Moonta Herald

The Moonta Herald and Northern Territory Gazette was a newspaper produced on the vessel SS Moonta that was sailed by George Goyder in 1868 and 1869 from Port Adelaide to Darwin, Northern Territory.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It consisted of five issues, and an additional one that was released when the vessel reached Port Darwin. The issues, which were distributed to all the people on the SS Moonta, contained comedic articles, a lost and found section, advertisements for on-board events such as concerts, and more.^[1]

References

1. "Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
2. Kerr, Margaret Goyder (1972). The surveyors: the story of the founding of Darwin. Hale. ISBN 978-0-7091-3071-0.
3. Finch, Alan (1965). Pens & ems in Australia. Rigby.
4. South Australiana, Volumes 8-9. 1969.
5. Ross F. Collins, E. M. Palmegiano (2007). The rise of western journalism, 1815-1914. McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-3143-4.

External links

• Photograph of the Moonta
• "The Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". The Moonta Herald. 1 (1). January 2, 1869. hdl:10070/218983.
• "The Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". The Moonta Herald. 1 (2). January 9, 1869. hdl:10070/218984.
• "The Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". The Moonta Herald. 1 (3). January 16, 1869. hdl:10070/218985.
• "The Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". The Moonta Herald. 1 (4). January 23, 1869. hdl:10070/218986.
• "The Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". The Moonta Herald. 1 (5). January 30, 1869. hdl:10070/222190.
• "The Moonta herald and Northern Territory gazette". The Moonta Herald. Supplement. February 24, 1869. hdl:10070/218987.
• Goyder Subject guide at Northern Territory Library