The ''Gulgong Guardian'' (in full the ''Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record'') was an English language newspaper published in

Gulgong, New South Wales Gulgong is a 19th-century gold rush town in the Central Tablelands and the wider Central West regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. The town is situated within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area. It is located ...

, Australia from 1871 to 1873. The newspaper was first published on 18 February 1871 by Thomas Frederic De Courcy Browne. The Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier wrote that the Guardian "ably advocated the cause of mining reform." It published its final issue on 5 July 1873.

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newspaper '' The Evening News'' reported that the ''Gulgong Guardian'' had "ceased to exist" on 19 July 1873, with its plant bought by competitor the '' Gulgong Argus''. In the week before the newspaper ceased publishing, editor Browne, who had only just been released from one month's imprisonment for

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, had been placed on trial for embezzlement in relation to a company of which he had been secretary. The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express claimed that Browne was "believed to be the victim of malicious prosecution".

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Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales Newspapers established in 1871 1871 establishments in Australia Publications disestablished in 1873 1873 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-newspaper-stub

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