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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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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…

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.…

Tommy Bent

1 Feb 201929 Jun 2019

Was there a family connection between printer Andrew Bent and Sir Thomas Bent (1838-1909), the colourful, controversial and often corrupt land speculator, politician and premier of Victoria? There are some…

Andrew Bent Junior

7 Jan 201930 Jul 2019

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…

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