The story of the now-defunct Wagin Argus in Western Australia tells a bigger story about Australia’s unfolding regional media crisis
In the great tradition of country towns with unusual claims to fame, Wagin is home to the second largest ram sculpture in Australia.
The sheep and wheat town, population 1,852, is 230km south-east of Perth. Its 30-foot-tall Giant Ram statue, unveiled in May 1985, held the crown for just four months before it was tragically usurped by the 50-foot Big Merino in Goulburn, which opened in September the same year.