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.

• 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

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

• 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)

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• 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

• The Bridge Observer (Murray Bridge) – a free community paper c. 1971–1976, revived briefly 1983
• Herald (Tanunda) (1860–c2020), previously known as Barossa and Light Herald
• The Kapunda Herald (1864–1951)
  • The Midlands Gazette - a section of The Kapunda Herald
  • The Northern Star - predecessor
• 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]

• 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).

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

• 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)

• The Chronicle (Canberra) (1981-2020)

• 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