The Nowra Leader

It continued The Leader and Shoalhaven District Newspaper[3] and was merged with the Nowra and Shoalhaven News to form the Nowra News Leader.

[4] The Leader and Shoalhaven District Newspaper was founded by Thomas Charles Kennedy.

[3] It was continued by The Nowra Leader, which was launched on 3 September 1909 by publisher Herbert James Connolly.

[5] After Connolly's death in 1944, his sister Florence A. Connolly ran the paper until it was acquired by Stan Lord in late 1953.

[4] In 1969, Maxell Newton paid Colin Lord $110,000 for the paper, which he merged with the Nowra and Shoalhaven News on 3 November 1969 to form the bi-weekly Nowra News Leader.