''The Hawkesbury Herald'' was a weekly English language newspaper published in

Windsor, New South Wales Windsor is a historic town in north-western Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It is the council Seat of government, seat of the City of Hawkesbury, Hawkesbury Local government in Australia, local government area. The town sits on the Hawkesb ...

, Australia for the

Hawkesbury River The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River (Dharug language, Dharug: Dyarubbin) is a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its associated main tributary, the Nepean River, almost encircle ...

community.

History

The first issue of ''The Hawkesbury Herald'' was published on 24 April 1902 by William Henry Pinkstone and Frederick William Collison. Pinkstone and Collison published the newspaper until 1940. The newspaper continued to be published after 1940 until 1945 when it was merged into the ''

Windsor and Richmond Gazette ''Windsor and Richmond Gazette'', later published as the ''Hawkesbury Gazette'', was a weekly English language compact format newspaper published in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. History First published on 11 July 1888 by John Charles ...

''. The ''Windsor and Richmond Gazette'' is now published as the ''Hawkesbury Gazette''. The newspaper was circulated in townships along the Hawkesbury River including Windsor, Richmond, Castlereagh and Marsden Park.

Digitisation

The newspaper was digitised as part of the

Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text documen ...

of the

National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...

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External links

Hawkesbury Gazette
* {{Trove newspaper, 179 , Hawkesbury Herald , Windsor, NSW : 1902 - 1945

* ttp://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/birth-of-the-newspaper The birth of the newspaper in Australia
Isaacs, Victor, Kirkpatrick, Rod and Russell, John (2004). Australian Newspaper History: A Bibliography

Isaacs, Victor; Kirkpatrick, Rod, Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: A short history, Rural Press Ltd.
Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales 1902 establishments in Australia Newspapers established in 1902 Publications disestablished in 1945 Windsor, New South Wales Newspapers on Trove

History

Digitisation

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