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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 112780 Thomas Blacket Stephens, 1867.jpg Thomas Blacket Stephens 1867 Thomas Blacket Stephens was the proprietor of the Moreton Bay Courier newspaper from 1859 to1869 and renamed it The Courier He later founded The Queenslander newspaper in Brisbane He was born at Rochdale Lancashire England on 5 January 1819 and arrived in Sydney on the Bengal in 1849 Stephens established himself as a wool broker and on 24 January 1853 he moved to Brisbane and set up an export business On 10 July 1856 he married Ann Connah with whom he had twelve children Stephens was involved in the foundation of Brisbane Grammar School and was the first Chairman of its Board of Trustees from 1869 until 1871 1867 handle 10462/deriv/133333 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License DEFAULTSORT Stephens Thomas Newspaper publishers from Australia Thomas Blacket Stephens Men with beards Black and white photographs Images from The Queenslander 1867 in Queensland | ||||
