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ANDREW BENT: Father of the Free Press in Australia

ANDREW BENT: Father of the Free Press in Australia

Life and Times of 'Little Struggler' (1791-1851): London – Hobart Town – Sydney/Kempsey

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Bookbinding (2)

11 Sep 202014 Sep 2020
Rivals and Arrivals The eighteen thirties saw an expansion of bookbinding activity in Van Diemen's Land and the arrival of at least two skilled free workmen, GEORGE HOWARD and GEORGE…
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Bookbinding (1)

28 Aug 202031 Aug 2020
1827 HTG (detail) This account of Tasmanian colonial bookbinding, in two parts, examines Andrew Bent’s involvement, but also touches on others who offered bookbinding services either as entrepreneurs or practical…
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Digitisation

8 May 202016 Oct 2020
Update October 2020 An increasing amount of Andrew Bent's printing output is becoming available online thanks to the fantastic digitisation work of the holding institutions (especially the National Library of…
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George Clark

28 Apr 202028 Apr 2020
George Clark was Andrew Bent’s predecessor as Government Printer in Van Diemen's Land. His time as a printer in Hobart Town, from around 1810 to 1815, was relatively short and…
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Mary Bent

21 Feb 202028 Apr 2020
Andrew Bent’s Irish born wife, Mary Kirk, arrived in Van Diemen’s Land, like her husband, as a convict. We know she played a central role in his story for thirty…
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Catherine Bent

6 Dec 20196 Dec 2019
Catherine Bent, my great great grandmother, was the second surviving child of Andrew and Mary Bent. The story of her life with her husband Thomas Sydney Hall highlights the power…
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Early Almanacs

8 Nov 201919 Oct 2020
Andrew Bent’s seven almanacs, published annually from 1824 to 1830, collectively comprise some of his most significant printing. Their survival rate has in general been better than that of his…
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Richard Bent

29 Jul 20197 Dec 2020
Richard was the youngest of Andrew Bent’s known siblings and the last of the three Bent brothers to be transported. Like his two older brothers he had a useful trade.…
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Last days

28 Jun 201928 Jun 2019
DIED ... At the Benevolent Asylum, on the 26th instant, Mr. Andrew Bent, printer, aged 55 years, formerly of Van Diemen's Land. (Sydney Morning Herald 28 Aug. 1851) How had…
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Marginalia

1 May 201929 Jun 2019
The 2018 conference of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand - Marginalia: Bibliography at the Margins - highlighted handwritten annotations as a fertile field of study. Early Australian…

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