List of newspapers in Tasmania
This is a list of newspapers published in Tasmania, from the establishment of the colony to the present day.
| Newspaper | Town / Suburb | Years of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Advertiser | Hobart | 1837-1840 |
| Advertiser : incorporating "Kingborough news" | Kingston | 1964 |
| Advocate[1] | Burnie | 1919-current |
| Auction Mart Advertiser and Commercial Register | Launceston | 1863 |
| Australasian Friend | Hobart | 1887-? |
| Bagdad News | Bagdad | 1899-? |
| Bagdad News | Bagdad | 1997-1999 |
| Bayside Village News | Sandy Bay | 2002-2006 |
| Bell's life in Tasmania a sporting chronicle, agricultural gazette, and country journal | Hobart | 1859 |
| Bent's News and Tasmanian Three-penny Register | Hobart | 1836-1837 |
| Binalong Bay Bulletin | Binalong Bay | 1986-1989 |
| Bothwell Banner | Bothwell | 1994 |
| Bothwell Bits | Bothwell | 1983-1986 |
| Bowen Gazette | Risdon Vale | 1983-1984 |
| Brighton Community News[2] | Brighton | 1999-current |
| Britannia and Trades Advocate | Hobart | 1846-1851 |
| Bruny News[3] | Bruny Island | 1980-current |
| Bugle | Launceston | 2007 |
| Burnie City News | Burnie | 1994-1997 |
| Campbell Town Chronicle | Campbell Town | 1993-1996 |
| Cape Country Courier | Smithton | 1991-1993 |
| Cape Country Independent | Wynyard | 2007-2008 |
| Catholic Magazine | Hobart | 1916-1918 |
| Catholic Standard | Hobart | 1878-1894 |
| Catholic Standard | Hobart | 1921-1937 |
| Central Coast Courier | Orford | 1991-current |
| Central Coast Times | Burnie | 2005-2007 |
| Chigwell Claremont Free Press | Berridale | 1986-1987 |
| Church News | Hobart | 1960-1995 |
| Church News for the Diocese of Tasmania | Hobart | 1862-1959 |
| Circular Head Chronicle[4] | Smithton | 1906-current |
| Clipper | Hobart | 1893-1909 |
| Coal River News | Richmond | 1988-1995 |
| Coastal Independent | Wynyard | 2008 |
| Coastal News and North Western Advertiser | Ulverstone | 1890-1893 |
| Coastal Times | Burnie | 2008-2009 |
| Collinsvale Crier | Collinsvale | 1981-1996, 2002-2003 |
| Colonial Advocate and Tasmanian Monthly Review and Register | Hobart | 1828 |
| Colonial Morning Advertiser and Colonial Maritime Journal | Hobart | 1841-? |
| Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser | Hobart | 1825-1827 |
| Colonial Times | Hobart | 1828-1857 |
| Colonist | Launceston | 1888-1891 |
| Colonist and the Van Diemen's Land Commercial and Agricultural Advertiser | Hobart | 1832-1834 |
| Cornwall Advertiser | Launceston | 1855?-1877 |
| Cornwall Chronicle | Launceston | 1869-1871 |
| Cornwall Chronicle: commercial, agricultural, and naval register | Launceston | 1835-1880 |
| Cornwell Press and Commercial Advertiser | Launceston | 1829 |
| Country Courier | Longford | 1998-current |
| Courier | Hobart | 1840-1859 |
| Courier | George Town | 1961-1964 |
| Cove Clarion | Hobart | 1998-2000 |
| Critic | Hobart | 1904-1929 |
| Critic | Hobart | 1892-1893 |
| Daily Post | Hobart | 1908-1918 |
| Daily Telegraph | Launceston | 1883-1928 |
| Day Star | Hobart | 1886-1893? |
| Derby Echo | Derby | 1978-2000 |
| Derwent Clipper | Hobart | 1977-1978 |
| Derwent Star and Van Diemen's Land Intelligencer | Hobart | 1810-1812 |
| Derwent Valley Gazette | Hobart and New Norfolk | 1954-2000 |
| Derwent Valley and Moonah News | Moonah and New Norfolk | 1954 |
| Devon Country Times | Devonport | 1985-1990 |
| Devon Herald, a bi-weekly journal of agriculture, politics and commerce | Latrobe | 1877-1889 |
| Devon News | Devonport | 1962-1965 |
| Devonport Times | Devonport | 1998-2012 |
| East Coast Bulletin | St. Helens | 1989-1990 |
| Eastern News | Bridport | 1970-1972 |
