Some pix from The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (1803-1842)

The front page of the first edition of The Sydney Gazette (March 5, 1803). The paper measured nine x 13 inches


The original Gazette masthead woodcut


This woodcut replaced the oval in the Gazette's masthead on June 20, 1804


The final masthead for The Sydney Gazette (1842). I confess to preferring the former one - it's cuter.


These days we can tell which story is the lead from the heading size, but early papers used other clues. This woodcut appeared over the Gazette's lead article in each edition from September 16, 1824