About Our Newsagency

By some confluence of events, George Sourrys, better known as Georgie arrived in Hughenden in 1938. Hughenden was a prosperous town with a huge wool industry and a thriving railway. The original shop is much as it was in 1938. Originally, Georgie operated the making of pies and ice cream there. But with the coming of World War II, he changed the business model to a café. Georgie married Maria and the shop evolved through a newsagency until its present form dealing in all sorts of products. It was (and still is) a true family business. Sourrys is everything big business isn't. It's a warm and friendly place everybody is listened to and welcomed. When Manuel Sourrys, the son of the founder George Sourrys of Sourrys of Hughenden rang the Authorised Newsagents Association in Sydney about insurance, he was informed him that it was the oldest established news agency in Queensland and one of the oldest in Australia. Sourrys was popularised in the Bond University book "Stars under the Southern Cross ." This book tells the untold stories of various family businesses in Queensland. The Sourrys story was labelled The Golden Greeks.