Tasmanian News

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Tasmanian News
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TypeDaily afternoon newspaper
Founded17 November 1883
Ceased publication17 November 1911
HeadquartersHobart, Tasmania

Tasmanian News was an Australian afternoon newspaper based in Hobart. Originally published as The Tasmanian News, its first issue appeared on Saturday 17 November 1883. [1]

The paper was owned and edited by Henry Horatio Gill (1840–1914). He ran the newspaper until his retirement from journalism. [2] [3] His wife, Sara Inez Gill (née Jacobs, c.1850–1914) [4] took over as proprietor on 26 July 1886, [5] just three months after the birth of their youngest child. [6]

Editors of the Tasmanian News included G. B. Lilley, J. D. Shaw, R. W. Smith, J. J. Utting and Alexander Williamson Hume. [7]

William James McWilliams took over the paper from Sara in August 1896. [8] [9] He published the News until he was forced to sell out in June 1900 due to financial difficulties [10] and William Bell Fulton took over as proprietor. [11]

The last issue was published on Friday 17 November 1911, 28 years to the day after its first. [12] A notice signed by A. J. Nettlefold, managing director of The Daily Post, Ltd., advised that the paper had ceased publication but was seeking new premises and would recommence in nine months' time. [13]

Digitisation

The newspaper has been digitised and is available on Trove. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ourselves". The Tasmanian News . Vol. 1, no. 1. Tasmania, Australia. 17 November 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Pretyman, E. R., "Gill, Henry Horatio (1840–1914)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 24 September 2021
  3. ↑ "Obituary". Critic. Vol. IX, no. 451. Tasmania, Australia. 6 March 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Sara Inez Jacobs – Marriage to Henry Horatio Gill". Family Search. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Advertising". Tasmanian News. No. 831. Tasmania, Australia. 26 July 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Thomas Abraham Horat Gill – Birth record". Family Search. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Our Hobart Letter". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXVIII, no. 262. Tasmania, Australia. 31 October 1908. p. 11. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Ourselves. A Parting Word". Tasmanian News. No. 4823. Tasmania, Australia. 13 August 1896. p. 2 (Third Edition). Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Advertising". Tasmanian News. No. 4823. Tasmania, Australia. 13 August 1896. p. 4 (Third Edition). Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Advertising". Tasmanian News. No. 5998. Tasmania, Australia. 16 June 1900. p. 4 (Third Edition). Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Advertising". Tasmanian News. No. 5999. Tasmania, Australia. 18 June 1900. p. 4 (Third Edition). Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Ourselves". The Tasmanian News . No. 9460. Tasmania, Australia. 17 November 1911. p. 2 (5.30 Edition). Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "Advertising". The Tasmanian News . No. 9460. Tasmania, Australia. 17 November 1911. p. 2 (5.30 Edition). Retrieved 25 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "Tasmanian News (Hobart, Tas.: 1883–1911)". Trove. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
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