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Maitland Mercury newspaper index 1843

Maitland Mercury newspaper index 1844

Maitland Mercury newspaper index 1845

Maitland Mercury newspaper index 1846 (January to June)

Maitland Mercury newspaper index 1846 (July to December)

The Maitland Mercury - the oldest surviving New South Wales provincial newspaper - began publication as a weekly newspaper on 7 January 1843,  and was not just a "local paper" but carried reports from all over Australia, featuring news from many parts of the colony from Fremantle, to Hobart, to Moreton Bay, with correspondents scattered right across the country.

These indexes will save historians and students many hours of searching for the item that may assist in their research, and it will tell them, also, when searching is futile.

In 1846 the Maitland Mercury altered it's layout from the once weekly, four page, five column format, to a twice weekly, four page, six column format, and features passenger lists to shipping arrivals and departures in Sydney and other ports. This will greatly assist those researchers who have been searching for information on unassisted shipping passengers who were in the category of "swam here".

This newspaper is available on micro film for viewing by researchers at some libraries, such as The State Library of NSW in Sydney  and also at some historical and family history societies. Or copies of newspaper extracts are also available at a nominal fee of $5 from Rod & Wendy Gow.

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e-mail : rgow@gownewspaperindexes.com.au

Newspaper available on the internet . . . . .

The Australian  Cooperative Digitisation Project 1840-45, undertaken by the University of Sydney Library, the State Library of NSW, Monash University Library and the National Library, have digitised many mid 19th. century newspapers, one of which is the  "Maitland Mercury". The web address on the internet   is ....

http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403676.html

Armed with these indexes, it is a very simple task to download the particular page of the newspaper that you require and read it at your leisure either on or off line as you require. The downloads are read via Acrobat Reader, which is also available free for download on the internet.
 

To facilitate ease of research, the format states the DATE of the edition of the particular newspaper and the P&C (page and column) number within that edition.
 
 

NAME	DESCRIPTION	DATE	P&C	DISTRICT
Bacon John alias Wiseby	Of ship "Charles Kerr" granted Ticket of Leave	30 Dec 1843	4.4	Dungog
Cavanagh Master	Killed by Aborigines in attack on Mrs Keoghue  and her 3 month old child	11 Feb 1843	2.2	Glendon
Cooper William	A patient in Newcastle hospital gave evidence in Samuel Gatehouse trial	29 Jul 1843	3.1	Newcastle
Dunkley Mr	His wife Lucretia & Martin Beech convicted of his murder  at Berrima - Both Executed	28 Oct 1843	4.3	Berrima
Dunns John alias Brown	Free by Servitude in the employ of Mr Bolton	28 Jan 1843	2.4	Newcastle
Haydon Mrs	Birth of daughter on 10 July 1843 at Bloomfield Murrurundi	22 Jul 1843	3.4	Murrurundi
Healey Nicholas	Mentioned in report of gig accident - Horse out of control - Detailed report	22 Jul 1843	3.1	West Maitland
McGilvary Duncan	Inquest held - Injured in political riots at Paterson	8 Jul 1843	3.1	Paterson
Muswellbrook	A detailed description of the district of  Muswellbrook	26 Aug 1843	3.1	Muswellbrook
Thomas Sarah Ann	Married George Watson on 13 Sep 1843 at St James Church Sydney	23 Sep 1843	3.4	Sydney

 

If you would like us to check the index to establish if a particular surname is mentioned, just send us an e-mail with your request detailed (including the name of the newspaper in which you wish the search conducted).