Darling Downs Gazette

The Darling Downs Gazette was a newspaper published from 1848 to 1922 in Drayton and Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia.

The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser was founded in 1858 by Arthur Sidney Lyon.

[1] The first issue of four pages was published on Thursday 10 June 1858 from Willow Cottage, a wooden shanty, in Drayton.

[5] While Drayton, being established in 1842, was the first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs, by the 1860s it was clear that it would be overtaken by nearby Toowoomba in size and importance, leading to Byers relocating the Darling Downs Gazette to Toowoomba in 1861.

[4][6] As the Darling Downs was a rural district occupied by squatters, the newspaper focussed on farming and trade issues.