List of newspapers in Tasmania

This is a list of newspapers published in Tasmania in Australia through its history. From the founding as Van Dieman's Land, through the establishment of the Colony of Tasmania to the creation of a state of Australia as Tasmania in 1901 to the present day.

Newspaper	Town / Suburb	Years of Publication
Advertiser [1]	Hobart	1837-1840
Advertiser : incorporating "Kingborough news"	Kingston	1964
Advocate[2]	Burnie	1919-current
Auction Mart Advertiser and Commercial Register	Launceston	1863
Australasian Friend [3]	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 [4]	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[5]	Brighton	1999-current
Britannia and Trades Advocate	Hobart	1846-1851
Bruny News[6]	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 [7]	Hobart	1878-1894
Catholic Standard [8]	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[9]	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 [10]	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[11]	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[12]	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.[13]	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[14]	Franklin	1993-current
Horton Herald[15]	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[16]	Railton and Sheffield	2013-current
King Island Courier[17]	Currie	1984-current
King Island News	Currie	1912-1986
Kingborough chronicle : connecting our community and business[18]	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
Meander Valley Gazette	Deloraine	2014-present
Mercury[19]	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[20]	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[21]	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[22]	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[23]	Hobart	1855-?
Tasmanian Licensed Victuallers Gazette	Hobart	1905-1910
Tasmanian Mail[24]	Hobart	1877-1921
Tasmanian Mail	Launceston	1978-1979
Tasmanian Morning Herald : with which is incorporated 'The Advertiser'	Hobart	1865-1867
Tasmanian Motor News [25]	Launceston	1953-1985
Tasmanian News [26]	Hobart	1883-1911
Tasmanian Punch [27]	Hobart	1866-?
Tasmanian Punch	Hobart	1877
Tasmanian Punch [28]	Hobart	1869-1870
Tasmanian Punch [29]	Launceston	1877-1879
Tasmanian Telegraph a weekly journal of agriculture and commerce, of municipal, social, and colonial progress	Hobart	1858-1859
Tasmanian Times [30]	Hobart	1867-1870
Tasmanian Tribune [31][32]	Hobart	1872-1879
Tasmanian, and Port Dalrymple Advertiser	Launceston	1825
Tasmanian Weekly Dictator	Hobart	1839
Tasmanian Weekly News [33]	Hobart	1858
Tassie Digger[34]	Hobart	1919-1921?
Tassie Times [35]	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[36]	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 [37]	Zeehan	2008-2009
West Coast Miner	Queenstown	1975-1978
West Coaster : serving Western Tasmania [38]	Queenstown	1964-1968
Western Herald [39]	Rosebery	1992-2013
Western Tiers	Mole Creek	1980-2004
Westerner [40]	Queenstown	1979-1995
World [41][42]	Hobart	1918-1924
Zeehan and Dundas Herald	Zeehan	1890-1922

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia

References

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