Sydney Gazette, 16 October 1803


Sydney Gazette, 19 June 1808


Sydney Gazette, 12 February 1810


Hobart Town Gazette, 19 October 1816


Hobart Town Gazette, 12 August 1820


Sydney Gazette, 16 October 1823


Sydney Gazette, 23 October 1823


Sydney Gazette, 9 January 1826

The Australian, 10 September 1828


Sydney Monitor, 20 September 1828


Sydney Gazette, 21 January 1830


Sydney Gazette, 25 February 1830


Sydney Gazette, 1 April 1830


The Independent (Launceston), 27 October 1832


Swan River Guardian, 24 November 1836


Perth Gazette, 6 January 1839


Australasian Chronicle (Sydney), 24 October 1840

The next one is a bit hard to read but I know some of the story behind it.


Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston), 4 November 1843

Now, Radford was the licensee of the Horse & Jockey, a public house of the more ramshackle type in York Street but in an adjoining building he established a circus from whence the Australian circus industry grew. Prior to this, he lived in South Australia where he was, as Mr Woodly says, a jockey and horse trainer. Equestrian acts featured heavily in his circus. Probably he was a better horseman than businessman for he went bankrupt and, I think, returned to South Australia. From a query on a genealogy mailing list, it seems the Hannah was also from South Australia, and thus it might have been that they lived together. Who followed who to Launceston, or if they came together, I have no idea.


Port Phillip Patriot (Melbourne), 21 November 1843


Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane), 18 March 1849


Colonial Times (Hobart), 1 June 1852

From the goldfields:


Bendigo Advertisers, 30 October 1855


Adelaide Observer, 3 April 1858

I know the story behind this next one. It’s here!


Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston), 18 June 1861


The Star (Ballarat), 23 March 1864


Maitland Mercury, 2 January 1869


The Herald (Freemantle), 4 January 1873

I want to know the story behind this one.


Mount Alexander Mail, 13 January 1873


Northern Territory Times, 22 March 1879


Maitland Mercury, 14 January 1882


Maryborough Chronicle, 18 May 1885


The Northern Miner (Charters Towers), 25 January 1888


Hamilton Spectator, 7 December 1893


Port Pirie Standard, 3 March 1898


Newcastle Morning Herald, 15 August 1903


Cootamundra Herald, 8 April 1903
(Just seeing if you’re paying attention.)

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