First draft of history: How the Herald has reported a changing Australia
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The Sydney Morning Herald started six years before Queen Victoria was crowned and her reign saw growing literacy among colonists who had developed a thirst for news from England, commerce, crime and conflict.
The mix has changed: Sydney, national and international news are staples, politics, sport and celebrity now dominate; and electronic and social media publishing platforms complement print.
The front page of the first Herald, published on April 18, 1831.
Credit:National Library of Australia