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James Allen (newspaperman)

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371: 376: 191:, of which he remained owner till 1880. Allen published a "History of Australia" in 1882, before dying in Melbourne in 1886, reckoned to be Australia's oldest journalist. 413: 447: 442: 79:(1806 – 21 March 1886), nicknamed "Dismal Jemmy", was an English-born writer, journalist and newspaper owner in Australia and New Zealand. 122:, a compendium of statistics on the new colony, for new immigrants to send "home" to Britain. In 1842 he purchased for £600 the 457: 151:
of London, and was its editor until it folded, the last issue appearing on 8 May 1858. A notable reporter and sub-editor was
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In 1848 he was back in Adelaide and, with John Brown and William Barlow Gilbert, founded
358:"The Early Printers of Melbourne" in The Australasian Typographical Journal, May, 1898. 141: 160: 102: 383: 331: 327: 173: 92: 217: 112:, South Australia, arriving in Adelaide in 1839, and shortly became editor of 426: 299: 273: 245: 226:. Vol. XXIII, no. 6, 673. South Australia. 22 March 1886. p. 2 152: 97: 254:. Vol. IV, no. 273. South Australia. 28 December 1841. p. 1 308:. Vol. XXII, no. 3620. South Australia. 14 May 1858. p. 2 341: 88: 147: 370: 109: 375: 278:
South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839–1900)
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In 1865 Allen moved to Hobart, Tasmania, and edited the
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until 1870, when he returned to Victoria and purchased
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English-born writer, journalist and newspaper owner
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Index

Birmingham
Horton College
Morning Post
Charles Dickens
Adelaide
The Southern Australian
South Australian Register
George Stevenson
John Stephens
The Adelaide Times
The Times
W. M. Akhurst
Melbourne Herald
Hobart Mercury
The Camperdown Chronicle





"General News"
The Express and Telegraph
"Advertising"
Southern Australian
"Notices of the Press"
"Demise of the Adelaide Times"
South Australian Register
Mennell, Philip
"Allen, James" 
Wikisource

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