| Eastern Shore Spotlight | Rosny Park | 1984 |
| Eastern Shore Sun[5] | Rosny | 1988-current |
| Emu Bay Times and North West & West Coast Advocate | Burnie | 1897-1899 |
| Evening Mail | Hobart | 1869 |
| Evening News | Launceston | 1894 |
| Evening Star | Hobart | 1845-1846 |
| Examiner[6] | Launceston | 1900-current |
| Express | Launceston | 1962-1966 |
| Federalist | Hobart | 1898-1899 |
| Feral | Hobart | 1973-1980 |
| Gazette | New Norfolk | 2000-current |
| Glenorchy City Gazette | Glenorchy | 1990-1992 |
| Glenorchy Gazette.[7] | Glenorchy | 1993-current |
| Glenorchy Independent News : incorporating "Northern Suburbs News" | Glenorchy | 1964-1966 |
| Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania | Hobart | 1847 |
| Herald of Tasmania | Hobart | 1827-1839 |
| Highlands Digest | Bothwell | 1994-current |
| Highland Herald | Bothwell | 1994 |
| Hobart Town Advertiser | Hobart | 1839-1861 |
| Hobart Town Advertiser (Weekly) | Hobart | 1859-1865 |
| Hobart Town Courier | Hobart | 1827-1839 |
| Hobart Town Courier | Hobart | 1840-1859 |
| Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette | Hobart | 1839-1840 |
| Hobart Town Daily Mercury | Hobart | 1858-1860 |
| Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser | Hobart | 1821-1825 |
| Hobart Town Gazette, and Southern Reporter | Hobart | 1816-1821 |
| Hobart Town Herald | Hobart | 1845-1846 |
| Hobart Town Herald | Hobart | 1880-1881 |
| Hobart Town Herald and Total Abstinence Advocate | Hobart | 1846-1847 |
| Hobart Town Herald, or, Southern reporter | Hobart | 1846 |
| Hobart Town Punch | Hobart | 1867-1868 |
| Hobart Town Punch | Hobart | 1878 |
| Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania | Hobart | 1847-1854 |
| Hobarton Mercury | Hobart | 1854-1857 |
| Hub Newspaper | Penguin and Burnie | 2005-2008 |
| Huon & Derwent Times | Franklin | 1933-1942 |
| Huon News | Franklin | 1964-1993 |
| Huon Times | Franklin | 1910-1933 |
| Huon Valley News[8] | Franklin | 1993-current |
| Horton Herald[9] | Hobart | 1835-1838 |
| Illustrated Tasmanian Mail | Hobart | 1921-1935 |
| Independent | Launceston | 1831-1835 |
| Irish Exile and Freedom Advocate | Hobart | 1850-1851 |
| Island News | Whitemark | 1954-current |
| Jordan River Journal | Gagebrook | 1982-1993 |
| Journalists' Clarion | Hobart | 1980 |
| Kentish Chronicle | Sheffield | 1994-2013 |
| Kentish Times | Sheffield | 1978-1994 |
| Kentish Voice[10] | Railton and Sheffield | 2013-current |
| King Island Courier[11] | Currie | 1984-current |
| King Island News | Currie | 1912-1986 |
| Kingborough chronicle : connecting our community and business[12] | Kingston | 2009-current |
| Kingston & Channel Mail | Sandy Bay | 2003 |
| Land incorporating The Critic | Hobart | 1924-1925 |
| Launceston Advertiser | Launceston | 1829-1846 |
| Launceston Advertiser | Launceston | 1986-1987 |
| Launceston Courier | Launceston | 1840-1843 |
| Launceston Examiner : commercial and agricultural advertiser | Launceston | 1842-1899 |
| Launceston Sun | Launceston | 1972 |
| Launceston Times and Auction Mart Advertiser | Launceston | 1864-1869 |
| Leven Leader : the weekly news for the district of Ulverstone | Ulverstone | 1992 |
| Leven Lever | Ulverstone | 1919-1920 |
| Lilydale Progressive | Lilydale | 1983-current |
| Luina News | Luina | 1976-1984 |
| Mercury[13] | Hobart | 1860-current |
| Mersey Valley Observer | Devonport | 1992-1993 |
| Midlander | Oatlands | 1987-2001 |
| Midlands Monthly | Oatlands | 1979-1987 |
| Monitor | Launceston | 1895-1920 |
| Monotone Sporting Record | Hobart | 1914-1931 |
| Morning Star and Commercial Advertiser | Hobart | 1834-1835 |
