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    South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

    Tobacco

    Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Miscellany - Smoking.

    "Indigenous South Australian Tobacco" found growing on the banks of the North Para River is discussed in the Southern Australian,
    6 April 1841, page 3b; also see
    South Australian,
    29 August 1845, page 2e.

    Early tobacco growing is discussed in the Register,
    8 June 1914, page 9d.

    Tobacco growing, etc, is reported upon in the Register,
    15 and 18 March 1843, pages 3c-2d,
    4 May 1844, page 4c,
    1 June 1844, page 3a,
    Observer,
    25 May 1844, page 5b,
    24 August 1844, page 5c,
    1 February 1845, page 5c,
    28 April 1849, page 3c,
    Register,
    27 and 31 January 1845, pages 3b and 3b,
    15 March 1845, page 3a,
    28 June 1848, page 4d,
    25 April 1849, page 2c,
    23 July 1851, page 3b,
    31 March 1855, page 3f.

    Also see Register,
    27 and 28 June 1862, pages 2c and 2g,
    7 July 1862, page 2f,
    12 November 1862, page 2g (Native tobacco),
    17 August 1863, page 3f,
    9 March 1864, page 3h,
    13 April 1864, page 3h,
    Observer,
    6 September 1862, page 6e,
    10 and 24 September 1864, pages 6b and 1a (supp.).

    Also see Register,
    25 October 1864, page 3d,
    3 April 1865, page 2f,
    28 and 29 September 1865, pages 2e and 2e,
    10 March 1866, page 2c,
    Observer,
    25 June 1870, page 3c.

    "Colonial Tobacco" is in the Register,
    28 and 29 September 1865, pages 2e and 2e.

    "The Dangers and Delight of Tobacco" is in the Advertiser,
    4 January 1869, page 3c; also see
    3 June 1869, page 2d,
    23 January 1872, page 2g,
    25 July 1877, page 7d.

    Also see Register,
    23 January 1872, page 6a-d,
    24 December 1872, page 5f,
    9 October 1877, page 6a,
    3 September 1878, page 6f.

    "The Cultivation and Manufacture of Tobacco" is in the Observer,
    21 April 1877, page 9e,
    12 May 1877, page 9b,
    16 June 1877, page 9b.

    The Virginia Tobacco Factory in Adelaide is described in the Observer,
    12 May 1877, page 19a.
    Also see Adelaide - Factories and Mills.

    "Tobacco Culture" is in the Observer,
    12 April 1879, page 9f.

    A meeting of cigarmakers is reported in the Observer,
    10 November 1883, page 31d.

    "Our Tobacco Industry" is in the Advertiser,
    1 and 15 January 1885, pages 6b and 6a; also see
    Observer,
    10 September 1887, page 9b,
    Register,
    26 September 1887, page 3h,
    5 June 1888, page 7h,
    8 September 1890, page 7g,
    20 April 1895, page 7f.

    "The Millicent Tobacco Plantation" is in the Observer,
    14 April 1888, page 9d.

    A strike by tobacco twisters is reported in the Advertiser,
    2 August 1893, page 5i.

    "Tobacco as a SA Product" is in the Observer,
    27 April 1895, page 3a.

    "Women and Tobacco" is in the Advertiser,
    11 April 1898, page 3e; also see
    26 May 1898, page 4h.

    "Tobacco Cultivation" is in the Advertiser,
    24 July 1902, page 4c,
    Observer,
    12 August 1911, page 13b,
    2 September 1911, page 13e,
    6 July 1912, page 13a.

    "Native Tobacco" is in the Observer,
    15 September 1906, page 30a.

    "Juvenile Smoking" is in the Register,
    29 September 1906, page 11c.

    "Tobacco Poisoning - Effects of Nicotine" is in the Register,
    21 November 1907, page 7d.

    "Smoking" is in the Register,
    28 September 1909, page 9f,
    6 October 1909, page 15g.

    "South Australian Leaf" is in the Register,
    4 and 17 August 1911, pages 8f and 5g.

    "Experiments at Parkside" is in The Mail,
    15 February 1913, page 9e,
    "South Australian Tobacco - An Expert's Opinion" on
    24 January 1914, page 9a.

    Also see Register,
    4 and 17 August 1911, pages 8f and 5g,
    1 July 1912, page 10a,
    4 March 1914, page 6a,
    9 May 1914, page 7f,
    Advertiser,
    23 June 1920, page 6g,
    4 December 1920, page 6h,
    1 March 1921, page 6f,
    17 May 1921, page 10f,
    Observer,
    4 September 1920, page 4b,
    Register,
    17 February 1922, page 6g,
    The Mail,
    28 July 1923, page 9e,
    3 May 1924, page 5d.

    "Tobacco in South Australia" is in the Observer,
    29 March 1924, page 6a,
    "Two Young Men Pioneer Tobacco Culture" is in The Mail,
    13 June 1925, page 17a.

    Also see Advertiser,
    22 May 1924, page 14c,
    Register,
    16 August 1924, page 7c,
    14 February 1925, page 12f,
    Advertiser,
    10 April 1925, page 10d,
    24 October 1925, page 15a,
    Register,
    11 April 1925, page 12a,
    1 April 1926, page 6g,
    Observer,
    21 February 1925, page 7a,
    16 January 1926, page 6e,
    3 April 1926, page 27d.

    Also see The Mail,
    5 June 1926, page 1g,
    18 September 1926, page 18g,
    Advertiser,
    25 June 1926, page 15f,
    26 August 1926, page 11e,
    The News,
    2 November 1925, page 8e,
    16 January 1926, page 1c,
    Chronicle,
    28 August 1926, page 48,
    Observer,
    16 January 1926, page 6e,
    7 August 1926, page 5c,
    27 November 1926, page 4e,
    19 March 1927, pages 5-6,
    2 April 1927, page 4c,
    3 September 1927, page 5c,
    Register,
    26 May 1927, page 10a.

    A list of tobacco growers is in The Mail,
    8 October 1927, page 9a; also see
    The News,
    29 September 1927, page 12e,
    Register,
    1 October 1927, page 8 (photo.),
    Chronicle,
    8 October 1927, page 40.
    Advertiser,
    8 February 1929, page 16b,
    23 May 1929, page 10f,
    14 September 1929, page 14g,
    Observer,
    1 February 1930, page 8e,
    The Mail,
    31 January 1931, page 3f,
    Advertiser,
    27 March 1931, page 22f,
    14 April 1931, page 8h.

    "Digger Leads Way in Tobacco Growing" is in The Mail,
    25 April 1931, page 13b.

    Also see Advertiser,
    23 May 1931, page 17a,
    22 January 1932, page 13a,
    8 and 31 March 1932, pages 8d and 10b,
    The News,
    30 March 1932, page 4e,
    27 April 1932, page 6d,
    Chronicle,
    8 September 1932, page 45a,
    Advertiser,
    15 September 1932, page 10f,
    18 January 1933, page 7d,
    24 February 1934, page 8g.
    See Place Names - Millicent.

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