Launceston Courier
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The Launceston Courier was a weekly newspaper published in Launceston, Tasmania, from 12 October 1840 to 20 March 1843.
History
The paper was established by John Knight (c. 1800 – 7 December 1860) of Carr Villa, Launceston, who was also a partner with John Pascoe Fawkner{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9683913 |title=Launceston |newspaper=The Mercury (Hobart) |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=8 June 1904 |access-date=19 April 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }} and Henry Dowling in the Launceston Advertiser (1829–1846),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51369284 |title=Launceston's Press |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=19 October 1926 |access-date=19 April 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }} selling his interest to Benard Charles Jolly in September 1843.
In its final year it incorporated a section Launceston Courier and Teetotal Advocate.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84675315 |title=The Launceston Courier and Teetotal Advocate, Monday, March 13, 1843. |newspaper=Launceston Courier |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=13 March 1843 |access-date=19 April 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}{{Citation | title=The teetotal advocate | publication-date=1843 | publisher=John Knight | issn=1440-3625 }}
Not to be confused with the Weekly Courier, published in Launceston 1901–1935 by the company whose Examiner continues to this day.
Trove
The Launceston Courier has been digitized by the National Library of Australia{{Citation | title=The Launceston courier | publication-date=1840 | publisher=John Knight | issn=1440-1436 }} and may be accessed via Trove.
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/1035 The Teetotal Advocate]