The Observer was first published in 1906 using equipment bought from The Border Post, and Wodonga Advertiser, an Albury newspaper which had ceased operation in 1902. It was also titled The Henty observer and Culcairn Shire register and Shire's observer. The press moved a number of times in Henty until, after a fire destroyed its premises in 1933, a new building was constructed. The paper continued to be based from this building until 2008, when it was converted to a museum. In 1981 it changed name to the Eastern Riverina Observer and remained in publication under this title until 2003.
