The Australian (1824 newspaper)

The Australian

The first page of The Australian newspaper, Thursday 14 October 1824
Format	Broadsheet
Founder(s)	Robert Wardell & William Wentworth
Founded	October 14, 1824 (1824-10-14)
Language	English
Ceased publication	September 28, 1848 (1848-09-28)
City	Sydney
Country	Australia
Circulation	800 (as of 1838)
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The Australian (Sydney, NSW, 1824–1848) was an English-language newspaper published in Sydney, Australia.

It first appeared in 1824 and was the second newspaper to be printed on mainland Australia after The Sydney Gazette (1803). The latter was a semi-official publication containing proclamations, regulations and it was censored by the government.

The Australian was the first independent newspaper in Australia. Governor Brisbane realised there was little point in continuing to censor The Sydney Gazette when The Australian was uncensored and so government censorship of newspapers was abandoned in 1824 and the freedom of the press began in Australia.^[1]