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Front page of the Hobart Town Gazette, 4 March 1825

On 4 June 1824 Andrew Bent printed and distributed the Hobart Town Gazette without the approval of the government censor. This was the first time a newspaper had been published in Australia without government authorisation.

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Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office

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