| Mount Lyell Standard and Strahan Gazette: a record of the mining fields of the West coast of Tasmania | Queenstown | 1896-1902 |
| New Standard | Hobart | 1977-1994 |
| News | Hobart | 1924-1925 |
| Norfolk Plains Gazette: serving the Longford, Perth and Cressy districts | Longford | 1992-1996 |
| North Coast Standard, a newspaper for the north-west coast | Latrobe | 1891-1892 |
| North West Post | Formby | 1887-1916 |
| North West Post : your independent weekly | Ulverstone | 1999 |
| North Western Advocate | Devonport | 1899 |
| North Western Advocate (Devonport) and the Emu Bay Times (Burnie) Tasmania | West Devonport and Burnie | 1899-1919 |
| North Western Chronicle | Latrobe | 1887-1888 |
| North-eastern Advertiser[14] | Scottsdale | 1909-current |
| Northern Midlands Gazette | Longford | 1997-1998 |
| Northern Scene | Launceston | 1978-1983 |
| Northern Standard | Ulverstone | 1921-1923 |
| Northern Suburbs News: the voice of the northern suburbs | Moonah | 1961-1963 |
| Oatlands News | Oatlands | 1992-1993 |
| Observer and Van Diemen's Land Journal of Politics, Agriculture, Commercial and General Intelligence | Hobart | 1845-1846 |
| Omnibus : a merchant's, tradesman's, auctioneer's, and general advertiser and shipping gazette | Hobart | 1842-1864 |
| People's Advocate, or, True friend of Tasmania | Launceston | 1855-1856 |
| People's Friend : official organ of the Tasmanian Temperance Alliance and the temperance societies of Tasmania | Hobart | 1886-1936? |
| Peoples' Horn Boy | Hobart | 1834 |
| Progress: the popular advertiser | Launceston | 1937 |
| Quamby Whisper : informing the Westbury Municipality | Westbury | 1990-1995 |
| Reporter | Hobart | 1864 |
| Rossarden Mountain Re-echo | Rossarden | 1991-2013 |
| Saturday Evening Express | Launceston | 1924-1962 |
| Saturday Evening Mercury | Hobart | 1954-1984 |
| South Briton and Tasmanian Literary Journal | Hobart | 1843 |
| Southern Star | Hobart | 1882-1883 |
| Southern Star | Hobart | 1954-1984 |
| Southern Times | Bellerive | 1999-2000 |
| Spec News | Carlton River | 1980-2000 |
| Spectator and V.D.L. Gazette | Hobart | 1844-1847? |
| Sporting News and Axemen's Journal | Launceston | 1901-1902 |
| Standard | Sandy Bay | 1995-2005 |
| Standard : Tasmania's Catholic newspaper | Hobart | 1937-1971 |
| Standard of Tasmania | Hobart | 1851 |
| Star | Hobart | 1933 |
| Star | Hobart | 1997-1998 |
| Sun Coast News | St. Helens | 1980-1989 |
| Sunbeams | Hobart | 1896-1899 |
| Suncoast News and Bulletin | St. Helens | 1990-1992 |
| SunCoast News | St. Helens | 1993-2005 |
| Sunday Examiner | Launceston | 1984-current |
| Sunday Examiner Express | Launceston | 1966-1984 |
| Sunday Tasmanian | Hobart | 1984-Current |
| Tamar Courier | George Town | 1964 |
| Tamar Times | Launceston | 1972 |
| Tasman Gazette : Tasman Peninsula Community Newspaper[15] | Tarrana | 1979-current |
| Tasmania Free Press | Hobart | 1975-1977 |
| Tasmanian | Launceston | 1871-1895 |
| Tasmanian Automobile Trade Journal | Hobart | 1930-1951 |
| Tasmanian Catholic Standard | Hobart | 1867-1872 |
| Tasmanian Catholic Standard | Hobart | 1876-1888 |
| Tasmanian Colonist | Hobart | 1851-1855 |
| Tasmanian Country | Hobart | 1980-current |
| Tasmanian Country Life | Launceston | 1976 |
| Tasmanian Countrywoman | Hobart | 1947-1972 |
| Tasmanian Daily News | Hobart | 1855-1858 |
| Tasmanian Democrat | Launceston | 1891-1898 |
| Tasmanian Farmer | Launceston | 1937-1976 |
| Tasmanian Farmer and Grazier | Launceston | 1976-1979 |
| Tasmanian Farmer | Launceston | 1998-current |
| Tasmanian Leader[16] | Hobart | 1855-? |
| Tasmanian Licensed Victuallers Gazette | Hobart | 1905-1910 |
| Tasmanian Mail | Hobart | 1877-1921 |
