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| Founded | 9 August 1907 |
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| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 2 November 1934 |
| City | Pingelly and Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| ISSN | 2203-7225 |
The Great Southern Leader was a newspaper published in Pingelly and Narrogin, Western Australia from 1907 until 1934.
From its launch in 1907 until November 1909, two editions of the Great Southern Leader were published; the Pingelly-Cuballing edition and the Narrogin-Williams edition. In January 1908, these were renamed the Pingelly edition and the Narrogin-Williams-Cuballing edition. [1] The Pingelly-Cuballing edition incorporated The Pingelly Leader . [2]
The first issue of the Great Southern Leader featured a quote from the French writer Victor Hugo:
This is more than necessary, it is urgent, therefore we publish it. [3]
Of the inclusion of this quote and the accompanying byline, the Sunday Times remarked "Modesty is a pronounced characteristic of the Great Southern editor". [4]
The office and printing works of the newspaper at Narrogin were destroyed by fire on 1 February 1926, with the cost of the damage estimated to have been £5000 (equivalent to $224,907in 2022). [5] [6] [7]
The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation. It partially surrounds the Perth metropolitan area, extending north from Perth to the Mid West region, and east to the Goldfields–Esperance region. It is bordered to the south by the South West and Great Southern regions, and to the west by the Indian Ocean, the Perth metropolitan area, and the Peel region. Altogether, it has an area of 154,862 square kilometres (59,793 sq mi).
Narrogin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 192 kilometres (119 mi) southeast of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin. In the age of steam engines, Narrogin was one of the largest railway operation hubs in the southern part of Western Australia.
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The Pingelly Leader was a newspaper published in Pingelly from 1906 until 1925. The newspaper was launched by John Mackay, who was previously proprietor and editor of the Wagin Argus and had started the Great Southern Leader of Narrogin, under the management of James Henry Greive. It was originally printed at Wagin for its first few issues but was later issued from Pingelly starting 31 August 1906. The paper changed its name and served a larger area beginning 8 October 1925, becoming the Pingelly-Brookton Leader.
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