List of newspapers in Australia

Octopus attacks described in old Australian newspapers^[1]

This is a list of newspapers in Australia.

National

In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.^[2]

Daily newspapers

• The Australian (broadsheet)
• The Australian Financial Review

Weekly and monthly newspapers

• Green Left Weekly
• The Weekly Times
• Koori Mail
• Lloyd's List Australia (former Daily Commercial News)
• The Monthly
• Red Flag, bi-monthly
• The Saturday Paper
• The Senior^[3]

Defunct newspapers

• Business Review Weekly (1981–2013)
• The Bulletin (1880–2008)
• Nation Review (1970-1981)
• The National Times (later The Times on Sunday) (1971–1987)^[4]

New South Wales

Sydney and regional newspapers

There are many newspapers published in the State of New South Wales, serving both the capital, Sydney and the regions. Some newspapers are defunct; some have been renamed; some have been amalgamated. The two main Sydney newspapers are The Sydney Morning Herald, which was founded in 1831 when the state was still a colony, and The Daily Telegraph. For a full list see:

Newspapers in languages other than English

There are also many current and past newspapers serving local communities in New South Wales that are published in languages other than English. For a full list see:

Victoria

Melbourne newspapers

• The Advocate (Melbourne) a Catholic Weekly, now an e-publication
• Bharat Times (published monthly in Melbourne and weekly eNews)
• The Age (tabloid daily)
• Epoch Times (Chinese weekly)
• The Indian Sun (Monthly)
• G'day India (monthly)
• Herald Sun (tabloid daily)
• The Leader (the Leader Community Newspaper group publishes 33 local news titles covering metropolitan Melbourne)
• Melbourne Observer (tabloid weekly)^[5]
• Sameway Magazine (Chinese weekly)
• Viet Times (Vietnam weekly)

Defunct Melbourne newspapers

• The Argus (1846–1957)
• The Australasian (became the Australasian Post in 1946)
• Australian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (1873–1889)
• Box Hill Reporter
• Brighton Southern Cross
• Broadford Courier
• Broadmeadows Camp Sentry
• Brunswick and Coburg Leader
• Brunswick and Coburg Star
• Camberwell and Hawthorn Advertiser
• Caufield and Elsternwick Leader
• Coburg Leader
• Collingwood Fitzroy Mercury
• Daily Telegraph (1869–1892)
• Dandenong Advertiser
• Elsternwick Leader
• Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser
• Essendon Gazette
• Evelyn Observer
• Fitzroy City Press
• Flemington Spectator
• The Footscray Advertiser (1874–1982)
• Footscray Chronicle
• Frankston Standard
• Graphic of Australia
• Hawthorn Citizen
• Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian
• Heidelberg News
• The Herald (1840–1990)
• Hurstbridge Advertiser
• The Illustrated Australian News
• Independent
• Kerang New Times
• Kerang Times
• Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette
• Labor Call
• Lilydale Express
• Malvern Courier and Caulfield Mirror
• Malvern News
• Malvern Standard
• Marlborough & Dunolly Advertiser
• The Melbourne Advertiser (founded 1 January 1838)
• The Melbourne Express (5 February 2001 – 10 September 2001)
• Melbourne Punch
• Melbourne Star (1934)
• Melton Express
• Mercury (Fitzroy)
• The Mercury (Hobart)
• Moorabbin News
• Mornington Standard'
• mX (free afternoon commuter newspaper)
• Newsday (30 September 1969 – 3 May 1970)
• North Melbourne Advertiser (1873–1894)
• North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser (1895-1913)
• North Melbourne Gazette (1894-1901)
• Oakleigh and Caulfield Times
• Oakleigh Standard
• The Paper (Melbourne)
• Prahran Chronicle
• Prahran Telegraph (1860-1930)
• Port Melbourne Standard
• Port Phillip Gazette (1838–1951)
• Public Opinion
• Record (Melbourne paper)
• Richmond Australian
• Richmond Guardian
• Ringwood and Croydon Chronicle
• Sandringham News
• Sandringham Southern Cross
• Sealake Times
• Seaside News
• Smith's Weekly
• South Bourke and Mornington Journal
• South Bourke Standard
• Spectator Methodist Chronicle
• Sporting Judge
• The Sun (1922–1924)
• The Sun News-Pictorial (1922–1990)
• Sunbury News
• The Sunday Herald
• The Sunday Sun
• Sunshine Advocate
• Swan Hill Guardian
• Table Talk (1885–1939)
• Talbot Leader
• Terang Express
• Toora and Welshpool Ensign
• Trafalgar and Yarragon Times
• Traralgon Record
• The Truth
• Vigilante
• Weekly News (Yarraville)
• Weekly Times (Melbourne)
• Williamstown Advertiser
• Williamstown Chronicle
• Winner (1914–1917)

