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Forbes, Sir Francis (1784 - 1841)

Birth:
1784
Death:
8 November 1841, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Publication Details:
Originally published in ADB, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 392-399
Author:
C. H. Currey

Article History

Print Publication Details

C. H. Currey, 'Forbes, Sir Francis (1784 - 1841)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 392-399.

Amendments

These amendments (referred to as 'corrigenda' in the print volumes) document changes to the original print version of the article. You can use these amendments to track changes in the article's history. The first number (e.g. 27b) refers to the page number and column in the original print volume. The line number (e.g. line 20) also refers to the original print volume. The year (e.g. 1996) refers to the year the amendment was published.

These amendments have already been applied to the online version.

Page Amendment Year Published
395alines 9-15 for they were … Forbes, read , when bills to license auctioneers and places of public entertainment were submitted to Forbes, they were found by him to be open to the objection in law that had been fatal to the first six clauses of the Newspaper Regulating Act,1991
398bline 54 after Newtown, insert Sydney,1990
396aline 38 after Raine add [q.v.]????

Online Publication Details

C. H. Currey, 'Forbes, Sir Francis (1784 - 1841)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, copyright 2006, Australian National University.

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