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Issue Details: First known date: 1846... 1846 Hawkesbury Courier
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The nameplate of the newspaper changes from the Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser to the abbreviated Hawkesbury Courier on issue no. 82 (5 February 1846). This transition is heralded three weeks earlier in an editorial on page 1 of issue no. 79 (15 January 1846) of the Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser, addressed 'To the Public' advising subscribers and the public generally that: 'the Proprietorship of this journal has passed into other hands, and that it will henceforth be edited, conducted and published under the auspices of a Proprietary resident in the district'.

The editorial continues: 'Whilst therefore in the name of our predecessors we beg to acknowledge past favors [sic], we venture to solicit on our own behalf a continuance of the same, expressing our confident hope that we shall not fail to obtain that patronage and support which will ever be our earnest endeavour to deserve by advocating to the best of our ability, the advancement of general as well as local interests ... arrangements have been made for the regular publication of the Windsor, Parramatta, and Sydney Police Reports, with general Law Intelligence ... In fine, we beg to express our determination to make our little hebdomadal as useful a publication as possible, trusting our efforts to that end will meet deserved success'.

Notes

  • At the foot of page 3 of issue no. 85 (30 April 1846) 'Printed and published by G. A. Eagar' is amended to 'Edited, printed and published by G. A. Eagar, George Street, Windsor'.

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First known date: 1846

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Originally published weekly on Thursdays.
Range:

No. 82 (5 February 1846) - no. 111 (5 November 1846)

The number sequence within the range is erratic. The first issue no. 82 continues the sequence from the Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser until no.93 (23 April 1846). The following week (30 April 1846) the sequence re-starts at no. 85 and continues to the final issue no. 111 (5 November 1846). This means that nos. 85 - 93 (26 February - 23 April 1846) are duplicated by nos. 85 - 93 (30 April - 27 June 1846). The idiosyncratic re-numbering coincides with G. A. Eagar's appointment as editor.

Price:
2 pence per copy
Advertising:
Yes.
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