| Call Number |
994.11/FRE |
| Other title |
Western Australian & Perth gazette |
| Physical description |
v. |
| Current frequency |
Weekly on Saturday. |
| Publication history |
No. 1 (19 Feb. 1831)-no. 9 (16 Apr. 1831). |
| Notes |
"Edited and published by W.K. Shenton, Gazette Office, Fremantle, Western Australia." |
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Title varies: The Western Australian & Perth gazette (No. 2 (26 Feb. 1831) and no. 5 (19 Mar. 1831)) |
| Additional formats |
Available on microfilm. |
| Notes |
Filmed with the Fremantle journal and general advertiser. |
| References |
Ferguson no. 1502 |
| Biography/history |
Editor W.K. Shenton arrived in WA on the "Lotus" in 1829. With his cousin Arthur and Charles Macfaull, he published in 1831 the "Fremantle observer", "Perth gazette" and "Western Australian journal" under the editorship of Macfaull who received three quarters of the ownership. Shenton drowned on a voyage to Bunbury in 1842. |
| Summary |
Originals held: no. 2 (26 Feb. 1831) (2 copies: one of 4 manuscript pages and other of 2 manuscript pages, which also has title variation Western Australian & Perth gazette; the 2-page version was formerly Private Archives ACC 46A); no. 4 (12 Mar. 1831), acquired from Queensland State Archives; no. 5 (19 March 1831), formerly Private Archives ACC 45A. |
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Facsimiles held for no. 1 (19 Feb. 1831)-no. 3 (5 Mar. 1831), CO18/9, PRO, London; no. 2 (26 Feb. 1831); no. 9 (16 April 1831), formerly 1860A. |
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Distribution area: Fremantle. |
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No. 6 (26 March 1831) located at the British Library, London. Article in "West Australian" 8 January 2010, page 17. |
| Subjects |
Australian newspapers -- Western Australia -- Fremantle.
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Fremantle (W.A.) -- Newspapers.
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WA newspapers -- 1830s.
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| Related names |
Shenton, W. K. (William Kernott), 1802-1842.
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