Cirrus@Austlit

The Presse of Ye Wayside Goose was established in Sydney in early 1905 by a group of amateur journalists known as The Waysiders. Linked to the Australian Amateur Press Association (AAPA), the group had originally formed in Melbourne in the mid to late-1890s, and when one of its members, Hal Stone moved to Sydney he formed a Sydney chapter. The new group, which included Martin C. Brennan, Fred J. Cousins, and Phil Stone, set up the press in order to publish Ye Wayside Goose - a similar publication to the Melbourne chapter's Australian Kangaroo (later Victorian Kangaroo and Ye Kangaroo). Advertisements placed in Ye Wayside Goose indicate that Stone's Printing Works was responsible for producing the magazine.

The Presse of Ye Wayside Goose is also known to have published Camp 3-of-Us: Ye Chap Booke of Ye Prynter Men of Ye Lyterarye Tribe Knowne as Ye Mia-mias, Wherein is Set Forth All Ye Happenings at Ye Happy Hunting Grounds of Stanwell Park, which recounts the story of a camping holiday at Stanwell Park, New South Wales. It was written by Stone and Brennan, with illustrations supplied by Sam G. Goddard.

After Ye Wayside Goose folded in 1906 Stone continued publishing through his own business, renamed The Wayside Press.