page_title: Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser
section_title: Editors and apprentices
hierarchical_section_title: Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser / Editors and apprentices
caption_attribution_description: English: Notice of the indenture of Patrick Meehan as an apprentice in 1857 to the Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser
context_page_description: The Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser was a weekly English language newspaper published in Goulburn, New South Wales from 1855–1864.
context_section_description: Founders of The Chronicle in 1855 were William Edward Vernon and Ludolf Theodore Mellin, who had begun their working relationship as printers of the Illustrated Sydney News. On announcing the cessation of their "part-proprietorship" with that journal in March 1854, they then approached Goulburn solicitor and political activist Daniel Deniehy to offer him an editorial share in their new venture, The Goulburn Chronicle.  Deniehy declined the offer, being unable to afford two hundred pounds for the third share. By July 1855, after some initial setup difficulties, Vernon and Mellins' new paper,The Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser, was in production.
  In 1857, at the age of 14, Patrick Meehan was taken on for a five-year apprenticeship in letterpress printing at The Chronicle.  His indenture continued for two years, until Mellin was charged with Meehan's assault.  The case was dismissed, but Meehan's indentures were subsequently cancelled by a court order.
  Alfred Ellis, former sub-editor of the Empire (newspaper), joined The Chronicle in 1860, building its circulation almost equal to that of the Herald.  Ellis left The Chronicle in 1863 due to ill health, retiring to nearby Jerrara Creek.
  On 2 January 1862, at age 35, Chronicle founder William Edward Vernon died after a lengthy period of suffering from facial cancer in the lower lip. Surviving him were his pregnant wife Margaret, and five children. The sale of Vernon's interests and property from The Chronicle partnership were announced in June 1863. Mellin continued in proprietorship of The Chronicle for a short period following Vernon's death. Shortly thereafter The Chronicle was bought out by rival publishers, William Russell Riley and John W Chisholm of The Goulburn Herald.
  Subsequently, Ludolf Mellin returned to Sydney where he progressively took over the control of his father-in-law's printing business, F Cunninghame & Co, which he ran until his death aged 69 in 1895.
caption: Notice of the indenture of Patrick Meehan as an apprentice in 1857 to the Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser
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