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 |
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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 | 1906-2024 [10] |
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 |
Cygnet, Huon & Channel Classifieds | Cygnet | 1986-current |
Daily Post [11] | 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 (titled The Gazette from 2000 to 2017) [12] [13] | New Norfolk | 1953–2024 |
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 [14] | 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 [15] | Launceston | 1842-current |
Express | Launceston | 1962–1966 |
Federalist | Hobart | 1898–1899 |
Feral | Hobart | 1973–1980 |
Flinders Island Chronicle | Flinders Island | 1836–1837 |
Glenorchy City Gazette | Glenorchy | 1990–1992 |
Glenorchy Gazette [16] | 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 [17] | Franklin | 1993–current |
Horton Herald [18] | 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 [19] | Railton and Sheffield | 2013–current |
King Island Courier [20] | Currie | 1984–current |
King Island News | Currie | 1912–1986 |
Kingborough Chronicle: connecting our community and business [21] | Kingston | 2009–current |
Kingston & Channel Mail | Sandy Bay | 2003 |
Kingston Classifieds | Cygnet | Current |
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–current |
Mercury [22] | 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 & Strahan Gazette: a record of the mining fields of the West coast of Tasmania [23] | Queenstown | 1896–1902 |
New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News [24] | New Norfolk | 2020-current |
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 Coast Post [25] | Launceston | 2023–current |
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 [26] | 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 | 1985–1998 |
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 [27] | 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 [28] | Hobart | 1855–? |
Tasmanian Licensed Victuallers Gazette | Hobart | 1905–1910 |
Tasmanian Mail [29] | Hobart | 1877–1921 |
Tasmanian Mail | Launceston | 1978–1979 |
Tasmanian Morning Herald : with which is incorporated 'The Advertiser' | Hobart | 1865–1867 |
Tasmanian Motor News [30] | Launceston | 1953–1985 |
Tasmanian News [31] | Hobart | 1883–1911 |
Tasmanian Punch [32] | Hobart | 1866–? |
Tasmanian Punch [33] | Hobart | 1869–1870 |
Tasmanian Punch | Hobart | 1877 |
Tasmanian Punch [34] | Launceston | 1877–1879 |
Tasmanian Telegraph a weekly journal of agriculture and commerce, of municipal, social, and colonial progress | Hobart | 1858–1859 |
Tasmanian Times [35] | Hobart | 1867–1870 |
Tasmanian Tribune [36] [37] | Hobart | 1872–1879 |
Tasmanian, and Port Dalrymple Advertiser | Launceston | 1825 |
Tasmanian Weekly Dictator | Hobart | 1839 |
Tasmanian Weekly News [38] | Hobart | 1858 |
Tassie Digger [39] | Hobart | 1919–1921? |
Tassie Times [40] | Western Front | 1916–1918 |
Teetotal Advocate | Launceston | 1843 |
Telegraph | Launceston | 1881–1883 |
Togatus | Hobart | 1931-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 [41] | 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 [42] | Zeehan | 2008–2009 |
West Coast Miner | Queenstown | 1975–1978 |
West Coaster: serving Western Tasmania [43] | Queenstown | 1964–1968 |
Western Echo [44] | Queenstown | 2021–current |
Western Herald [45] | Rosebery | 1992–2013 |
Western Tiers | Mole Creek | 1980–2004 |
Westerner [46] | Queenstown | 1979–1995 |
The World [47] [48] | Hobart | 1918–1924 |
Zeehan and Dundas Herald | Zeehan | 1890–1922 |
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