The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator
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The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator was a Sydney
newspaper
published between December 1848 and 1856.
The People's Advocate was established by Edward John Hawksley, an English Catholic Radical, who wrote the majority of the paper's content, and by the Sydney printer Francis Cunninghame. http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hawksley-edward-john-1546
Prior to this Hawkesley had edited and published the Sydney Chronicle (1846-1847) and then the Daily News, with James St Julian. From 1863-1870 Hawkesley was employed at the Government Printing Office before retiring to Fiji where he died in 1875. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A67C
The People's Advocate focussed on the working classes of New South Wales
, and was a prominent part of the political scene of the late 1840s and 50s in Sydney. It supported radical candidates like Robert Lowe and John Dunmore Lang
During its short lifetime it acted as a foil to the squatting
and mercantile focus of The Sydney Morning Herald
.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
newspaper
Newspaper
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published between December 1848 and 1856.
The People's Advocate was established by Edward John Hawksley, an English Catholic Radical, who wrote the majority of the paper's content, and by the Sydney printer Francis Cunninghame. http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hawksley-edward-john-1546
Prior to this Hawkesley had edited and published the Sydney Chronicle (1846-1847) and then the Daily News, with James St Julian. From 1863-1870 Hawkesley was employed at the Government Printing Office before retiring to Fiji where he died in 1875. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A67C
The People's Advocate focussed on the working classes of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, and was a prominent part of the political scene of the late 1840s and 50s in Sydney. It supported radical candidates like Robert Lowe and John Dunmore Lang
John Dunmore Lang
John Dunmore Lang , Australian Presbyterian clergyman, writer, politician and activist, was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.-Background and Family:...
During its short lifetime it acted as a foil to the squatting
Squatting
Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use....
and mercantile focus of The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
.