The Bega Budget was first published on 30 September 1905 by William Boot.[1] Boot ran the paper until 1923 when it was sold to the proprietors of the other newspapers in Bega. The Bega Budget was then merged with Southern Star and Bega Standard to produce the Bega District News.[2]
^Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 82.