The Goulburn Evening Penny Post 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.
History The newspaper first appeared in 1870 under the masthead Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser 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:
Masthead Years of publication Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser 1870–1876 Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser 1876–1878 Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post 1878–1880 Goulburn Evening Penny Post 1881–1940 Goulburn Evening Post 1940–1982 Goulburn Post 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.
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.
See also List of newspapers in New South Wales List of newspapers in Australia
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Bibliography Holden, W Sprague 1961, Australia goes to press, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. Mayer, Henry 1964, The press in Australia, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. Walker, R B 1976, The newspaper press in New South Wales 1803–1920, Sydney University Press, Sydney.