The Bunyip

For the mythical creature, see Bunyip.

The Bunyip Newspaper building
The Bunyip newspaper building, Gawler South, South Australia established 1863

The Bunyip is a weekly newspaper, first printed on 5 September 1863, and originally published and printed in Gawler, South Australia. Its distribution area includes the Gawler, Barossa, Light, Playford, and Adelaide Plains areas. Along with The Murray Pioneer, The River News, and The Loxton News, The Bunyip was now owned (since 2003) by the Taylor Group of Newspapers and printed in Renmark.[1]

On 1 April 2020, The Bunyip announced that it would cease publication "indefinitely" as a result of losses due to the coronavirus crisis.[2] However, due to public support, the newspaper was able to return shortly afterwards.[3] In August–October 2020, with the temporary closure of The Border Watch, The Bunyip briefly became South Australia's oldest rural newspaper still in print.

  1. ^ "The Loxton News - The Taylor Group of Newspapers". www.loxton-news.com.au. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ^ "SA country newspaper closes "indefinitely" and Messenger stops printing". InDaily. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ Dickson, Gary (8 June 2020). "Local news sources are closing across Australia. We are tracking the devastation (and some reasons for hope)". The Conversation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.