The ''Geelong Independent'' is a local free weekly

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delivered to houses in the

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

region in Victoria. The newspaper was first published on 31 October 1986 and was started by a group of local businessmen - mostly

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agents and car yard salesmen - unhappy with the cost of advertising in existing local publications. They sold their share to the Star News Group managed by fourth generation owner, Paul Thomas, in the mid-2000s with a gradual takeover by the family owned newspaper company. The managing editor is Tony Galpin, a former senior journalist at the ''Independent'' before taking over as editor. He formerly worked on the '' Wimmera Mail Times''.

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