Is this the first pamphlet published in Brisbane?

By JOL Admin | 10 February 2010

A pamphlet by journalist and public servant William A. Duncan, Esq. titled Lecture on national education: delivered at the School of Arts, Brisbane on Thursday, the 20th June, 1850 (Brisbane: Printed and published by James Swan, Albert Street, MDCCCL), is purported to be the first ever pamphlet published in Brisbane.

William A. Duncan. Image Number 85641

Previous works may have been published here but have either not survived or are yet to be located.

If anyone is aware of an earlier pamphlet published in Brisbane, we'd love to hear from you.

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