more 'ere, sans chloe:
" Born in London in 1792, as an 11 year old Fawkner accompanied his father as he was transported to Tasmania. After he was married in 1822, he and his wife Eliza established a bakery, timber business, bookshop, a newspaper (The Launceston Advertiser), nursery and orchard. Fawkner also obtained a licence to run the Cornwall Hotel. He opened Melbourne's first hotel on the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane. He ordered a printing press from Tasmania. While awaiting its arrival he published the Melbourne Advertiser in 1838. The Advertiser's first nine weekly editions were handwritten. The first printed edition appeared on 5 March 1838 after Fawkner purchased an old press in order to beat the competition in producing the settlement's first newspaper. It was closed down on 23 April 1838 for want of a newspaper license from Sydney, but on 6 February 1839 The Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser commenced publication after a license was obtained. It was first published daily on the15 May 1845. In 1851 Fawkner was elected to the first Legislative Council of the Port Phillip District, and in 1856 he was elected to the first Parliament of the self-governing colony of Victoria, as MLC for Central Province.
From September 1836 Melbourne was the administrative centre of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, and Fawkner campaigned vigorously for its separation. In July 1851 the successful agitation of the Port Phillip settlers led to the establishment of Victoria as a separate colony."
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