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First Publication

When: 12 July 1858
Where: Adelaide, South Australia
Part of: The Advertiser begins publication in Adelaide

The South Australian Advertiser was first published as a broadsheet in Adelaide on 12 July 1858, marking the start of its daily circulation.

The newspaper began as a broadsheet named The South Australian Advertiser. Its first issue was published on 12 July 1858. The original owners were Barrow and Charles Henry Goode, whose first issues of the daily paper and its companion weekly appeared on 12 July 1858 and 17 July 1858 respectively, the latter date belonging to the companion weekly rather than a second issue of the daily.

Sources

The Advertiser (Adelaide) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-18

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