Sally Bloomfield
@presshistorian.bsky.social
Retired librarian now independent scholar. Early Tasmanian history, genealogy, convicts, printing publishing & newspapers in colonial Australia. Andrew Bent project
Am late sharing this link to my blog post on an important anniversary in the history of #newspapers and the #freedomofthepress in Australia. On 4 June 1824 #Hobart printer Andrew Bent defiantly shook off govt censorship from his paper
andrew-bent.life/2024/06/04/the-press-unshackled/
andrew-bent.life/2024/06/04/the-press-unshackled/
June 6, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Am late sharing this link to my blog post on an important anniversary in the history of #newspapers and the #freedomofthepress in Australia. On 4 June 1824 #Hobart printer Andrew Bent defiantly shook off govt censorship from his paper
andrew-bent.life/2024/06/04/the-press-unshackled/
andrew-bent.life/2024/06/04/the-press-unshackled/
Wonderful keynote from Pip Williams to kick off BSANZ conference - I loved this book and was fascinated by Pip’s account of how she researched and wrote it - and learnt so much about #bookbinding along the way
November 27, 2023 at 2:15 AM
Wonderful keynote from Pip Williams to kick off BSANZ conference - I loved this book and was fascinated by Pip’s account of how she researched and wrote it - and learnt so much about #bookbinding along the way
Nothing beats a good chancery document. Knew from notice in Ladies’ Magazine that my 4x ggparents were married abt Feb 1763 but could not find marriage. Turns out it happened “in Grateney” in Scotland - yes Gretna Green! #genealogy #chancery
November 13, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Nothing beats a good chancery document. Knew from notice in Ladies’ Magazine that my 4x ggparents were married abt Feb 1763 but could not find marriage. Turns out it happened “in Grateney” in Scotland - yes Gretna Green! #genealogy #chancery