Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser

The Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser was a weekly English language newspaper published in Windsor, New South Wales from 1844 to 1846.[1] It was the second newspaper to be established in the Hawkesbury River district in New South Wales.[2]

Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser, 11 July 1844

History

The Hawkesbury Courier commenced on the 11 July 1844 and followed a similar format to the defunct Windsor Express and Richmond Advertiser with four pages and cost five pence per issue.[3] It was printed and published by Geoffrey Amos Eagar in his premises located in Bridge Street and then later in George Street, Windsor.[3] Eager had also published the Windsor Express and Richmond Advertiser between 1843 and 1844.[3] Statham and Forster were the proprietors of the newspaper and also owned the Sydney-based The Australian newspaper which functioned between 1824 and 1848.[3] This is believed to be the first newspaper chain to operate in Australia.[3]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser (Windsor, NSW : 1844 - 1846)". Australian Newspaper Digitisation Project. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. Nichols, Michelle (2006). "Hawkesbury history in print: newspapers in historical research". Spanning the centuries of Hawkesbury's history: journal of the Hawkesbury Historical Society Inc. (1): 91.
  3. Walker, Robin (1976). The newspaper press in New South Wales, 1803-1920. Sydney: Sydney University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0424000237.
  4. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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