The Melbourne Advertiser was the first newspaper published in Melbourne, in what was then known as Port Phillip District, and now is Victoria, Australia. It was published by John Pascoe Fawkner, a co-
Port Phillip Gazette
…a daily as the Times in about March 1851, with William Kerr as editor. Kerr had previously been editor of the Port Phillip Herald (1840–41) and the Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (1841–51) newspapers. The Times ceased publication on 30 June 1851. The Gazette's journalists included Irishman Henry Frencham who had arrived in…
Headquarters of the Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser next to Fawker's former hotel (c. 1846-1848) from State Library Victoria pictures collection.