The Hay Standard[1] was an English language newspaper published in Hay, New South Wales, from 1871 to 1900. It was the first newspaper published at Hay.
The initial full title of the newspaper was The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude, Booligal, Wilcannia, Menindie, Bourke, &c., reflecting its wide catchment area incorporating townships and districts in a broad arc to the north and west of Hay on the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Darling rivers.