The Picton Argus

The Picton Argus was an English language newspaper published in Picton, New South Wales, Australia. It was also named The Picton Advocate, The Picton Post and Advocate and finally The Picton Post in 1907.

History
The Picton Argus started around 1885 and was published by Edward Frederick Webb. It ceased in 1896 and was continued by The Picton Advocate, published by Alfred Stanley-Turner which continued until around 1898 when it became The Picton Post and Advocate, published by W.A. Laverty. This publication continued until August 1907 when it became simply The Picton Post, published by A.L. Burgess which ceased in June 1982 when it was absorbed by The Macarthur Advertiser.

Digitisation
The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project hosted by the National Library of Australia.