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Advertiser (Adelaide)
''The Advertiser'' is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889
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it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of Keith Murdoch in the 1950s, and the full ownership of in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), a subsidiary of

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Prince William, Duke Of Cambridge
William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. William was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. He was educated at Wetherby School, Ludgrove School and Eton College. He earned a Master of Arts (Scotland), Master of Arts degree in geography at the University of St Andrews where he met his future wife, Catherine Middleton. They have three children: Prince George of Wales, George, Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015), Charlotte and Prince Louis of Wales, Louis. After university, William trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst prior to serving with the Blues and Royals regiment. In 2008 he graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, joining the RAF Search and Rescue Force in early 2009. He served as a full-time pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance for two years, starting ...
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South Australian Register
''The Register'', originally the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', and later ''South Australian Register,'' was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into '' The Advertiser'' almost a century later in February 1931. The newspaper was the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept. According to the National Library of Australia, its pages contain "one hundred years of births, deaths, marriages, crime, building history, the establishment of towns and businesses, political and social comment". All issues are freely available online, via Trove. History ''The Register'' was conceived by Robert Thomas, a law stationer, who had purchased for his family of land in the proposed South Australian province after ...
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The Advertiser Building(GN09850)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ...
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John Langdon Bonython
Sir John Langdon Bonython (; Charles Earle Funk, ''What's the Name, Please?'' (Funk & Wagnalls, 1936). 15 October 184822 October 1939) was an Australian editor, newspaper proprietor, philanthropist, journalist and politician who served as a member of the inaugural federal Parliament, and was editor of the Adelaide daily morning broadsheet, '' The Advertiser'', for 35 years.W. B. PitcherBonython, Sir John Langdon (1848–1939) ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 339-341 Early life Bonython was born in London in 1848, the second son of George Langdon Bonython (1820–1909), a carpenter and builder, and Annie MacBain (1824–1906). His siblings were George Langdon Bonython (1845–1921) and Alfred MacBain Bonython (1865–1954). George (senior) was born in Canada to which his parents Thomas Bonython (1787-1860) and Ann ( Langdon; 1800-1897?) had migrated. George was sent back to England into the care of his ...
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Fred Burden
Frederic Britten Burden (1852 – 30 January 1897) was a businessman and newspaper editor in the colony of South Australia. History Burden was born in England, the second son of Philip Henry Burden (c. 1823 – 3 March 1864), and emigrated to South Australia with his parents when a young child, sometime before 1854, perhaps on ''Gipsy'', which arrived in September 1853. His father worked briefly for Goode Brothers, sold drapery from his Norwood home, then was secretary for the Adelaide '' Advertiser'', and headed its commercial section until his early death. Fred Burden was educated at St. Peter's College, and worked at the warehouse of Whyte, Counsell, & Co. He then spent some years in England. His mother Mary remarried on 15 August 1865 to John H. Barrow (1817–1874), who adopted her children, and had a son of their own. Barrow had founded ''The Advertiser'' with C. H. Goode in July 1858, and served as editor until his death in 1874. Ownership of ''The Advertiser'' was th ...
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William Parkin
William Parkin (24 August 1801 – 31 May 1889) was an English-born businessman, politician and philanthropist. He emigrated to the British colonisation of South Australia, British Province of South Australia with his wife in 1839 and represented the Electoral district of City of Adelaide, City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly from 1860 to 1862 before becoming a member of the South Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council from 1866 to 1877. Parkin was a benefactor of the South Australian Congregational Church and founded many religious philanthropic efforts. Biography Early life and business career William Parkin was born on 24 August 1801 in Glastonbury. He married Sarah May , and they sailed for South Australia in the ''Recovery (1811 ship), Recovery'', arriving at Port Adelaide on 19 September 1839. After working briefly as a farmer near Willunga, South Australia, Willunga, Parkin opened a Draper, drapery on Hindley Street ...
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The Express And Telegraph
''The Telegraph'' was a newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1862, and merged with '' The Express'' to become ''The Express and Telegraph'', published from 1867 to 1922. History ''The Adelaide Telegraph'' The Adelaide ''Telegraph'' was founded and edited by Frederick Sinnett (c. 1836 – 23 November 1866) and first published by David Gall on 15 August 1862 as an evening daily, independent of the two morning papers '' The Advertiser'' and ''The Register ''The Register'' (often also called El Reg) is a British Technology journalism, technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee (journalist), Mike Magee and John Lettice. The online newspaper's Nameplate_(publishing), masthead Logo, s ...''. ''The Advertiser'', which was first published in 1858, retaliated in 1863 by founding its own afternoon newspaper, ''The Express'', as a competitor to ''The Telegraph''. Ebenezer Ward served as sub-editor 1863 to 1864, when he joined Finniss's Northern Ter ...
