Great Southern Leader

The Great Southern Leader was a newspaper published in Pingelly and Narrogin, Western Australia from 1907 until 1934.

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Editions

From its launch in 1907 until November 1909, two editions of the Great Southern Leader were published; the Pingelly-Cuballing edition and the Narrogin-Williams edition. In January 1908, these were renamed the Pingelly edition and the Narrogin-Williams-Cuballing edition. The Pingelly-Cuballing edition incorporated The Pingelly Leader.

History

The first issue of the Great Southern Leader featured a quote from the French writer Victor Hugo:
Of the inclusion of this quote and the accompanying byline, the Sunday Times remarked "Modesty is a pronounced characteristic of the Great Southern editor".

Fire of 1926

The office and printing works of the newspaper at Narrogin were destroyed by fire on 1 February 1926, with the cost of the damage estimated to have been £5000.