Regional newspapers

• The Advertiser (Bairnsdale)
• Alexandra, Eildon, Marysville Standard
• Ararat Advertiser
• Bacchus Marsh Express
• Ballarat News
• The Bellarine Times
• Benalla Ensign
• Bendigo Advertiser
• The Bendigo Weekly
• Brimbank Weekly
• The Camperdown Chronicle
• Casterton News
• Castlemaine Mail
• The Chronicle (Wangaratta)
• Cobram Courier
• Cohuna Farmer's Weekly
• Colac Herald
• Corryong Courier
• The Courier (Ballarat)
• Daylesford Advocate
• Dimboola Banner
• The Echo
• Euroa Gazette
• The Geelong Advertiser
• The Geelong News
• The Gippsland Times (Sale, Maffra and surrounding areas)
• The Guardian (Swan Hill)
• Hamilton Spectator
• Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian
• The Latrobe Valley Express (Latrobe Valley and surrounding areas)
• Marborough & Dunolly Advertiser
• The Midland Express
• The Miner (Ballarat to Winchelsea)
• The Moe and Narracan News
• Mortlake Dispatch
• Morwell Advertiser
• Morwell and Yinnar Gazette
• Mount Wycheproof Ensign
• Murchison Advertiser
• Myrtleford Mail and Whorouly Witness
• Nagambie Times
• Narracan Shire Advocate
• Nathalia Herald
• Nhill Free Press
• Ovens and Murray Advertiser
• Port Fairy Gazette
• The Portland Observer
• Riponshire Advocate
• Riverine Herald (Echuca)
• Rochester Express
• Romsey Express
• Rosedale Courier
• Rupunyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon, and Lallat Advertiser
• Rutherglen Sun
• Shepparton Advertiser
• Shepparton News
• Snowy River Mail
• Sunraysia Daily (Mildura)
• The Surfcoast Times (Surfcoast Shire)
• Swan Hill Guardian
• The Traralgon Journal
• Wangaratta Chronicle
• The Warragul & Drouin Gazette
• The Warragul Citizen
• The Warrnambool Standard
• The Weekly Times
• Yea Chronicle

