Craig Collins – ANDREW BENT: Father of the Free Press in Australia

Family

Andrew Bent Junior

7 Jan 201913 May 2022

Last November the colonial printer, Andrew Bent, was celebrated at the Australian Media Hall of Fame dinner as ‘Australia’s first fighter for press freedom’, having wrested control of the Hobart…

Events

Hall of Fame, 2018

30 Nov 20186 May 2021

Speaking at the Legends of Australian Journalism dinner held in Melbourne on 16 November 2018, Michael Smith situated the contemporary inductees into the Australian Media Hall of Fame within the…

Conviction, 1810

5 Oct 20185 Nov 2018

Old Bailey, London Thursday 1 November 1810 Just after 8am on Thursday 1 November 1810, with a jury of 12 Londoners duly sworn, the stage was set for the trial…

Baptism, 1791

22 Jul 201812 Oct 2018

24 October 1791 St Giles-on-the-Fields, London We have established that Andrew Bent was baptised in the church of St Giles-in-the-Fields, London on 24 October 1791 as the son of Andrew…

Hobart Town, 1816

19 Jun 201828 Aug 2018

Presentation to the THRA on 10 May 2016 to mark the bicentenary of the Hobart Town Gazette It is a wonderful privilege for Sally and I to return to [Hobart]…