Western Mail (Western Australia)

The first Western Mail was published on 19 December 1885[1] by Charles Harper and John Winthrop Hackett, co-owners of The West Australian, the state's major daily paper.

[4] The Western Mail featured early work from many prominent West Australian authors and artists, including Mary Durack, Elizabeth Durack, May Gibbs, Stan Cross and Amy Heap.

[7] The Western Mail was primarily created to provide farmers with up to date information.

[8] West Australian Newspapers management experimented with a variety of formats in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including the Weekend Mail for five years.

The push for a new paper was made by Robert Holmes à Court and Bell Group following his failed takeover attempt of The Times (UK).