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The titles reproduced here are not currently available in
Trove's digitised newspaper collection. The text of these newspapers was painstakingly typed from microfilm by Ruth Davis of Gulgong. In the past she has generously made this data available to researchers and with its inclusion here, the text is now readily searchable by anyone.
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There are some inevitable typing and formatting issues. In many cases, the editorials have been excluded. This resource should be used for narrowing your search. For an authentic copy of an article, consult the original microfilm.
Microfilm
The following titles are available on microfilm at
Mudgee Library:
GULGONG: THE GULGONG GUARDIAN
18 Feb 1871 – 5 Jul 1873 GULGONG MERCANTILE ADVERTISER
28 Sep 1871-7 Aug 1873 THE GULGONG MINER
29 Nov 1873 - 31 Dec 1873 GULGONG EVENING ARGUS
2 Mar 1874 – 30 Dec 1876 THE GULGONG ADVERTISER
7 Jan 1898 – 23 Dec 1904
18 Jun 1918-22 Jul 1919 ELSEWHERE: THE HOME RULE PILOT
6 Jun 1874 – 1 Aug 1874 RYLSTONE EXPRESS
31 Jul 1897 – 19 Dec 1907 RYLSTONE STAR
18 Sep 1903-27 May 1904
| MUDGEE NEWSPAPER & MINING REGISTER
6 Jan 1858 – 10 May 1864 WESTERN POST
20 Oct 1864 – 10 May 1863;
28 Jun 1864; 27 Apr 1883;
25 Dec 1896; 20 Dec 1897;
3 Jan 1898 – 30 Dec 1907;
13 Jan 1910 MUDGEE LIBERAL
30 Aug 1861 – 18 Aug 1864 MUDGEE INDEPENDENT
1 Feb 1877 – 23 Feb 1878
Misc: 1881, 1890, 1891, 1892 MUDGEE TIMES
1 Sep 1877 – 31 Dec 1877
28 Nov 1873; 9 Jul 1878 MUDGEE GUARDIAN
6 Jan 1899 – present day
(except Aug 1910 - Dec 1911) THE MUDGEE MAIL
10 Jan 1929 – 20 Feb 1964 THE WEEKLY (MUDGEE)
25 Mar 2004 - present |
1874 - Literature
The first newspaper here was the
Guardian, printed in Mudgee, edited by Mr
T F DeC Browne. This was followed by an advertising sheet circulated here by Messrs Shettle and Tebbutt. Then following the publication The
Evening Argus, firstly a bi-weekly and in 1872 as a daily. The circulation reached as high as 4,500 copies per week, subsequently the proprietor purchased the
Guardian from Messrs Browne and McNamara, and this was incorporated with
The Evening Argus. Mr George D Lang who was formerly a member of Parliament [and son of the Rev John Lang DD] was editor for several years, and died with much lamented on the 12th January, last. About three years ago the
School of Arts was formed and
T A Browne Esq., was appointed president. The library consist of about 1000 volumes and the tables are supplied with many excellent magazines and newspapers. Connected with these at one time was a flourishing debating class. One gentleman,
T A Browne, Esq., P M, and whose name has been intimately connected with the town and district for more than four years is understood to be the author of several small tales, descriptive of colonial life, published weekly, during the past three years in one of the literary journals in Sydney.
L S Donaldson, Esq., J P, has also distinguished himself as the author of an essay upon the subject of opening the lands of the colony for settlement and cultivation.
Source: GULGONG EVENING ARGUS, August 7, 1875
