List of newspapers in Australia

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This is a list of newspapers in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021. [1]

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Top 10 newspapers by circulation

The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in Australia by average paid print circulation in 2018. [2] [3]

NewspaperPrimary service areaHeadquartersCirculationOwner Masthead
Herald Sun Southbank 603,658 News Corp Australia Herald Sun.svg
The Daily Telegraph Surry Hills 526,216 [lower-alpha 1] News Corp Australia DailyTelegraph-SYD.png
The Courier-Mail Bowen Hills 384,699 [lower-alpha 2] News Corp Australia
The West Australian Western Australia Osborne Park 335,369 Seven West Media The-West-Australian-Logo.svg
The Age
  • Melbourne
  • Victoria
Melbourne central business district 308,752 Nine Entertainment Age-logo-blue.svg
The Australian National Surry Hills303,809News Corp Australia
The Advertiser Adelaide central business district 272,310 [lower-alpha 3] News Corp Australia The Sunday Mail (cropped).png
Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sydney
  • New South Wales
North Sydney 231,232Nine Entertainment The Sydney Morning Herald logo.svg
The Sunday Times
  • Perth
  • Western Australia
Osborne Park168,432Seven West Media Sundaytimesmasthead (cropped).png
Australian Financial Review NationalNorth Sydney86,550Nine Entertainment

National

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Octopus attacks described in old Australian newspapers

In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. [5]

Daily newspapers

Weekly newspapers

Bi-weekly and monthly newspapers

New South Wales

Sydney newspapers

There are many newspapers published in 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, and The Daily Telegraph , founded in 1879.

Regional newspapers


Broken Hill, though a city in New South Wales, has significant historical connections to South Australia.

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.

Victoria

Statewide newspapers

Melbourne newspapers

Regional newspapers

Queensland

Brisbane newspapers

Brisbane community newspapers

Regional newspapers

Western Australia

Perth newspapers

Regional 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
  • Echo Newspapers
  • Geraldton Guardian
  • Gnowangerup Star (defunct)
  • 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, Port Hedland)
  • Pilbara News (Karratha)
  • Pinjarra Murray Times (Pinjarra)
  • Sound Telegraph (Rockingham)
  • South Western Times (Bunbury)
  • Southern Avon Chronicle (Northam, York)

South Australia

Adelaide

Regional newspapers

Tasmania

Hobart newspapers

Regional newspapers

Northern Territory

Darwin newspapers

Regional newspapers

Australian Capital Territory

See also

Notes

  1. Including figures of The Sunday Telegraph .
  2. Including figures of The Sunday Mail .
  3. Including figures of Sunday Mail .

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