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Snapshot of the past

A photograph of Gazette linotype operator Mr W. Boyak during a student tour of the Gazette building in 1967.
Warragul North Primary School students are captured touring the Gazette office in Queen St, Warragul to see all different sections responsible for newspaper production.
They were especially interested to see how a story was set for the newspaper by linotype.
Things have certainly changed in the years since.
When it was introduced, linotype machines revolutionised typesetting to make newspaper printing more efficient.
A hot metal typesetting system, it created a line of type at once. It was heavily utilised in the 1970s and 80s.
It became obsolete as new technologies emerged, including phototypesetting and digital typesetting.
The Gazette office in Queen St was previously occupied by Bank of Australasia from about 1900 and, later after mergers, the ANZ Bank.
Prior to this, the Gazette office was located at the intersection of Smith St and Palmerston St from 1912 to 1959.
The Gazette celebrated its 127th anniversary this week, with the first edition published on July 5, 1898.
Photograph courtesy of the Gazette.

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