The Molong Express was first published on 1 October 1876 by Henry Vale Leathem and promoted the cause of free trade.
Leathem continued to publish the Molong Express until he died in 1879, after which it was published by his widow, Marion Leathem, and his sons.
[2] The Leathems continued to publish The Molong Express until 1933 when it was sold to Walter Pollard Stanger.
[3] The Molong Express was owned by Norman Bloomfield from 1955 until his death in 2005.
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.