Defunct Victorian regional newspapers

• Alpine Observer
• Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder
• Avoca Free Pres
• Avoca Mail
• Bacchus Marsh Express
• Ballan Times
• Bealiba Times
• Benalla Independent
• Bendigonian
• Berringa Herald
• Beulah Record and Mallee Advocate
• Beulah Standard
• Birchip Advertiser
• Birrengurra Times
• Boort Standard
• Bruthen and Tambo Times
• Bunyip Free Press and Berwick Shire Guardian
• Camperdown Herald
• Casteron Free Press
• Casteron News
• Chiltern and Howlong Times
• Clunes Guardian and Gazette
• Cobden Times
• Colac Reformer
• Coleraine Albion and Western Advertiser
• Cressy and Lismore Pioneer
• Creswick Advertiser
• Donald Times
• Dookie and Katamatite
• Dunmunkle Standard
• Dunolly and Betbet Shire Express
• Echuca and Moama Advertiser
• Elsternwick Leader (1887–1902)
• Euroa Advertiser
• Evelyn Observer (1873–1942)
• Federal Standard
• Forster Mirror and South Gippsland Shire Advocate
• Gippsland Farmers Journal
• Gippsland Guardian (1855-1868)
• Gippsland Independent
• Gippsland Mercury
• Gippsland Standard
• Gippslander and Mirboo Times
• Gisborne Gazette
• Glengary, Toongabbie & Cowwarr Journal and Central Gippsland Reporter
• Gordon, Ergerton and Ballan Advertiser
• Great Southern Advocate
• Great Southern Star
• Grenville Standard
• Heyfield Herald
• Heytesbury Reformer
• Hopetoun Courier and Mallee Pioneer
• Horsham Times
• Inglewood Advertiser
• Jamieson and Wood's Point Chronicle
• Kerang New Times
• Kerang Observer
• Kerang Times
• Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (1877–1889)
• Kilmore Advertiser
• Kilmore Free Press
• Kooweerup Sun, Lang Lang Guardian and Cranbourne Shire Record
• Korong Vale Lance
• Korot Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate
• Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate
• Kyabram Guardian
• Kyabram Union (1886–1894)
• Kyneton Guardian
• Lancefield Mercury and West Bourke Agricultural Record
• Lang Lang Guardian
• Lilydale Express
• Lismore, Derrinallum and Cressy Advertiser
• Maffra Spectator
• Maldon News
• McIvor Times & Rodney Advertiser
• Melton Express
• Mildura Cultivator
• Mildura Independent star
• Mildura Telegraph
• Minyup Guardian
• Mornington Standard (1911–1939)
• Morwell Advertiser (1876–1972)
• North Eastern Ensign
• Numurkah Standard
• Omeo Standard
• Ouyen Mail
• Ouyen Mail West Express
• Ovens Constitution (1856–1871)
• Pakenham Gazette and Berwick Shire News
• Penshurst Free Press
• Pitfield Banner and Hollybush Times
• Port Fairy Gazette
• Port Fairy Times and Macarthur News
• Port Melbourne Standard
• Portland Guardian (1842–1964)
• Portland Observer
• Powlett Express
• Quambatook Times
• Queenscliff Sentinel
• Rainbow Argus
• Riverine Herald
• Sandringham Southern Cross
• Sentinel
• Seymour Express
• South Bourke and Mornington Journal
• South Gippsland Shire Echo
• St Arnaud Mercury
• Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle
• Stock and Land
• Stratford Sentinel and Briagolong Express
• Traralgon Record (1883–1932)
• Tungamah and Lake Rowan Express
• Upper Murray and Mitta Herald Chronicle
• Utima and Chillonga Star
• Violet Town Sentinel
• Walhalla Chronicle
• Warracknambeal Herald
• Warragul Guardian
• Warrnambool Standard
• Wedderburn Express
• Werribee Shire Banner
• West Gippsland Gazette
• West Wimmera Mail and Natimuk Advertiser
• Willaura Farmer
• Wodonga and Towong Sentinel (1885–1954)
• Woodend Star
• Woomeland Sun and Lascelles and Ouyen
• Yackandandah Times (1890–1934)
• Yarrawonga Mercury and Southern Riverina Advertiser
• Yr Australydd

Queensland

Brisbane newspapers

• Brisbane News (free weekly magazine)
• Brisbane Times (online)
• The Courier-Mail (tabloid)
• The Epoch Times (Broadsheet Chinese weekly)
• The Catholic Leader (Brisbane)
• Newsbytes (online)
• Sameway Magazine (Chinese weekly)
• Queensland Asian Business Weekly (Chinese weekly)
• Queensland Country Life (published in Brisbane for Queensland rural readers)

Defunct Brisbane newspapers

• The Catholic Age (Brisbane) (1892–1929)
• Daily Mail (Brisbane 1903 - 1933)
• Daily Sun
• The Leader: the soldier's paper (Brisbane, 1918–1919)
• mX (free daily)
• The National Leader (Brisbane, 1916–1918)
• Queensland Country Life (1900–10)
• The Queenslander (Brisbane, 1866–1939)
• The Sunday Sun
• The Telegraph
• Truth (Brisbane, 1900 - 1954)

Brisbane community newspapers

• The Independent
• Quest Community Newspapers (city and suburban editions)
• The Reporter
• The Westerner
• Westside News
• Wynnum Herald

Regional Qld newspapers

• Albert & Logan News
• Ayr Advocate
• Balonne Beacon
• Beaudesert Times
• The Border Post (Stanthorpe)
• Bowen Independent
• Bundaberg NewsMail
• Caboolture Shire Herald
• Cairns Bulletin
• Cairns Newspapers
• Cairns Northern News
• The Cairns Post
• Cairns Sun
• The Canungra Times
• The Capricornian
• Central Queensland News (Emerald)
• The Charleville Courier
• The Chronicle
• Cooktown Local News
• The Daily Mercury
• Darling Downs Gazette
• The Evening Advocate
• Fraser Coast Chronicle
• The Gladstone Observer
• Gold Coast Bulletin
• Gold Coast Mail
• Gold Coast Sun
• Gympie Life
• Gympie Times
• Herbert River Express
• Home Hill Observer
• Innisfail Advocate
• The Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser
• Ipswich News
• The Kuranda Paper^[6]
• Logan West Leader
• Longreach Leader
• The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton)
• The Noosa Journal
• Noosa News
• Northern Herald (former Millstream Times)
• The Northern Miner (Charters Towers)
• Northern Times
• Pine Rivers Press
• Port Douglas and Mossman Gazette
• The Queensland Times (Ipswich)
• Redcliffe & Bayside Herald
• Redland City Bulletin
• South Burnett Times (Kingaroy)
• Southern Herald
• Sunshine Coast Daily
• Tablelander
• Tablelands Advertiser
• The Weekend Post
• The Whitsunday Times
• Toowoomba Chronicle
• Torres News
• Townsville Bulletin
• Townsville Sun
• Warwick Daily News
• Western Cape Bulletin
• The Western Star and Roma Advertiser
• Whitsunday Coast Guardian formerly The Proserpine Guardian and The Guardian
• Tropic Now
• The Coastal Rag (Discovery Coast, Queensland)

