Origins of the Southern Cross Weekly
Monday, February 27, 1871
Local Media Pty Ltd publishes a local Southern Cross Weekly edition of The Local Paper. It circulates in the municipalities of Bayside, Boroondara, Glen Eira, Kingston, Melbourne, Port Phillip, Stonnington and Yarra. It incorporates the traditions of the Southern Cross newspaper. John Stott published the first issue on Saturday, February 27, 1871 on a single sheet of paper folded into four