas. The Library specialises in collecting suburban and regional newspapers published in New South Wales with these new...