The Independent was a weekly English language newspaper published in Launceston, Tasmania from 1831 to 1835.
Historyedit
Commencing on 28 March 1831, the Independent was published initially on Mondays, and briefly on Wednesdays, until 9 May 1831. From 18 May 1831, it was published on Saturdays continuously until 31 January 1835.[1]
Located in Brisbane Street, Launceston, the Independent's first publisher was Samuel Bailey Dowsett[2] who had previous experience as the publisher of the Cornwall press and commercial advertiser.[3]
In 1831, the publisher of the Launceston Advertiser,[4]John Pascoe Fawkner, engaged in a rivalry with the Independent. Both Fawkner and Dowsett used their newspaper columns for heated, personal exchanges.[5]
The Independent's office in Brisbane Street, Launceston, served as an agent for the Hobart-based newspapers: Colonial Times and The Tasmanian.[6][7] On 5 May 1832, Dowsett wrote an article in the Independent to farewell the editor of the Tasmanian, R L Murray, on his retirement.[8]
When the Independent ceased publication on 31 January 1835, the publisher at that time, William Mann, immediately started the Cornwall Chronicle: commercial, agricultural, and naval register in Launceston.[9][10]
^"The Independent". LINC Tasmania catalogue. LINC Tasmania. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^Miller, E. Morris (1973). Pressmen and governors : Australian editors and writers in early Tasmania, a contribution to the history of the Australian press and literature with notes biographical and bibliographical (facsimile ed.). Sydney: Sydney University Press. p. 172. ISBN 042406720X.
^"The Cornwall press and commercial advertiser". LINC Tasmania catalogue. LINC Tasmania. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
^"The Launceston advertiser". Trove catalogue. National Library of Australia. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^"DAILY SQUABBLES IN FIRST NEWSPAPERS MAKE INTERESTING READING". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. CV, no. 1. Tasmania, Australia. 12 March 1946. p. 9 (SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF The Centerary). Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"The Tasmanian". LINC Tasmania catalogue. LINC Tasmania. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^Miller, E. Morris (1973). Pressmen and governors : Australian editors and writers in early Tasmania, a contribution to the history of the Australian press and literature with notes biographical and bibliographical (facsimile ed.). Sydney: Sydney University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 042406720X.
^"Untitled". Independent. Vol. II, no. 59. Tasmania, Australia. 5 May 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"The Cornwall chronicle : commercial, agricultural, and naval register". LINC Tasmania catalogue. LINC Tasmania. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^Miller, E. Morris (1973). Pressmen and governors : Australian editors and writers in early Tasmania, a contribution to the history of the Australian press and literature with notes biographical and bibliographical (facsimile ed.). Sydney: Sydney University Press. p. 178. ISBN 042406720X.
^"The Independent". LINC Tasmania catalogue. LINC Tasmania. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
External linksedit
The Independent (Launceston, Tas. : 1831 - 1835) at Trove