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Lang, John Dunmore (1799 - 1878)

Born
1799
Died
1878
Occupation
Editor

Details

Owned and edited the Colonist from 1835 to 1840, the Colonial Observer from 1841 to 1847 and the Press in 1851.

See D. W. A. Baker, 'Lang, John Dunmore (1799 - 1878)', Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.

Resources

Book Sections

  • Milner, Andrew, 'Radical Intellectuals: an unacknowledged legislature?', in Verity Burgmann and Jenny Lee (eds), Constructing a culture: a people's history of Australia since 1788, McPhee Gribble/ Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 259-84. PDF Details