Sylvester Doig
Died 25 September 1884
Sylvester Doig (1‑22‑9)
One of the early newspaper editors in Moreton Bay, Scottish-born Sylvester came to the colony soon after it was opened to free settlers in 1842. In 1853-54 he edited the Moreton Bay Free Press and took an active part in community life in the early years of the colony. He also wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald in which he dismissed the call for separation from NSW as 'ridiculously premature'. He died on 25 September 1884 while living in Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. Unfortunately he destroyed most of his personal papers a couple of years before his death.
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) 1 January 1853 - National Library of Australia