Goulburn Evening Penny Post Tuesday 4 January 1881

The ''Goulburn Evening Penny Post'' was an English-language

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published in

Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, approximately south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victor ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

, Australia from 1870 until 1957. At various times the paper was known as ''Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser'', ''Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post and Southern Counties General Advertiser'', ''Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post'' and ''Goulburn Evening Post'', and later absorbed a rival newspaper, the '' Goulburn Herald'', before finally shortening its name to the ''Goulburn Post''.

History

The newspaper first appeared in 1870 under the masthead ''Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser'' and was published three times per week by Thomas Daniel and George Grey. It is one of the earlier newspapers in the colony commencing publication in 1870, thirty years before the

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. The paper changed names several times: A special edition of the ''Goulburn Evening Penny Post'' was issued on 25 October 1920, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city of

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised up until 1953 as part of the

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References

External links

* * {{Trove newspaper, 369, Goulburn Evening Post, NSW : 1940 - 1957

Bibliography

* Holden, W Sprague 1961, Australia goes to press, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. * Mayer, Henry 1964, The press in Australia, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. * Walker, R B 1976, The newspaper press in New South Wales 1803-1920, Sydney University Press, Sydney. Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales Newspapers established in 1870 Publications disestablished in 1957 1870 establishments in Australia Goulburn 1957 disestablishments in Australia Newspapers on Trove

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