The Irrigator

[1] The Murrumbidgee Irrigator was first published on 23 April 1915 only a few years after the establishment of the town.

[2][3] Its circulation included Barellan, Brobenah, Darlington Point, Leeton, Mirrool, Whitton, Willbriggie, and Yanco.

John Joseph Sullivan owned the paper early in its history, while it was later acquired by Rupert Henderson, who was first general manager of John Fairfax & Sons and later managing director.

[5] In November 2001, it was renamed The Irrigator[1] and remains in publication under this name.

[6] In February 2025, Australian Community Media reduced the printed edition to weekly.

Front cover of the newspaper
Front page of The Murrumbidgee Irrigator for its first issue on 23 April 1915