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Chamber's Information for the People
Chamber's Information for the People

Chamber's Information for the People

Date1835
Object number00027201
NameNewspaper
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 353 x 240 mm, 1 mm, 0.04 kg
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionAn eight page newspaper published by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh, titled 'Chamber's Information for the People'. This fortnightly emigrant newspaper is number 14 of a series called `Chamber's Information for the People'. This eight page edition is titled `Emigration to Van Dieman's Land' and briefly outlines the history, geography and 'society' of Tasmania that may be of interest to prospective immigrants at the time. There are also sections devoted to the different districts, the Indigenous population, employment opportunities, trade, convicts, bushrangers and the government.