 In 2012 microfilm copies of the newspaper held at the State Library of Victoria began being digitised and made available in the National library of Australia's Trove newspaper search repository.Various sources confirm the paper as starting in 1860, with Howard Spensley sometimes identified as the first owner.However, ratebook research shows that Spensley took over the printery office from John Hartley only in 1862, so it is possible that Hartley in fact started the "Telegraph".