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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899)

Cite this title: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title74

From Wikipedia

The Examiner is the daily newspaper of the city of Launceston and north-eastern Tasmania, Australia.

The Examiner was first published on 12 March 1842, founded by James Aikenhead. The Reverend John West was also instrumental in establishing the newspaper and was the first editorial writer. Initially, The Examiner was published weekly on Saturdays. Six months later, it began publishing on Wednesdays as well. In 1853, the paper changed to tri-weekly editions, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and first began daily publication on 10 April 1866. That frequency lasted until 16 February the following year. Tri-weekly publication then resumed and continued until 21 December 1877, after which daily publication returned.

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Related Titles

Later
Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)

Coverage Graph

Each item in the list represents a year and the number of issues digitised for that year. This is presented as Year YYYY : Number of Issues.

  • Decade 1840
    • Year 1842: 76 Issues
    • Year 1843: 99 Issues
    • Year 1844: 104 Issues
    • Year 1845: 103 Issues
    • Year 1846: 103 Issues
    • Year 1847: 105 Issues
    • Year 1848: 105 Issues
    • Year 1849: 104 Issues
  • Decade 1850
    • Year 1850: 101 Issues
    • Year 1851: 105 Issues
    • Year 1852: 102 Issues
    • Year 1853: 150 Issues
    • Year 1854: 146 Issues
    • Year 1855: 146 Issues
    • Year 1856: 150 Issues
    • Year 1857: 138 Issues
    • Year 1858: 152 Issues
    • Year 1859: 144 Issues
  • Decade 1860
    • Year 1860: 151 Issues
    • Year 1861: 155 Issues
    • Year 1862: 154 Issues
    • Year 1863: 143 Issues
    • Year 1864: 156 Issues
    • Year 1865: 152 Issues
    • Year 1866: 269 Issues
    • Year 1867: 175 Issues
    • Year 1868: 155 Issues
    • Year 1869: 156 Issues
  • Decade 1870
    • Year 1870: 157 Issues
    • Year 1871: 156 Issues
    • Year 1872: 157 Issues
    • Year 1873: 156 Issues
    • Year 1874: 157 Issues
    • Year 1875: 156 Issues
    • Year 1876: 157 Issues
    • Year 1877: 158 Issues
    • Year 1878: 312 Issues
    • Year 1879: 310 Issues
  • Decade 1880
    • Year 1880: 314 Issues
    • Year 1881: 313 Issues
    • Year 1882: 312 Issues
    • Year 1883: 312 Issues
    • Year 1884: 314 Issues
    • Year 1885: 313 Issues
    • Year 1886: 313 Issues
    • Year 1887: 314 Issues
    • Year 1888: 313 Issues
    • Year 1889: 311 Issues
  • Decade 1890
    • Year 1890: 313 Issues
    • Year 1891: 313 Issues
    • Year 1892: 314 Issues
    • Year 1893: 312 Issues
    • Year 1894: 313 Issues
    • Year 1895: 313 Issues
    • Year 1896: 314 Issues
    • Year 1897: 313 Issues
    • Year 1898: 313 Issues
    • Year 1899: 312 Issues

Details

Title
Launceston examiner : commercial and agricultural advertiser..
Publisher
Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2013.
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Notes
  • Digitised as part of the "Digitised newspapers and more" which allows access to historic Australian periodicals.
  • Also available in microfilm and in print.
  • Electronic reproduction of:
  • Launceston, Tas. : James Aikenhead, 1842-1899.
ISSN
1836-8204
Life dates
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 12, 1842)-v. 59, no. 311 (Dec. 30, 1899)
Former title
  • Cornwall chronicle Nov. 3, 1880.
Later title
  • Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : Online) 1321-0971
Place
Australia Tasmania Launceston

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Acknowledgements

  • Original material contributed by Libraries Tasmania

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