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 areaHeadquartersFormatCirculationOwner Masthead
Herald Sun Southbank Tabloid 603,658 News Corp Australia Herald Sun.svg
The Daily Telegraph Surry Hills Tabloid 526,216 [a] News Corp Australia DailyTelegraph-SYD.png
The Courier-Mail Bowen Hills Tabloid 384,699 [b] News Corp Australia
The West Australian Western Australia Osborne Park Tabloid 335,369 Seven West Media The-West-Australian-Logo.svg
The Age
  • Melbourne
  • Victoria
 Melbourne CBD Compact 308,752 Nine Entertainment Age-logo-blue.svg
The Australian National Surry Hills Broadsheet 303,809News Corp Australia
The Advertiser Adelaide CBD Tabloid 272,310 [c] News Corp Australia The Sunday Mail (cropped).png
Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sydney
  • New South Wales
 North Sydney Compact 231,232Nine Entertainment The Sydney Morning Herald logo.svg
The Sunday Times
  • Perth
  • Western Australia
 Osborne Park Tabloid 168,432Seven West Media Sundaytimesmasthead (cropped).png
Australian Financial Review National North Sydney Compact 86,550Nine Entertainment The-Australian-Financial-Review-Logo.svg

Other Major Metropolitan Mastheads

NewspaperPrimary service areaHeadquartersFormatOwner
The Canberra Times Canberra Tabloid Australian Community Media
The Mercury Hobart Tabloid News Corp Australia
Northern Territory News Darwin Tabloid News Corp Australia
Sunday Age Melbourne CBD Tabloid Nine Entertainment
Sunday Herald Sun Southbank Tabloid News Corp Australia
Sunday Mail Adelaide CBD Tabloid News Corp Australia
The Sunday Mail Bowen Hills Tabloid News Corp Australia
The Sunday Tasmanian Hobart Tabloid News Corp Australia
The Sunday Telegraph Surry Hills Tabloid News Corp Australia
Sunday Territorian Darwin Tabloid News Corp Australia
The Sun-Herald North Sydney Tabloid Nine Entertainment
The Weekend Australian National Surry Hills Broadsheet News Corp Australia

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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References

  1. ↑ "Sydney Morning Herald the most read newspaper in the country". The Sydney Morning Herald . 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Samios, Zoe (16 August 2018). "News Corp releases digital subscription numbers following withdrawal from AMAA audit". Mumbrella . Archived from the original on 14 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Wallbank, Paul (20 February 2019). "Newspapers continue slump in latest audited circulation figures". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program - National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Geelanmedia Publications - Issuu".
  7. ↑ http://www.MelbourneObserver.com.au Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Association, Kuranda Media. "Kuranda Paper 270 October 2015". www.kurandapaper.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "The National Tribune".
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