The first issue of "Adventist Record" was published in 1898; however, it stemmed from an earlier publication, the "Gleaner". The "Australasian Union Gleaner" began earlier in a type-written form, and reported on the church's evangelistic progress. A new version of the "Gleaner" was first published in 1896. It was published monthly by the Australian Tract Society, and printed by the Echo Publishing Company (now Signs Publishing Company) in the Melbourne suburb of North Fitzroy which (today, at least) is an inner suburb. The last issue was published the following year.