The Colonist (Australian newspaper) explained

The Colonist was a weekly English-language tabloid newspaper published in Sydney from 1835 to 1840.

History

The Colonist was founded by John Dunmore Lang with a religious and political agenda.^[1] First published on 1 January 1835 by Henry Bull and J. Spilsbury, The Colonist was published from 1835 until 1840,^[2] after which it was absorbed by the Sydney Herald.^[3]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia
• List of defunct newspapers of Australia
• List of newspapers in New South Wales

External links

• • Press timeline: Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011
• Isaacs, Victor, Kirkpatrick, Rod and Russell, John (2004). Australian Newspaper History: A Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Book: Isaacs, Victor. Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history. 2003. Rural Press. North Richmond. 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20030911111506/http://eprint.uq.edu.au/archive/00000391/01/sydnews.pdf. dead. 2003-09-11.
2. Web site: The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840). Trove. National Library of Australia. 27 November 2012.
3. Web site: The Sydney herald. State Library of New South Wales. 27 November 2012.
4. Web site: Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. 27 November 2012.
5. Brown. Jerelynn. Tabloids in the State Library of NSW collection: A reflection of life in Australia. Australian Journal of Communication. 2011. 38. 2. 107–121.