Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser

[3] The first number of a weekly newspaper, long promised to the southern district, made its appearance on Saturday morning, and from the opinion generally expressed here of its first issue, we augur for the Goulburn Chronicle and Southern Advertiser great successThe Chronicle ceased independent publication altogether when it was bought out by rival publishers, William Russell Riley and John W Chisholm of The Goulburn Herald.

Founders of The Chronicle in 1855 were William Edward Vernon and Ludolf Theodore Mellin, who had begun their working relationship as printers of the Illustrated Sydney News.

On 2 January 1862, at age 35, Chronicle founder William Edward Vernon died after a lengthy period of suffering from facial cancer in the lower lip.

Shortly thereafter The Chronicle was bought out by rival publishers, William Russell Riley and John W Chisholm of The Goulburn Herald.

Subsequently, Ludolf Mellin returned to Sydney where he progressively took over the control of his father-in-law's printing business, F Cunninghame & Co, which he ran until his death aged 69 in 1895.