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The Moreton Bay Free Press was Brisbane's second newspaper during the 1850s. It was established in part to provide a voice for the conservative pastoral interests of the Moreton Bay and Darling Downs districts. From the issue of 30 August, 1859 it was titled the Queensland Free Press. It ceased publication in December 1859 and was absorbed by the Queensland Guardian.
Note that the surviving record of the Moreton Bay Free Press is incomplete.
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Full details on editors to be established. One contemporary claimed that the The Moreton Bay Free Press had seen four successive editors as at October 1852.
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Bygone Queensland Pressmen
1893
single work
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— Appears in: The Queenslander , 14 January 1893; (p. 74) -
The Oldest Newspaper in Queensland
1886
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 30 April 1886; (p. 3) -
New Local Paper
1850
single work
column
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 20 July 1850; (p. 2)
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New Local Paper
1850
single work
column
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 20 July 1850; (p. 2) -
The Oldest Newspaper in Queensland
1886
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 30 April 1886; (p. 3) -
Bygone Queensland Pressmen
1893
single work
column
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 14 January 1893; (p. 74)
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