The Sydney Stock and Station Journal was first published in 1888 by Robert MacMillan and the Stock Journal Newspaper Company Ltd. McMillan wrote under the name 'Gossip' and died in February 1929, aged 81. In 1924 it was renamed as
Country Life and Stock and Station Journal and was published under this title until 1978. The paper was split into two editions
National Country Life and
National Country Life: Livestock Farming Edition until the publication ceased in May 1982. The newspaper served the rural areas of New South Wales, and promoted the arts including the works of Scottish-Australian poet and bush balladeer
Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) and
Adam Lindsay Gordon. ==Notable staff==