Origins of the Waverley Gazette
Wednesday, February 8, 1961
Local Media Pty Ltd publishes a local Waverley Gazette/Monash Gazette edition of The Local Paper. The newspaper commenced publication as the Glen Gazette on Februray 8, 1961, under the auspicies of the Coleman-Kingsway Traders’ Association. The new paper filled the gap of the Mulgrave Mercury, established on November 4, 1949, and absorbed in the South Eastern Standard News-Pictorial from February 25, 1960.