| Tasmanian Mail | Launceston | 1978-1979 |
| Tasmanian Morning Herald : with which is incorporated 'The Advertiser' | Hobart | 1865-1867 |
| Tasmanian Motor News | Launceston | 1953-1985 |
| Tasmanian News | Hobart | 1883-1911 |
| Tasmanian Punch | Hobart | 1866-? |
| Tasmanian Punch | Hobart | 1877 |
| Tasmanian Punch | Hobart | 1869-1870 |
| Tasmanian Punch | Launceston | 1877-1879 |
| Tasmanian Telegraph a weekly journal of agriculture and commerce, of municipal, social, and colonial progress | Hobart | 1858-1859 |
| Tasmanian Times | Hobart | 1867-1870 |
| Tasmanian Tribune | Hobart | 1872-1879 |
| Tasmanian, and Port Dalrymple Advertiser | Launceston | 1825 |
| Tasmanian Weekly Dictator | Hobart | 1839 |
| Tasmanian Weekly News | Hobart | 1858 |
| Tassie Digger | Hobart | 1919-1921? |
| Tassie Times | Western Front | 1916-1918 |
| Teetotal Advocate | Launceston | 1843 |
| Telegraph | Launceston | 1881-1883 |
| Togatus | Hobart | 1933-current |
| Town and country post | Dunalley | 2005 |
| Tribune | Hobart | 18??- 1879 |
| True Catholic. Tasmanian Evangelical Miscellany | Hobart | 1843-? |
| True Colonist: Van Diemen's Land political dispatch and agricultural and commercial advertiser | Hobart | 1834-1844 |
| Trumpeter | Hobart | 1833-1850 |
| Ulverstone Herald | Ulverstone | 1974 |
| Ulverstone Post | Ulverstone | 1998-1999 |
| Valley and East Coast Voice[17] | St. Marys | 1971-current |
| Valley Voice | St. Marys | 1968-1969 |
| Van Diemen's Land Gazette and General Advertiser | Hobart | 1814 |
| Van Diemen's Land Chronicle | Hobart | 1841 |
| Van Diemen's Land Monthly Magazine | Hobart | 1835 |
| Voice | Hobart | 1927-1953 |
| Waratah Whispers | Waratah | 1981-1989 |
| Weekender | Burnie | 1968-1976, 1987-1992 |
| Weekly Courier | Launceston | 1901-1935 |
| Weekly News | Hobart | 1868-1869 |
| Weekly Times | Hobart | 1863 |
| Wellington Times and Agricultural and Mining Gazette | Burnie | 1890-1897 |
| West Coast Chronicle : the people's paper | Zeehan | 2008-2009 |
| West Coast Miner | Queenstown | 1975-1978 |
| West Coaster : serving Western Tasmania | Queenstown | 1964-1968 |
| Western Herald | Rosebery | 1992-2013 |
| Western Tiers | Mole Creek | 1980-2004 |
| Westerner | Queenstown | 1979-1995 |
| World | Hobart | 1918-1924 |
| Zeehan and Dundas Herald | Zeehan | 1890-1922 |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Advocate". Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Brighton Community News". Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Bruny News". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Circular Head Chronicle". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Eastern Shore Sun". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "The Examiner". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Glenorchy Gazette". Retrieved 3 September 2014
- ↑ "Huon Valley News". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ Moore-Robinson, James (1933). Chronological list of Tasmanian newspapers from 1810 to 1933. Hobart:Moore Robinson. p.5.
- ↑ "The Kentish Voice". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "King Island Courier". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Kingborough Chronicle". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "The Mercury". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "North-Eastern Advertiser". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Tasman Gazette". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ Moore-Robinson, James (1933). Chronological list of Tasmanian newspapers from 1810 to 1933. Hobart:Moore Robinson. p. 7.
- ↑ "The Valley and East Coast Voice". Retrieved 3 September 2014.