Defunct regional Qld newspapers

• Bayside Bulletin (amalgamated with The Redland Times to form the Redland City Bulletin)
• Cairns Argus
• The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton)
• The Charleville Times
• Dayboro Times and Moreton Mail
• The Humpybong Weekly and Advertiser
• The Logan and Albert Advocate
• The Logan Witness
• North Queensland Telegraph and Territorial Separationist (Townsville)
• Northern Age and North Queensland Telegraph (Townsville)
• The Redland Times (amalgamated with the Bayside Bulletin to form the Redland City Bulletin)
• St. George Standard and Balonne Advertiser

Western Australia

Perth newspapers

• Countryman
• Fremantle Herald
• Subiaco Post
• The Sunday Times
• WA Business News
• The West Australian

Defunct Perth newspapers

• The Call (1904-1953)
• Daily News (1840-1990)
• Fremantle Herald (1913–1919)
• The Herald (1867–1886)
• The Independent (1969-1986)
• The Mirror (1921-1956)
• Perth Morning Herald (1896-1909)
• Truth (1903-1931)
• The Western Mail (1885-1955), renamed Countryman
• The Western Mail (1980-1988)

Regional W.A. newspapers

• Albany Advertiser
• Avon Advocate
• Broome Advertiser
• The Bunbury Herald
• Bunbury Mail
• Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
• Busselton-Margaret Times
• Capes Herald
• Coolgardie Miner
• Darlington Review
• Esperance Express
• Geraldton Guardian
• Golden Age (Coolgardie daily)
• Goldfield Courier (Coolgardie)
• Goldfields Express (Goldfields region)
• Great Southern Herald (Katanning)
• Harvey Reporter
• Kalgoorlie Miner
• Kimberley Echo (Kununurra)
• Kimberley Times (Derby)
• Mandurah Coastal Times
• Mandurah Mail
• Manjimup-Bridgetown Times
• Midwest Times
• Mundaring Magazine
• Murray Mail (Pinjarra)
• Narrogin Observer
• North West Telegraph (Port Hedland)
• Northern Guardian (Carnarvon)
• The Northern Times (Carnarvon, W.A.)
• Northern Valleys News (Northern Valleys – Bindoon, Bullsbrook, Calingiri, Chittering, Gingin, Mogumber, Muchea, Wannamal)
• Pilbara Echo (Karratha, Dampier, Pilbara)^[7]
• Pilbara News (Karratha)
• Pinjarra Murray Times (Pinjarra)
• Sound Telegraph (Rockingham)
• South Western Times (Bunbury)
• Southern Avon Chronicle (Northam, York)

South Australia

Adelaide

• The Adelaide Review
• The Advertiser (tabloid)
• The Epoch Times (broadsheet Chinese weekly)
• Messenger Newspapers
• Sameway Magazine (Chinese weekly)
• The Southern Cross (Catholic weekly newspaper, now monthly)
• Sunday Mail (tabloid)

Defunct Adelaide newspapers

• About Town (Adelaide, December 1979 – August 1981)
• Adelaide Aeroplane (November 1919 – February 1920)
• Adelaide Echo (September–October 1877)
• Adelaide Guardian (September–October 1839)
• Adelaide Morning Chronicle (June 1852 – November 1853)
• Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung (German-language paper, 1851-1862)
• Australische Zeitung German-language newspaper from Adelaide
• Weekly Herald, Herald, and Daily Herald Labor weekly then daily
• Evening Journal (Adelaide, 1869–1912, became The News)
• The Express (Adelaide), 1864-1867
• The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, 1867–1922)
• The Independent Weekly
• The News (Adelaide)
• Port Adelaide News, a weekly (and for a time bi-weekly) published 1878 to 1933 which folded and re-started several times
• Quiz (Adelaide, 1889–90, 1900–09, a satirical weekly; incorporates Quiz and the Lantern (1890–1900))
• The Register (Adelaide), newspaper in Adelaide
• The South Australian (1844–51)
• South Australian Chronicle (published weekly under various similar titles July 1858 – 1955 by The Advertiser)
• South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (1837-1931)
• The Southern Australian (1838–44)^[8]
• Truth four different newspapers between 1890 and 1964, the last one part of the Norton stable
• The Voice (1892–1894) political weekly founded by J. Medway Day

