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y separately published work icon The Bunyip newspaper  
Alternative title: Bunyip: or Gawler Humbug Society's Journal; Gawler Chronicle and Northern Advertiser; Gawler Times, Northern Advertiser and Gold Fields Reporter
Issue Details: First known date: 1863... 1863 The Bunyip
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Newspaper of the Gawler Humbug Society (founded by George Isaacs).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1863
    • Gawler, Gawler area, Salisbury - Elizabeth - Gawler area, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wm. Barnet Ltd , 1863-1980 .
      Link: U24530Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed and published for the proprietors by W. Barnet, printer, Murray-street, Gawler
      • Digitised issues available for the period 5 September 1863 to 24 December 1954. (Correct as of 7 August 2013.)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Monthly (Saturday, 1863-1865) ; twice monthly (Saturday, 1865 - [1869]) ; weekly (Saturday, [1869] - September 1873) ; weekly (Friday, October 1873 - December 1954)
Range:
No. 1 (5 September 1863) - [30 July 1980]
Continues:
Gawler Times (1873) ; Gawler Standard (1885) and Junction & Gilbert Valley News (1969)
Supplement:
Includes occasional supplements
Size:
44cm - 70cm
Price:
6d (in 1863) ; 3s (in 1954)
Graphics:
Illustrated
Advertising:
Includes advertising
Note:
Motto: Flam! Bam!! Sham!!!
Note:

Subtitle varies:

  • No. 5 (9 Jan. 1864)-no. 433 (28 June 1873), Gawler Chronicle and Northern Advertiser
  • No. 434 (5 July 1873)-no. 1056 (26 Dec. 1884), Gawler times, Northern advertiser and Gold Fields Reporter
  • No. 1057 (2 Jan. 1885) -no. 1065 (27 Feb. 1885), with which is incorporated the Gawler Times
  • No. 1066 (6 Mar. 1885)-no. 6219 (5 Feb. 1969), with which is incorporated the Gawler Times and Gawler Standard
  • No. 6220 (12 Feb. 1969)-no. 6765 (30 July 1980), with which are incorporated the Gawler Times, the Gawler Standard and the Junction and Gilbert Valley News

Note:
Single sheet almanac or calendar issued in last week of December in some years

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