Wangaratta Chronicle

On 10 September 1884 George Maxwell and John Bowser began the bi-weekly Wangaratta Chronicle.

William Thomas (Bill) Higgins, an apprentice for the Chronicle from age 12, bought the Despatch from Reginald Grantley Norton on 1 January 1921.

He had left the Chronicle position aged in his early Twenties to open a print shop and prepare for a career in journalism.

These two papers were merged on 27 March 1937 and the newly formed Wangaratta Chronicle Despatch began circulating bi-weekly.

[1] The Wangaratta Chronicle began to appear as a daily newspaper 1958 and is now published three times a week and offers digital access.