Historedia
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Founding of the Sydney Herald

When
1831
Where
Sydney, New South Wales
Part of
The Sydney Herald, later the Sydney Morning Herald, first appears

Three former employees of the Sydney Gazette established the Sydney Herald in 1831, creating Australia's oldest continuously published newspaper.

Ward Stephens, Frederick Stokes, and William McGarvie founded the Sydney Herald in 1831. The paper began publication in Sydney, New South Wales, and has remained in continuous print since that year, establishing its status as the oldest newspaper in Australia.

Sources

  1. The Sydney Morning Herald Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-02
  2. Sydney Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23

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