This is a list of newspapers published in, or for, the South West region of Western Australia.
The South West is Western Australia's most popular regional tourist destination. The region also has a notable agriculture industry; crops such as grapes, apples and avocados, account for 60% of the regions agricultural commodities. [1]
Just over half of the current newspapers distributed in the South West region are owned by Seven West Media. [2]
| Title | Years of publication | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta Margaret River Times [3] | 2007–present | Current |
| Augusta-Margaret River Mail [4] | 1986–present | Current |
| The Blackwood Chronicle and South-West Mining News [5] | 1904–1907 | Defunct |
| Blackwood Times [6] | 1905–1971 | Defunct |
| Blackwood-Warren Sentinel [7] | 1950–1959 | Defunct |
| The Boyup Brook Bulletin [8] | 1930–1950 | Defunct |
| Bridgetown Advocate [9] | 1938–1950 | Defunct |
| The Bridgetown [10] | 2014–? | Defunct |
| Bunbury Contract [11] | 1936 | Defunct |
| The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express [12] | 1919–1929 | Defunct |
| Bunbury Herald [13] | 1997–present | Current |
| The Bunbury Herald [14] | 1892–1919 | Defunct |
| Bunbury Mail [15] | 1990–present | Current |
| The Bunbury Monitor [16] | 1934 | Defunct |
| The Bunbury Star [17] | 1935–1936 | Defunct |
| The Bunbury Sun [18] | 1957–1962 | Defunct |
| Bunbury Weekender [19] | 1994–1996 | Defunct |
| Busselton Dunsborough Times [20] | 2007–present | Current |
| Busselton Herald [21] | 1978–1979 | Defunct |
| Busselton Margaret River Advertiser [22] | 1979 | Defunct |
| Busselton-Dunsborough Mail [23] | 1996–present | Current |
| Busselton-Margaret River Herald [24] | 1979–1980 | Defunct |
| Busselton-Margaret Times [25] | 1964–2007 | Defunct |
| The Capes Herald [26] | 2003–2007 | Defunct |
| The Coalfields Star [27] | 1934 | Defunct |
| The Collie Mail [28] | 1917–1918 | Defunct |
| The Collie Mail [28] | 1952–present | Current |
| The Collie Mail and Cardiff, Lyall's Mill, Collie Burn, Shotts and Worsley Gazette [28] | 1913–1917 | Defunct |
| The Collie Mail and Coalfields Miner [28] | 1918–1919 | Defunct |
| The Collie Mail and W.A. Coalfields Miner [28] | 1919–1952 | Defunct |
| The Collie Mail: the miners' and timber workers' advocate [28] | 1908–1912 | Defunct |
| The Collie Miner [29] | 1900–1916 | Defunct |
| The Collie Times [30] | 1935 | Defunct |
| Collie Weekender [31] | 1994–1995 | Defunct |
| Donnybrook-Balingup Mail [32] | 1995–1996 | Defunct |
| Donnybrook-Balingup Mail [33] | 1982 | Defunct |
| Donnybrook-Balingup News [34] | 1979–1987 | Defunct |
| Donnybrook-Bridgetown mail [35] | 1996–present | Current |
| Donnybrook-Bridgetown mail [36] | 1993–1995 | Defunct |
| Donnybrook-Bridgetown mail [37] | 1987–1993 | Defunct |
| Eaton Australind Harvey Reporter [38] | 1999–2000 | Defunct |
| The Greenbushes Advocate & Donnybrook & Bridgetown Advertiser [39] | 1899–1902 | Defunct |
| Group Settlement Chronicle & Margaret-Augusta Mail [40] | 1923–1930 | Defunct |
| Harvey Australind Reporter [41] | 1997–1999 | Defunct |
| Harvey Chronicle [42] | 1915–1916 | Defunct |
| Harvey Leschenault Reporter [43] | 2001–2007 | Defunct |
| Harvey Mail [44] | 2013 | Defunct |
| Harvey/Murray Times [45] | 1931–1965 | Defunct |
| The Harvey Reporter [46] | 1980–1997 | Defunct |
| The Harvey Reporter [47] | 2000–2001 | Defunct |
| Harvey-Waroona Mail [48] | 1931–1956 | Defunct |
| Harvey-Waroona Reporter [49] | 2007–present | Current |
| Harvey/Waroona Times [50] | 1965 | Defunct |
| Leschenault Reporter [51] | 1990–1994 | Defunct |
| Manjimup & Warren Times [52] | 1927–1971 | Defunct |
| The Manjimup Mail and Jardee-Pemberton-Northcliffe Press [53] | 1927–1946 | Defunct |
| Manjimup Mail [54] | 1946–1950 | Defunct |
| Manjimup Mail [55] | 1957 | Defunct |
| Manjimup-Bridgetown Times [56] | 1997–present | Current |
| Margaret District Times [57] | 1956–1957 | Defunct |
| Margaret River News [58] | 1931–1941 | Defunct |
| Margaret-Busselton Times [59] | 1957–1963 | Defunct |
| Morning Star [60] | 1988 | Defunct |
| The Nannup Review [61] | 1939–1941 | Defunct |
| The Nelson Advocate [62] | 1926–1938 | Defunct |
| Ocean Express [63] | 1986–1989 | Defunct |
| The Pelican Post [64] | 2002–2012? | Defunct |
| The Pemberton Post [65] | 1937–1950 | Defunct |
| The Preston Mail and District Advocate [66] | 1932–1960 | Defunct |
| South West Real Estate [67] | 1997? | Defunct |
| The South Western Advertiser [68] | 1910–1958 | Defunct |
| South Western Herald [14] | 1910–1914 | Defunct |
| The South Western News [69] | 1903–1963 | Defunct |
| South Western Times [70] | 1932–present | Current |
| South Western Times [71] | 1917–1929 | Defunct |
| South Western Tribune [72] | 1930–1932 | Defunct |
| Southern Advertiser [73] | 1888 | Defunct |
| Southern Times [74] | 1888–1916 | Defunct |
| Sweat [75] | 1994–1995 | Defunct |
| Waroona Advertiser [76] | 2007–2008 | Defunct |
| Waroona Reporter [77] | 1980–1985 | Defunct |
| Warren-Blackwood Times [78] | 1971–1997 | Defunct |
| Western Herald [79] | 1976–1979 | Defunct |
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