The Irrigator

The Irrigator, formerly The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, is a weekly newspaper published in Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, since 1915.^[1]

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

History

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.^[4] It changed hands a number of times. 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.^[7]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.^[8][9]

See also

• Irrigation Record – newspaper published in Leeton, 1913-1917
• List of newspapers in Australia
• List of newspapers in New South Wales