- John Davies (publisher)
John Davies (
10 June 1814 –11 June 1872 ), co-founded theAustralia n newspaper "The Mercury".Davies was a
Jew born inLondon . He was transported toHobart , Australia as aconvict in August 1831, for ordering candles on someone else's account. His father had been transported toNew South Wales only a few years before.On
July 5 ,1854 he andAuber George Jones , aTasmania n pastoralist, published the first edition of "The Mercury".In June, 1872, Davies opened up the theatre building (which he then owned) to
homeless people seeking temporary shelter due toflood s. He caught a chill from which he later died, onJune 11 ,1872 .
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