Port Adelaide post |
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| Title : | Port Adelaide post |
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| Source : | Port Adelaide post, 22 July 1876, p. 1 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1876 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Dimensions : | 570 x 440 mm | ||
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| Description : |
Only one (damaged) issue of this newspaper is known to have survived. It was produced by partners James Young and Charles Morris. Young was a journalist with the South Australian register prior to setting up the Port Adelaide post. Morris had completed an apprenticeship with the South Australian advertiser, but was working with a firm of timber merchants at Port Adelaide at this time. The proprietors wrote, "Port Adelaideans in the past have not heartily supported any journals which have been started in this locality for their general interests." (p. 2) Young and Morris felt that now there was a 'kindlier feeling' amongst the local people towards the idea of a local newspaper. But the reality was clearly different. The first issue of the newspaper contained almost no local news at all, apart from a report of the Port Adelaide police court trials. The back page includes the first instalment of a serial 'written expressly for the Port Adelaide post' titled 'Ethel Forrester: an Australian tale' by J Mordaunt. A long article discusses the need for a railway at Port Augusta, and a longer article describes the proprietor's indignation and ensuing correspondence with officials about being barred from the parliamentary press gallery. Most of the articles relate to English news and were probably extracted from English newspapers. The newspaper's 'short but brilliant career' (Loyau, p. 190) apparently only extended to about six issues. |
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| Related names : | Mordaunt, J. Morris, Charles Stocker, 1851- Young, James, d. 1895 South Australian advertiser (Adelaide, S. Aust.) South Australian register (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Coverage year : | 1876 |
| Place : | Port Adelaide (S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area |
| Further reading : | Loyau, George E. Notable South Australians, or colonists past and present, Adelaide, S. Aust.: GE Loyau, 1885 '[Port Adelaide post]', Port Pirie gazette and areas news, 28 July 1876, p. 2 'Port newspapers', Port Adelaide news, 7 April 1887, p. 7 |
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