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The Illustrated Sydney News was a monthly English language illustrated newspapaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for the colony.

History
First published on the 8 October 1853 by Walter George Mason. The Illustrated Sydney News was published from 1853-1872 and again between 1881-1894. In August 1888, it became the first Australian paper to reproduce a photograph using the new half-tone process. . Prior to that, illustrations were wood-engravings, and took one engraver about a week to complete. The first edition received mixed reviews in the Sydney Morning Herald

Publishing in the NSW colony
Most material published in the first twenty years of the New South Wales colony notified soldiers, convicts and private settlers contained 'government orders' printed on a portable wooden and iron printing press and displayed or announced aloud in public places and in churches.

Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (ANDP) project of the National Library of Australia.