The Monitor (Sydney) Explained

The Monitor was a biweekly English language newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales and founded in 1826.^[1] It is one of the earlier newspapers in the colony commencing publication twenty three years after the Sydney Gazette, the first paper to appear in 1803, and more than seventy years before the federation of Australia. The Monitor changed name several times, subsequently being known as The Sydney Monitor, and in June 1838 Francis O'Brien and Edwyn Henry Statham introduced themselves as the new editors of the re-branded Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser.^[2]

History

The newspaper was first published on 19 May 1826^[3] by Edward Smith Hall^[4] and Arthur Hill.^[5] The paper was not without controversy in the colony, publicly taking up the cause of the poor and convicts with a motto that "nothing extenuate nor set down aught in malice" and being openly critical of the governing authorities.^[5]

Name changes

Masthead	Dates of circulation
The Monitor^[6] ^[7]	1826–1828
The Sydney Monitor^[8] ^[9]	1828–1838
Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser^[10]	1838–1841

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project hosted by the National Library of Australia.^{[11] [12] [13]}

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Holden, W. Sprague (Willis Sprague) . Australia goes to press. 1962. Melbourne University Press.
• Book: Mayer, Henry. The Press in Australia. 1964. Melb. Lansdowne.
• Book: Walker, R. B. (Robin Berwick). The newspaper press in New South Wales, 1803–1920. 1976. 1976. Sydney University Press. 978-0-424-00023-7 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Isaacs. Victor. Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: a short history. UQ eprints. Rural Press. 22 April 2013. Rod Kirkpatrick . 2003.
2. Riley. Margot. Winter 2016. Eternally Yours . SL Magazine. 9 . 2 . 17.
3. News: The Monitor, Volume 1, Number 1. The Monitor . I . 1 . New South Wales, Australia . 19 May 1826 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
4. Book: Ihde, Erin. A Manifestor for the New South Wales: Edward Smith Hall and the Sydney Monitor, 1826–1840. 2005. Australian Scholarly. Melbourne. 1740970519.
5. M. J. B. Kenny, 'Hall, Edward Smith (1786–1860)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966. Accessed 24 April 2013
6. Web site: The Monitor . State Library New South Wales . 22 April 2013.
7. Web site: The Monitor. National Library of Australia. 24 April 2013.
8. Web site: The Sydney Monitor . State Library New South Wales . 24 April 2013.
9. Web site: The Sydney monitor. National Library of Australia. 24 April 2013.
10. Web site: Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser . State Library New South Wales . 22 April 2013.
11. Web site: Newspapers and magazine titles. Trove . National Library of Australia. 31 May 2013.
12. Web site: Newspaper digitisation program. National Library of Australia. 31 May 2013.
13. 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.