 The paper reaches about 31,000 people during its Monday to Friday printing, equating to 85% of all people aged over 14 that live in the paper's main coverage area.The paper started its life as "The Wagga Wagga Advertiser" and was founded by two wealthy local pastoralists, Auber George Jones and Thomas Darlow.It was first printed on 10 December 1868, only 80 years after the commencement of European settlement in Australia.