The Melbourne Observer is a weekly newspaper circulated across Victoria, Australia.
Maxwell Newton started his version of the Melbourne Observer in March 1971, two weeks after Barton closed his enterprise.
[1] About 1977, after financial pressures, Peter Isaacson purchased the Melbourne Observer for $425,000.
[1] The Melbourne Observer was resurrected in 2002 as a midweek publication by Victorian publisher Ash Long.
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