From this date, 4 June 1824, Andrew Bent’s Hobart Town Gazette threw off the shackles of official censorship – a position which was sustained and defended over subsequent weeks, months and years despite Lt Governor Arthur’s best efforts to subjugate the press. On this day and by his conduct, the…Continue reading “A Moment in Time…”
ANDREW BENT: Father of the Free Press in Australia
Life and Times of 'Little Struggler' (1791-1851): London – Hobart Town – Sydney/Kempsey
1.40pm on 4 June 1824
The moment in time when the gentleman editor and official censor of the Hobart Town Gazette, Henry Emmett Esq, realised that the printer, Andrew Bent, was deliberately going to press without his prior approval
