''Standard Messenger'' is a weekly suburban

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Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

, part of the

Messenger Newspapers Messenger Newspapers is the publisher of 9 free suburban weekly newspapers together covering the Adelaide metropolitan area. Established by Roger Baynes in Port Adelaide in 1951, ''Messenger'' has since acquired other independent suburban titles ...

group. The ''Standard's'' area covers the inner-north of Adelaide's metropolitan area, from

Collinswood Collinswood is a suburb of Adelaide spanning the boundary of the Prospect and the Port Adelaide Enfield local government areas. Adelaide's Australian Broadcasting Corporation Studios are located in the suburb on the corner of North East Road a ...

in the south to

Gepps Cross Gepps Cross (pronounced 'Jepps Cross') is a suburb and major road intersection in the north of Adelaide, South Australia. Gepps Cross is traditionally seen as the end of the inner suburbs and the start of the outer northern suburbs, as it was hom ...

in the north. The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs of Kilburn, Prospect, Hillcrest and Klemzig. It also covers the City of Prospect,

Town of Walkerville The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville (or Town of Walkerville) is a small local government area in the central suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The residents of the Town of Walkerville are represented by a mayor and eight councillors. ...

and the

City of Port Adelaide Enfield The City of Port Adelaide Enfield, located across inner north and north-western suburbs of Adelaide, is one of the largest metropolitan councils within South Australia. It was established on 26 March 1996 by the amalgamation of the City of Port ...

councils. It has a circulation of 34,565 and a readership of 73,000.

History

''The Standard'' became part of the ''Messenger'' stable in 1959 and was renamed the ''Standard Messenger'' in 1984.Adelaide 20th Century newspapers
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