“The Stanhope” First Printing Press in the Colony. The first Printing Press in the Colony was landed at Holdfast Bay on 8th November, 1836, from the barque “Africaine”. The Press was offloaded on to the Beach just South of the Patawalonga mouth. The Stanhope was a Demy Press invented by Earl Stanhope at the beginning of the 19th Century and superseded the wooden presses in use at that time. With two competent operators it could produce 250 page impressions in one hour. Caxton47 Share this:Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related