_--_last_issue,_22_August_1857.jpg){kind=small} Masthead of the last issue of the Colonial Times, 22 August 1857________ | |
| Type | Thrice-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor | Andrew Bent |
| Founded | 1825 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1857 |
| Headquarters | Hobart |
The Colonial Times was a newspaper in what is now the Australian state of Tasmania. It was established as the Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser in 1825 in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land by the former editor of the Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, Andrew Bent. The name was changed to Colonial Times in 1828. In 1857 the title was absorbed into the Hobart Town Mercury.
Notes
- Van Diemen's Land became the colony of Tasmania in 1856.
References
- "Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser". Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser. Vol. 10, no. 485. (Original, Hobart. Digital reproduction, Canberra: National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive). 19 August 1825. Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Colonial Times". Colonial Times. Vol. 13, no. 609. (Original, Hobart. Digital reproduction, Canberra: National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive). 4 January 1828. Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Hobart Town Mercury". Hobart Town Mercury. Vol. 4, no. 379. Original, Hobart. Digital reproduction, Canberra: National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive. 2 February 1857. Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
Further reading
- Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006), Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1802-1850
- Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006), Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1851-1900
- Pretyman, E.R. (1966) Bent, Andrew (1790-1851) in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online)
- History of the Mercury from the Mercury Print Museum.