- St. Arnaud Mercury
The "St Arnaud Mercury" was first published on
13 February 1864 by the proprietors, Evans and Somerton, who also owned the "Maryborough Advertiser".It was purchased in 1868 by mining entrepreneur Ferris Charles Lewis (1828-1900). He bound yearly volumes and donated them to the Borough Council of St Arnaud, the Shire of Kara Kara and the
Mechanics' Institute . [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050100b.htm] The Lewis family owned the paper for 61 years with his two sons, Charles Ferris and Thomas George, continued the "Mercury" until 1929.Printer, journalist and parliamentarian
Edward William O'Sullivan (1864-1910) worked as an editor for the paper for about three years before going to "The Argus" in 1879.Now serving the region is the
North Central News which published a 32-page supplement on 28 September, 2005, to mark the 150th anniversary of St Arnaud. Two pages were devoted to articles and photographs related to the history of newspapers in the town and the neighbouring Charlton.Archives
Excluding a six day gap from
26 December ,1876 , the microfilm archive of the newspaper held at theState Library of Victoria spans uninterrupted from5 March ,1864 to24 December ,1976 .See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
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