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 ...
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Tasmania
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. 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'', Andrew Bent.
The name was changed to ''Colonial Times'' in 1828.
[ In 1857 the title was absorbed into the '' Hobart Town Mercury''.]
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Further reading
*Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006),
Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1802-1850
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*Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006),
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*Pretyman, E.R. (1966)
' in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online)
*
' from the Mercury Print Museum.
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Publications established in 1825
Defunct newspapers published in Tasmania
1825 establishments in Australia
Newspapers in Hobart, Tasmania
Weekly newspapers published in Australia