List of defunct newspapers of Australia

This is a list of defunct newspapers of Australia. For current Australian newspapers, see List of newspapers in Australia.

National

• Business Review Weekly (1981–2013)
• The Bulletin (1880–2008)
• Nation (1958-1972)
• Nation Review (1972–1981)
• The National Times (later The Times on Sunday) (1971–1987)^[1]
• Trading Post (until 2009) - 22 regional editions across Australia

New South Wales

For defunct newspapers in New South Wales, refer to List of newspapers in New South Wales.

Victoria

Defunct Melbourne newspapers

Defunct regional newspapers

Queensland

Defunct Brisbane newspapers

Defunct regional newspapers

Western Australia

Defunct Perth newspapers

• The Call (1904–1953)
• Daily News (1840–1990)
• Fremantle Herald (1913–1919)
• The Herald (1867–1886)
• The Independent (1969–1986)
• The Mirror (1921–1956)
• Perth Morning Herald (1896–1909)
• Truth (1903–1931)
• The Western Mail (1885–1955), renamed Countryman
• The Western Mail (1980–1988)

Defunct regional newspapers

South Australia

Defunct Adelaide newspapers

• About Town (December 1979–August 1981)
• Adelaide Aeroplane (November 1919–February 1920)
• Adelaide Echo (September–October 1877)
• Adelaide Guardian (September–October 1839)
• Adelaide Morning Chronicle (June 1852–November 1853)
• Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung (1851–1862), German-language paper
• Australische Zeitung (1874–1916) German-language newspaper
• Weekly Herald, Herald, and Daily Herald Labor weekly then daily
• Die Deutsche Post (1848–1850 or later), German-language paper, mentioned in Australische Zeitung
• Evening Journal (1869–1912), became The News
• The Express (Adelaide), 1864–1867
• The Express and Telegraph (1867–1922)
• The Independent Weekly (since 2010 online only as InDaily)
• The Journal (1912–1923), previously Evening Journal and continued as The News
• The News (1923–1992), continuation of The Journal
• Port Adelaide News (1878–1933), a weekly (and for a time bi-weekly) published which folded and restarted several times
• Quiz (1889–1890, 1900–1909), a satirical weekly; incorporated into Quiz and the Lantern (1890–1900)
• The Register, newspaper in Adelaide
• The South Australian (1844–1851), previously Southern Australian
• South Australian Chronicle (July 1858 – 1955) published weekly under various similar titles by The Advertiser
• South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (1837–1931)
• South Australian Register
• Southern Australian (1838–1844) became The South Australian
• Süd Australische Zeitung (1849–1874) predecessor of Australische Zeitung
• Truth four different newspapers between 1890 and 1964, the last one part of the Norton stable
• The Voice (1892–1894) political weekly founded by J. Medway Day

Defunct regional newspapers

• The Kapunda Herald (1864–1951)
  • The Midlands Gazette - a section of The Kapunda Herald
  • The Northern Star - predecessor
• The Bridge Observer (Murray Bridge) – a free community paper c. 1971–1976, revived briefly 1983
• The Roxby Downs Sun (Roxby Downs) – discontinued August 2015
• Süd-Australische Zeitung - German-language newspaper variously from Tanunda and Adelaide
• Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung - German-language newspaper from Tanunda, founded by C. H. Barton
• The Warrigal Review (1901) - "a newspaper published by the South Australian Sixth Contingent, Imperial Bushmen, on board the steamship Warrigal on route to Durban during the South African War".^[3] Its single issue was printed by the Natal Mercury.^[4]

Tasmania

Defunct Hobart newspapers

• The Clipper (1893–1909)
• The Hobart Town Gazette (1816–1821)
• Saturday Evening Mercury (1954–1984)
• The World (1918–1925)
• The Critic (1904–1924 or later).

Defunct regional newspapers

• The Leven Lever
• The West Coast Miner
• The Daily Telegraph (Launceston)
• The Tasmanian (Launceston)

Northern Territory

• Army News (1941-1946) - for the troops stationed in Darwin
• Moonta Herald and Northern Territory Gazette (1869)
• The Darwin Sun (1981-1982) - a community newsletter^[5]
• The North Australian (1883–1889)
• The North Australian and Northern Territory Government Gazette (1889–1890)
• The Northern Standard (1921–1955)
• The Northern Territory Times (1927-1932)
• The Northern Territory Times and Gazette (1873–1927)

Australian Capital Territory

• The Chronicle (Canberra) (1981-2020)

Other newspapers (unsorted)

• The Arrow
• The Australian Children's Newspaper
• Yr Australydd
• Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer
• The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal
• The Chaser
• The Children's Newspaper (Australia)
• Colonial Times
• The Courier
• Daily News
• Empire Times
• The Farmer and Settler
• Filmnews
• Kiama Examiner
• The Labor News
• The Leader (NSW: 1946-1949)
• The Liverpool Herald (NSW: 1897–1907)
• Ovens Constitution
• The News
• The Sun News-Pictorial
• Telegraph
• Western Argus
• Western Mail
• The Wild Goose
• The Worker

References

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