Henry Capper
In 1837, Capper founded the South Australian Record, a periodical devoted to news from South Australia for the benefit of intending migrants and investors. A regular feature was the publication of letters received by people in Britain from friends and relations who had settled in South Australia. The Record ran from 1837 to 1841 under several title changes.
Capper also published two books addressed to prospective migrants to South Australia, both of which went through several editions.
In 1839, he established the Colonial Reading Rooms that combined the functions of a bookseller with that of a shipping agent, providing emigrant guides, pamphlets, journals and colonial papers. Capper continued to operate his reading rooms until at least 1856.
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