It was published by William Lawrence Calder and Joseph Bowden,[1] with the National Library of Australia catalogue stating that the first issues was dated Tuesday, 14 October 1890[2] while Blainey in The Peaks of Lyell has October 1891.
Some notable people worked on the staff during the life of the newspaper; David John O'Keefe was editor between 1894 and 1899.
[3] The technology acquired for the printing of the newspaper was, during publication, up to date and unique in being located outside of the main Hobart – Launceston city environments.
[5] It was operating in the early years (1890s) at the same time as the Queenstown based Mount Lyell Standard,[6] which ceased in 1902.
[10] Subsequent west coast newspapers did not appear until later in the 20th century following the decline in the fortunes of Zeehan and Dundas and the exhaustion of the silver deposits in particular.