| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | SA Today Pty Ltd |
| Publisher | Star Media Group |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Headquarters | 84 Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
| Price | $4 |
| Sister newspapers | Portland Observer |
| Website | hamiltonspectator |
The Hamilton Spectator, is a weekly tabloid newspaper, serving the Victorian regional city of Hamilton and serving the towns and settlements in the Southern Grampians Shire.
The Spectator for 164 years was published and printed in Hamilton, but after the former owners, Richard Leopold and Jacobus Beks, sold the masthead, the former building which housed the production of the newspaper was sold and the printing presses were demolished. [1]
Since January, 2025, the Spectator is now published at a News Corp Australia printing press in Melbourne, Victoria.
The former Hamilton-based owner sold The Spectator has been owned by the Star News Group .
Since January 2025, the Spectator now has a new website and now has a digital edition of the newspaper.