The Express is read by approximately 5,000 readers in Armidale, Uralla, Guyra and Walcha areas.
[2] It began publication as The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser from 1856 to 1929[3] and its frequency at the time was bi-weekly.
[4] William Hipgrave and Walter Craigie established the newspaper and were the first editors, using the Express to promote their political views.
[4] It has absorbed three other local newspapers since 1929: the Armidale Chronicle in 1929,[6] the Uralla Times in 1983,[7] and the New Englander in 1999.
[8] An arm, The Armidale Express Extra, was established in 1999 and won the top prize for journalism at the 2000 Country Press Association NSW Awards.