Colonial Times
Masthead of the last issue of the Colonial Times, 22 August 1857
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TypeThrice-weekly newspaper
EditorAndrew Bent
Founded1825
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1857
HeadquartersHobart

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[1] [note 1] by the former editor of the Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, Andrew Bent.[2] The name was changed to Colonial Times  in 1828.[2] In 1857 the title was absorbed into the Hobart Town Mercury.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Van Diemen's Land became the colony of Tasmania in 1856.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "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.

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