The Sydney Times was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1]

Front page of first issue of The Sydney Times, 15 August 1834

History edit

The first four-page issue was published by Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish on 15 August 1834. It was published on Tuesday and Friday mornings.[2] The paper closed in 1838 due to debt and Kentish resumed his career as a surveyor.[3]

Digitisation edit

The newspaper has been digitised from 15 August 1834 to 2 July 1838 and is available on Trove.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Sydney Times", Trove, retrieved 8 May 2019
  2. ^ "Front page". The Sydney Times. No. 1. New South Wales, Australia. 15 August 1834. p. 1. Retrieved 8 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Blake, L. J., "Kentish, Nathaniel Lipscomb (1797–1867)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 8 May 2019

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