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The ''Southern Highland News'' is a newspaper published since 1958 in
Bowral Bowral () is the largest town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It is the main business and entertainment precinct of the Wingecarribee Shire and the Southern Highl ...
, New South Wales, Australia. It has incorporated a number of other newspapers including ''The Southern Mail'', ''The Robertson Mail'', ''The Moss Vale Mail'', ''The Mittagong Mail'' and ''The Mittagong Star''.


History

''The Mittagong Mail'' was first published in 1885 by Daniel Beer. In 1886, Beer sold the newspaper to J. C. Murphy who changed the newspaper's name to ''The Southern Mail''. Murphy began to publish ''The Robertson Advocate'' in 1887, ''The Moss Vale Record'' in 1888, and ''The Mittagong Express'' in 1891. By 1924 the four newspapers were owned by Hector Lamond who changed ''The Robertson Advocate'' to ''The Robertson Mail'', ''The Moss Vale Record'' to ''The Moss Vale Mail'' and ''The Mittagong Express'' to ''The Mittagong Mail''. The newspapers were referred to as the four ''Mails''. In 1958, Stan Lord launched the ''Southern Highland News'' to compete with the other newspapers in the region, Mac Cott, was the Founding Editor of the Southern Highland News. By 1960, Lord had sold his newspaper interests to his nephew, Colin Lord. In 1960, the proprietor of the four ''Mails'', Hector Spence Lamond, sold them to Lord. At this point Lord incorporated ''The Mittagong Star'', which he already owned, into ''The Mittagong Mail''. The four ''Mails'' were then incorporated into the ''Southern Highland News'' in 1961. The ''Southern Highland News'' is currently published by Fairfax Regional Media.


Digitisation

Sections of the paper have been digitised as part of the
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project of the
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See also

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List of newspapers in Australia This is a list of newspapers in Australia. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021. Top 10 newspapers by circulation The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers ...
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List of newspapers in New South Wales This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia. List of newspapers in New South Wales (A) List of newspapers in New South Wales (B) List of newspapers in New South Wales (C) List of newspapers in New South Wales (D) Li ...


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Southern Highland News
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