Summary
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]
History edit
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 edit
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser (Windsor, NSW : 1844 - 1846)". Australian Newspaper Digitisation Project. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Walker, Robin (1976). The newspaper press in New South Wales, 1803-1920. Sydney: Sydney University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0424000237.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
External links edit
- Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser (Windsor, NSW : 1844 - 1846) at Trove