Historical information

The Bendigo Advertiser was first published in 1853. The Bendigo Independent was founded in 1866. In November 1918 the papers amalgamated and continued under The Bendigo Advertiser banner. The Bendigo Advertiser currently delivers news as a printed newspaper, digital paper and on its website and social media. The paper changed from broadsheet to Tabloid in 1998.

Physical description

A small notebook with a black cover, inside there are 100 pages with blue lines on white paper. Inside the front cover handwritten in black ink - Independent Office May13th 1896. Written at the top of the first page -Independent Office Paper Book 13/5/96 Stock. Various items are listed with two columns of numbers beside them. The following pages all have dates and similar items and columns. The last page is dated Tuesday 5/1/97