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The ''Colonial Times'' was a newspaper in what is now the
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n state of
Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...
. It was established as the ''Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser'' in 1825 in
Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
,
Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sepa ...
Van Diemen's Land became the colony of Tasmania in 1856. by the former editor of the ''
Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser The ''Hobart Town Gazette'' was established in 1816 in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (known as Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption ...
'', Andrew Bent. The name was changed to ''Colonial Times'' in 1828. In 1857 the title was absorbed into the ''
Hobart Town Mercury ''The'' ''Mercury'' is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd (DBL), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''Mercury on ...
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Further reading

*Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006),
Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1802-1850
' *Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006),

' *Pretyman, E.R. (1966)

' in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online) *

' from the Mercury Print Museum.


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* {{Authority control Publications established in 1825 Defunct newspapers published in Tasmania 1825 establishments in Australia Newspapers in Hobart, Tasmania Weekly newspapers published in Australia