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The following photos are of a replica of an 1870s newspaper that was released for the Gulgong centenary.

Source: John Esber

EARLY SEVENTIES - Business Firms - GULGONG'S LIST
Of the business firms which advertised in the first issue of the first newspaper printed and published in Gulgong in 1871 ('The Gulgong Mercantile Advertiser') two are still familiar to the present-day generation. These are Crossing and Cox, auctioneers, of Mudgee, and George Davidson, solicitor, of
Mudgee. A list of the firms which had advertisements in the paper are as follows: —

• Mudgee Drug Store, Herbert and Queen streets, Gulgong. S. H. Barnes, proprietor.
• S. Belinfante. M.D.. M.R.C.S, England, physician, surgeon and accoucher, now permanently residing in Gulgong, and may be consulted at Tattersalls Hotel.
• G. M. Dunn, solicitor. Perry street, Mudgee and Herbert street, Gulgong.
• M. J. Sheppard. saddle and harness maker, Market street, Mudgee.
• Stephen Malone, Farmers' Arms Hotel, Mudgee.
• Black Lead Hotel, Gulgong, John Denison, proprietor.
• G. Cooper, writer, painter. etc.,Herbert street. Gulgong.
• C. M. Poole, tailor, habit maker, etc., Herbert street, Gulgong.
• Wilson Ramsay. T.C.D.. Member Royal College Surgeons, London, Herbert street, Gulgong.
• W. J. Mills, chronometer, watch and clock maker, Market street, Mudgee.
• John Petnerick, general storekeeper, produce dealer and butcher. Three Mile Rush.
• Church and Hills, wholesale grocers, Sydney. Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Queen street, Gulgong, W. Selff, proprietor.
• Gulgong Labor Mart and General Registration Agency. G. A. Davis, Queen street, Gulgong.
• Gulgong Auction Mart and Great Western Stock Bazaar. Queen street, Gulgong, Geo. A. Davis, auctioneer, etc.
• Rossiter's Hotel (corner of Queen and Chapel streets), Gulgong. Rossiter and Frazer, proprietors.
• E. Giugni, watchmaker and jeweller. Queen street, Gulgong.
• R. N. Collins, galvanised iron and tin plate worker, Herbert street. Gulgong.
• Belmore Hotel. Market street, Mudgee, S. E. Tuckerman. proprietor.
• Crossing and Cox, stock, station and general commission agents, Mortimer street, Mudgee.
• Criterion Hotel, Three Mile, Henry Readford, proprietor.
• Cooney's Hotel, corner of Herbert and Bayley streets, Gulgong.
• James Curran, soda water and cordial manufacturer, Queen street (opposite Davis' Auction Mart, Gulgong. 
• Star Hotel, Queen street, Gulgong, W. Binder, proprietor.
• George Davidson, solicitor, etc., Herbert street, Gulgong.
• Golden Hill Quartz Mining and Crushing Company. J. Coghlan. secretary.
• Driscoll's Hotel, Queen street, Gulgong. Jas. Redmond, proprietor.
• R. Robinson, bookseller and stationer, Queen street, Gulgong.
• Hill's Hotel, Three Mile, James Piper, proprietor.
• B. Molloy (late with G. Rouse, Esq.), shoeing and general blacksmith, Bayly and Herbert streets, Gulgong.
• W. Frost, Wholesale and Retail Butcher, Queen street, Gulgong
• Miner's Bakery, Herbert street. Gulgong, Edward Conroy.
• M. A. Tissington, Stock and Share Broker, and Mining Surveyor. Herbert street, Gulgong.
• McLennan and Jones. Auctioneers, Mining and Share Brokers. Herbert street, Gulgong.
• Christopher Young, Wine and Spirits, Grocery, Drapery, Boots and Shoes, Ironmongery, etc.. Gulgong.
• Sydney House, Gulgong. Woods and Co., Queen street, Gulgong West End.
• Whitton and Co., Commercial Store, Herbert street, Gulgong.
• Warburton Hotel, Gulgong, C.Driscoll (late of Two Mile Flat).
• R. Angrove, general storekeeper, Queen street, Gulgong.
• Excelsior Portrait Rooms, Mudgee, H. Goodes, proprietor.
• Tattersall's Hotel, Cuthburt Lamrock, proprietor.

Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 30 Jun 1932 Page 12