The Gnowangerup Star and Tambellup Ongerup Gazette was established in 1915 by Augustine Walker,[1] with the first issue published on Saturday 28 August 1915.

[1][4] At that time, the newspaper had a circulation of 1000 within the shires of Gnowangerup and Jerramungup in the southern Wheatbelt.

[1] It was one of Western Australia's oldest family owned newspapers and was still set on linotypes up until its closure in 2003.

[1][5] The closure was caused by a number of factors, including insufficient finance to expand the business, declining local populations and the overhead costs.

[5] Issues of the Gnowangerup Star and Tambellup Ongerup Gazette have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[6] of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.