History
The Independent was owned, published and edited by Thomas Walter Guest and printed at the offices of Joseph Bennett & Son. It began publication on Wednesday 14 May 1930, appeared weekly and circulated through Katoomba, Blackheath and Leura. It appears to have survived for just under a year.
Digitisation
The Independent has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.
References
The Independent (Katoomba) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA