Evidence: | 'went back to the Argus office where quite a crowd had assembled. Much excitement was occasioned by a placard which was posted outside "the Argus office" as follows "The Prussians are in Paris" This flew like wild-fire & was left uncontradicted though the placard was after a time taken down, it proved of course to have been a mistake, but it certainly whetted the appetite very strongly for the Extraordinary which was eagerly rushed so soon as it was procurable about eight thousand copies were sold a nice little extra for the Argus Proprietors & the News Boys. Was at home most of the evening the news was most exciting & much anxiety was felt with regard to the feeling said to be shown in England in favour of the French Republic & against the Queen & Prince of Wales.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Oct 1870 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Melbourne other location: on the street, outside the Argus office |
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Reader: | John Buckley Castieau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 15 May 1831 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Prison Governor |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Australia |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | [placard] |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 23499 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | John Buckley Castieau | |
Title: | Diaries | |
Location: | National Library of Australia | |
Call no: | NLA MS 2218 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | John Buckley Castieau, Diaries National Library of Australia, p. NLA MS 2218, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23499, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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