The
Peak Downs Telegram was started by
Charles Hardie Buzacott and E. J. Fried on 2 August 1864. Buzacott, however, disposed of his interests in the journal and moved to Gladstone to start the
Gladstone Observer in 1869. The last issue of the
Peak Downs Telegram appeared on 18 December 1943. The
Clermont Telegram commenced on 10 March 1950 and continued until 6 May 1981. It was purchased in 1980 by the Gibson family who owned the
Central Queensland News published in
Emerald. ==References==