In 1997 a weekly newspaper named Bunbury Herald was established by Seven West Media.

The Bunbury Herald was first issued on 28 September 1892 as a weekly publication; it later moved to a tri-weekly format.

The newspaper was founded and edited by Stephen J Cusack.

[1] Cusack was proprietor of the newspaper until he sold it, due to his failing health, on 1 October 1899.

[4] Issues of The Bunbury Herald (1892–1919) and The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (1919–1929) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[5] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.