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The Mail (Adelaide)
The ''Sunday Mail'' (originally titled ''The Mail'') is an Adelaide newspaper first published on 4 May 1912 by Clarence P. Moody. Through much of the 20th century, ''The Advertiser (Adelaide), The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News (Adelaide), The News'' the afternoon tabloid, ''The Sunday Mail'' a vehicle for covering weekend sport, and ''Messenger Newspapers'' covering community news. "Sunday Mail" is a business name of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd, a private company that is part of News Corp Australia, which since 2004 has been a component of the U.S. multinational mass media company, News Corp. History ''Mail'' In 1912, Clarence Moody initially set up three newspapers – the ''Sporting Mail'' (1912–1914), ''Saturday Mail'' (1912–1917), and the ''Mail''. The first two titles lasted only a few years, and the ''Mail'' itself went into liquidation in late 1914. Ownership passed briefly to George Annells and Frank Stone, and then to Herbert Sy ...
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John Baker (Australian Politician)
John Baker (28 December 1813 – 19 May 1872) was an early South Australian pastoralist and politician. He was the second Premier of the colony of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Travers Finniss; however, he only held office for 12 days from 21 August to 1 September 1857 before being succeeded by the third Premier of the colony, Robert Torrens. Early life John Baker was born at Ilminster in Somerset, England, on 28 December 1813 to Richard Chaffey Baker and his wife Mary, née Anstice (c. 1885 – 24 August 1849). He emigrated to Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania during the European exploration of Australia, European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The Aboriginal Tasmanians, Aboriginal-inhabited island wa ... in 1838, and married Isabella Allan on 7 June 1838. Pastoralist In 1838 Baker visited the new settlement at Adelaide and in the following year returned and took up land in South Au ...
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Philip Henry Burden
Frederic Britten Burden (1852 – 30 January 1897) was a businessman and newspaper editor in the colony of South Australia. History Burden was born in England, the second son of Philip Henry Burden (c. 1823 – 3 March 1864), and emigrated to South Australia with his parents when a young child, sometime before 1854, perhaps on ''Gipsy'', which arrived in September 1853. His father worked briefly for Goode Brothers, sold drapery from his Norwood home, then was secretary for the Adelaide '' Advertiser'', and headed its commercial section until his early death. Fred Burden was educated at St. Peter's College, and worked at the warehouse of Whyte, Counsell, & Co. He then spent some years in England. His mother Mary remarried on 15 August 1865 to John H. Barrow (1817–1874), who adopted her children, and had a son of their own. Barrow had founded ''The Advertiser'' with C. H. Goode in July 1858, and served as editor until his death in 1874. Ownership of ''The Advertiser'' was th ...
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The Telegraph (Adelaide)
''The Telegraph'' was a newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1862, and merged with ''The Advertiser (Adelaide), The Express'' to become ''The Express and Telegraph'', published from 1867 to 1922. History ''The Adelaide Telegraph'' The Adelaide ''Telegraph'' was founded and edited by Frederick Sinnett (c. 1836 – 23 November 1866) and first published by David Gall on 15 August 1862 as an evening daily, independent of the two morning papers ''The Advertiser (Adelaide), The Advertiser'' and ''The Register (Adelaide), The Register''. ''The Advertiser'', which was first published in 1858, retaliated in 1863 by founding its own afternoon newspaper, ''The Express'', as a competitor to ''The Telegraph''. Ebenezer Ward served as sub-editor 1863 to 1864, when he joined Boyle Travers Finniss, Finniss's Survey parties to the Northern Territory 1864–1870, Northern Territory expedition as clerk-in-charge, then returned to the ''Telegraph'' the following year after being ...
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The Express (Adelaide)
''The Telegraph'' was a newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1862, and merged with '' The Express'' to become ''The Express and Telegraph'', published from 1867 to 1922. History ''The Adelaide Telegraph'' The Adelaide ''Telegraph'' was founded and edited by Frederick Sinnett (c. 1836 – 23 November 1866) and first published by David Gall on 15 August 1862 as an evening daily, independent of the two morning papers '' The Advertiser'' and ''The Register''. ''The Advertiser'', which was first published in 1858, retaliated in 1863 by founding its own afternoon newspaper, ''The Express'', as a competitor to ''The Telegraph''. Ebenezer Ward served as sub-editor 1863 to 1864, when he joined Finniss's Northern Territory expedition as clerk-in-charge, then returned to the ''Telegraph'' the following year after being sacked by Finniss for insubordination. Sinnett left for Melbourne in late 1865, and Ward succeeded him as both editor (briefly) and parliamentary shor ...
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