The ''Southern Highland News'' is a

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published in

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since 1958. It has incorporated a number of other newspapers including ''The Southern Mail'', ''The Robertson Mail'', ''The Moss Vale Mail'', ''The Mittagong Mail'' and ''The Mittagong Star''.

History

''The Mittagong Mail'' was first published in 1885 by

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. In 1886, Beer sold the newspaper to J. C. Murphy who changed the newspaper's name to ''The Southern Mail''. Murphy began to publish ''The Robertson Advocate'' in 1887, ''The Moss Vale Record'' in 1888, and ''The Mittagong Express'' in 1891. By 1924 the four newspapers were owned by

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who changed ''The Robertson Advocate'' to ''The Robertson Mail'', ''The Moss Vale Record'' to ''The Moss Vale Mail'' and ''The Mittagong Express'' to ''The Mittagong Mail''. The newspapers were referred to as the four ''Mails''. In 1958, Stan Lord launched the ''Southern Highland News'' to compete with the other newspapers in the region, Mac Cott, was the Founding Editor of the Southern Highland News. By 1960, Lord had sold his newspaper interests to his nephew,

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. In 1960, the proprietor of the four ''Mails'', Hector Spence Lamond, sold them to Lord. At this point Lord incorporated ''The Mittagong Star'', which he already owned, into ''The Mittagong Mail''. The four ''Mails'' were then incorporated into the ''Southern Highland News'' in 1961. The ''Southern Highland News'' is currently published by Fairfax Regional Media.

Digitisation

Sections of the paper have been digitised as part of the

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project of the

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Digitisation

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