''The Gundagai Independent'' is a

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published in

Gundagai, New South Wales Gundagai is a town in New South Wales, Australia. Although a small town, Gundagai is a popular topic for writers and has become a representative icon of a typical Australian country town. Located along the Murrumbidgee River and Muniong, Honeys ...

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since 1898. It was previously published as ''The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate''.

History

''The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate'' was first published on 7 September 1898 by Patrick and James Sullivan as a competitor to ''

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong, and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser ''The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong, and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser'', often referred to as simply the ''Gundagai Times'', was a newspaper published in Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia from 1868 to 1931. It was a direct successor ...

''. The first issue proclaimed that it would "be run on truly liberal and democratic lines". The ''Independent'' has been continuously published by members of the Sullivan family since its beginning. In 1928 the newspaper shortened its name to ''The Gundagai Independent'' and in 1932 it absorbed its competitor.

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the

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project of the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gundagai Independent, The Newspapers published in New South Wales Newspapers on Trove

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