The Independent was founded in Bendigo (also named Sandhurst) in or before March 1862.
[2] In November 1918 the management of the Independent purchased its competitor The Bendigo Advertiser, and amalgamated the two titles under the banner of the latter.
[3] Copies of The Bendigo Independent of most issues from No.
14910 (30 November 1918) have been digitized by the National Library of Australia and may be accessed via Trove.
The newspaper was issued daily (except Sundays) during this period.