The Guardian (1844 Australian newspaper)

Front page of The Guardian, Sydney, 4 March 1844

The Guardian : a weekly journal of politics, commerce, agriculture, literature, science and arts for the middle and working classes of New South Wales is a defunct Australian newspaper that was published in Sydney New South Wales, during 1844 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1]

History

The newspaper began with the edition of Saturday March 16 1844, and continued in a run of twenty four editions before ceasing publication on 5 October 1844.[1] The newspaper was published by James McEachern, brother of Robert S. McEachern, the proprietor of the Free Press and Commercial Journal and the Sydney Free Press.[2]

Digitisation

The various editions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program, a project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[3]

References

1. "The Guardian : a weekly journal of politics, commerce, agriculture, literature, science and arts for the middle and working classes of New South Wales Australian National Bibliographic Database Catalogue Record". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
2. "Robert S. McEachern". AusLit. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
3. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links

• The Guardian (Sydney, NSW : 1844) at Trove

See also

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