John Henniker Heaton championed Penny Post and postal service

By Roger Bayley
Updated October 20 2020 - 3:26pm, first published 10:00am
SHAKY START: John Henniker Heaton was appointed editor of the Goulburn Evening Post earlier in 1870. When that newspaper folded he became editor of the Goulburn Evening Penny Post. Photo: William Thomas Stead.
SHAKY START: John Henniker Heaton was appointed editor of the Goulburn Evening Post earlier in 1870. When that newspaper folded he became editor of the Goulburn Evening Penny Post. Photo: William Thomas Stead.

The Goulburn Post this month celebrates 150 years of reporting in the city. Local historian Roger Bayley looks back on the life of the first editor, John Henniker Heaton. The Post will publish a special anniversary edition on October 28.

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