The Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser was a weekly English language newspaper published in Windsor, New South Wales from 1844 to 1846.
[1] It was the second newspaper to be established in the Hawkesbury River district in New South Wales.
[2] The Hawkesbury Courier commenced on the 11 July 1844 and followed a similar format to the defunct Windsor Express and Richmond Advertiser with four pages and cost five pence per issue.
[3] Eager had also published the Windsor Express and Richmond Advertiser between 1843 and 1844.
[3] This is believed to be the first newspaper chain to operate in Australia.