Goulburn Evening Penny Post

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The Penny Post building in Goulburn, built in 1935
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Front page of the Goulburn Evening Penny Post, Tuesday 4 January 1881

The Goulburn Evening Penny Post [1] was an English-language newspaper published in Goulburn, New South Wales, 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.

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History

The newspaper first appeared in 1870 under the masthead Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser [2] 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 federation of Australia. The paper changed names several times:

MastheadYears of publication
Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser [3] 1870–1876
Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser [4] 1876–1878
Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post [5] 1878–1880
Goulburn Evening Penny Post [6] [7] 1881–1940
Goulburn Evening Post [8] 1940–1982
Goulburn Post [9] 1982–present

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 Goulburn. [10] [11]

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised up until 1953 as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project hosted by the National Library of Australia. [12]

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References

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  2. "Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser | SLNSW catalogue" . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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  5. "Goulburn and Queanbeyan evening penny post". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  6. "Goulburn evening penny post". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. "Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  8. "Goulburn evening post". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  9. "Goulburn Post". Goulburn Post. Fairfax. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  10. "Goulburn Evening Penny Post : Special centenary number, 1820-1920 : Issued 25th October, 1920, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 25 October 1920.
  11. "Goulburn evening penny post : Special centenary number, 1820-1920 : Issued 25th October, 1920, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  12. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

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