Regional S.A. newspapers

• Barossa Herald (Tanunda)
• The Border Chronicle (Bordertown)
• The Border Times (Pinnaroo)
• The Border Watch (Mount Gambier)
• The Bunyip (Gawler)
• The Burra Broadcaster (Burra)
• Coastal Leader (Kingston SE)
• The Courier (Mount Barker)
• The Eyre Peninsula Tribune (Cleve)
• The Flinders News (Port Pirie)
• The Leader (Barossa Valley)
• The Quorn Mercury (Quorn, Flinders Ranges)
• The Murray Pioneer (Renmark)
• The Murray Valley Standard (Murray Bridge)
• The Narracoorte Herald (Naracoorte) historical spelling as used by Trove
• The Northern Argus (Clare Valley)
• The Plains Producer (Balaklava)
• The Port Lincoln Times (Port Lincoln)
• The Recorder (Port Pirie)
• The Southern Argus (Strathalbyn)
• Stock Journal (statewide)
• The Times (Victor Harbor)
• The Transcontinental (Port Augusta)
• The West Coast Sentinel (Ceduna)
• The Whyalla News (Whyalla)
• The York Peninsula Country Times (Kadina)

Defunct regional South Australian newspapers

• The Kapunda Herald (1864–1951)
• The Midlands Gazette a section of The Kapunda Herald
• The Northern Star predecessor to The Kapunda Herald
• The Roxby Downs Sun (Roxby Downs) - discontinued August 2015
• Süd-Australische Zeitung German-language newspaper from Tanunda
• Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung German-language newspaper from Tanunda founded by A. H. Barton

Tasmania

Hobart newspapers

• The Mercury
• The Sunday Tasmanian

Defunct Hobart newspapers

• The Clipper (1893–1909)
• The Hobart Town Gazette (1816–1821)
• Saturday Evening Mercury (1954–1984)

Regional Tasmanian newspapers

• The Advocate (Burnie)
• Circular Head Chronicle (Smithton)
• The Examiner (Launceston)
• The Gazette (New Norfolk)
• Huon Valley News (Franklin)
• The Independent (Launceston)
• King Island Courier (Currie)
• Kingborough Chronicle (Kingborough)
• North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale)
• Tasmanian Country (Hobart)

Defunct regional Tasmanian newspapers

• The Leven Lever
• The West Coast Miner
• The Daily Telegraph (Launceston)
• The Tasmanian (Launceston)

Northern Territory

Darwin newspapers

• Northern Territory News (tabloid)

Darwin community newspapers

• Darwin Sun
• Palmerston Sun

Regional N.T. newspapers

• Arafura Times
• Centralian Advocate
• Eylandt Echo
• Katherine Times
• Litchfield Times
• Top End Review
• Wagaitear

Australian Capital Territory

• Canberra Illustrated: A Quarterly Magazine
• The Canberra Times (broadsheet)
• The Chronicle
• The Federal Capital Pioneer
• The Good Neighbour

See also

• Freedom of the press
• Jschool: Journalism Education & Training
• List of magazines in Australia
• List of newspapers in Australia by circulation
• List of student newspapers in Australia
• Media of Australia
• Media in Melbourne
• Media in Sydney
• Newspaper circulation
• Photojournalism
• Printing

References

1. National Library Australian newspapers digitisation program
2. Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
3. "About The Senior". The Senior. Australian Senior Publications. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
4. Isaacs V., Kirkpatrick R.: Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: A Short History at National Library of Australia pp 19, 26
5. http://www.MelbourneObserver.com.au
6. http://www.kurandapaper.com/Issue270/Contents.htm
7. Pilbara Echo
8. Trove

External links

• ANPlan: The Australian Newspaper Plan – an initiative of Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL)
• Australian Newspapers Online. Try searching Libraries Australia (the Australian national bibliographic database) to see which Libraries in Australia carry which newspaper/s.
• Paperboy Australia: Australian newspapers listed by city and state