Arthur Sidney Lyon

Arthur Sidney Lyon (1817–1861), was a journalist and newspaper proprietor in Queensland, Australia. He was known as "the father of the press in colonial Queensland". He was the founder of the Moreton Bay Courier (later Brisbane Courier, now The Courier-Mail) and the Darling Downs Gazette.

Early life Lyon started his career as a station manager in Moreton Bay (later the Colony of Queensland) in 1842. He managed Henry Stuart Russell's Burrandowan station on the Burnett River.

Newspaper career He worked on newspapers in Melbourne prior to his arrival in Moreton Bay district. In February 1846 he convened a meeting at the Victoria Hotel in Brisbane for the purpose of establishing a newspaper. He received a number of offers of support at the meeting. When James Swan (later the proprietor of the Courier) arrived soon afterwards with the requisite material, the first paper in the district was started under the title of the Moreton Bay Courier, and our "No. I" made its appearance on 20 June 1846. Mr. Lyon's connection with the newspaper continued for about three years.