9 6 ▁— ▁ 6 3 2 ▁ ▁N / A ▁= ▁Data ▁Not ▁Av ailable ▁ ▁Media ▁ ▁The ▁Qu ' App elle ▁Progress , ▁the ▁town ▁newspaper , ▁began ▁production ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁out set ▁of ▁Qu ' App elle ' s ▁establishment ▁and ▁maintained ▁publication ▁till ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s . ▁It ▁originally ▁provided ▁substant ive ▁news ▁as ▁to ▁national ▁and ▁international ▁events ▁when ▁access ▁to ▁wider ▁news ▁org ans ▁was ▁not ▁locally ▁available . ▁ ▁L atter ly ▁it ▁de vol ved ▁to ▁a ▁local ▁community ▁paper , ▁largely ▁subs isting ▁on ▁reports ▁from ▁farm ▁w ives ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁w an ing ▁hinter land ▁rural ▁communities . ▁Community ▁rep or ters ▁ph oned ▁in ▁accounts ▁of ▁events ▁in ▁such ▁now ▁historic ▁rural ▁communities ▁as ▁In gle wood , ▁Str ath car roll ▁and ▁Spring bro ok . ▁ ▁R ural ▁community ▁life ▁increasing ly ▁la ps ed ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁reports ▁from ▁farm ▁w ives ▁to ▁the ▁Qu ' App elle ▁Progress ▁of ▁community ▁events ▁became ▁redundant ▁as ▁such ▁rural ▁communities ▁w an ed , ▁lost ▁coh es ion ▁( country ▁United ▁Church es ▁closing ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ; ▁country ▁schools ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 3 ) ▁and ▁ultimately ▁van ished . ▁ ▁By ▁that ▁time ▁such ▁rural ▁communities ▁had ▁passed ▁into ▁their ▁brief , ▁three - gener ation ▁history , ▁He ber ▁Ell is , ▁the ▁editor ▁and