 A preliminary number of the "South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register" was published in London on 18 June 1836, and about a year later, on 3 June 1837, this paper made its appearance at Adelaide.It was edited by Stevenson with ability but not without partisanship, and an attack on George Milner Stephen, who became acting governor in July 1838, led to an unsuccessful libel action against the paper.Governor George Gawler arrived in October 1838 and after some criticism of him appeared in The Register, it lost its lucrative Government Gazette contract, hence the name change to "South Australian Register".