The above illustration is the top half of the front page of a four page newspaper. It is the first edition of “The Avoca Mail and Pyrenees District Advertiser” dated Friday, December 11, 1863. A limited number of copies are available for sale @ $2 per copy plus $1.50 p&p.
The newspaper has been digitised and can be viewed online at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/21152377#
Funding for digitisation was contributed by the Avoca & District Historical Society.