Post Newspapers comprises the four editions of a
community newspaper
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If it covers wider topics, community ...
covering a group of
western suburbs in Perth, Western Australia.
History
The Post Newspapers group was established as the ''Subiaco Post'' by reporte
Bret Christianand his wife Bettye in September 1977 at a house in Churchill Avenue,
Subiaco. The first edition was published in September 1977. The paper moved to a former wine saloon in Keightley Road, Subiaco, in 1979, and moved again to Onslow Road in Shenton Park in 2006.
The ''Post'' started as a monthly, became fortnightly in 1978 and went to weekly publication from 26 November 1980.
While continuing to publish the ''Subiaco Post'', the Post Newspapers developed other suburban editions: ''
Nedlands Post'' in April 1978,
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*Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland
* Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart
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* Claremont Airbase, an ...
''Post'' in July 1978, ''
Cottesloe Post'' in August 1979, ''
Mosman Park
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Post'' in November 1980 (the Cottesloe and Mosman Park edition were combined at that time), and the ''
Cambridge
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Post'' (formerly
Floreat) in October 1981. All four are still published.
The ''Post''s distribution area reaches as far south as
North Fremantle, as far north as
Wembley Downs and
Woodlands, and as far east as
West Perth and
West Leederville
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Etymology
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.
The ''Post''s Time Out section has arts coverage; reviews of films, books and restaurants; and an
agony aunt
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The responses are wr ...
column by Wayne and Tamara Mitchell.
The page 4 Listening Post feature first appeared in 1989: the column includes gossipy or curious items.
A semi-regular feature is photographs of people reading the paper at well-known tourist destinations or places of historic note. The first was published in 1993, when a Nedlands resident was photographed with the ''Post'' at the top of
Mount Kilimanjaro
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, in
Tanzania
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. Other residents have posed with the paper at the
Giza pyramids
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in Egypt, in front of
Table Mountain
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It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, cableway or hik ...
in South Africa and underwater at the
Great Barrier Reef
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.
Further reading
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References
External links
{{official website, postnewspapers.com.au/
Newspapers established in 1977
Newspaper companies of Australia
Companies based in Perth, Western Australia
Newspapers published in Perth, Western Australia