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.

## National

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* 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

## New South Wales

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

## Victoria

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### Defunct Melbourne newspapers

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* The Argus (1846–1957)
* The Australasian (became the Australasian Post in 1946, 1838–2002)
* Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (1873–1889)
* Box Hill Reporter (1889–1918)
* Brighton Southern Cross
* Broadford Courier
* Broadmeadows Camp Sentry
* Brunswick and Coburg Leader
* Brunswick and Coburg Star
* Camberwell and Hawthorn Advertiser
* Caufield and Elsternwick Leader
* Coburg Leader
* Collingwood Fitzroy Mercury
* Daily Telegraph (1869–1892)
* Dandenong Advertiser
* Elsternwick Leader
* Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser
* Essendon Gazette
* Evelyn Observer
* Fitzroy City Press
* Flemington Spectator
* The Footscray Advertiser (1874–1982)
* Footscray Chronicle
* Frankston Standard
* The Graphic of Australia
* Hawthorn Citizen
* Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian
* Heidelberg News
* The Herald (1840–1990)
* The Sunday Times
* Hurstbridge Advertiser
* The Illustrated Australian News
* Independent
* Labor Call
* The Leader
* Lilydale Express
* Malvern Courier and Caulfield Mirror
* Malvern News
* Malvern Standard
* Marlborough & Dunolly Advertiser
* Melbourne Advertiser (1 January 1838 – 1851)
* The Melbourne Express (5 February 2001 – 10 September 2001)
* Melbourne Punch
* Melbourne Star (1934)
* Melton Express
* Mercury (Fitzroy)
* Moorabbin News
* Mornington Standard
* mX (free afternoon commuter newspaper)
* Newsday (30 September 1969 – 3 May 1970)
* North Melbourne Advertiser (1873–1894)
* North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser (1895–1913)
* North Melbourne Gazette (1894–1901)
* Oakleigh and Caulfield Times
* Oakleigh Standard
* The Paper (Melbourne)
* Prahran Chronicle
* Prahran Telegraph (1860–1930)
* Port Melbourne Standard
* Port Phillip Gazette (1838–1851)
* Public Opinion
* Record (Melbourne paper)
* Richmond Australian
* Richmond Guardian
* Ringwood and Croydon Chronicle
* Sandringham News
* Sandringham Southern Cross
* Sealake Times
* Seaside News
* Smith's Weekly
* South Bourke and Mornington Journal
* South Bourke Standard
* Spectator Methodist Chronicle
* Sporting Judge
* The Sun (1922–1924)
* The Sun News-Pictorial (1922–1990)
* Sunbury News
* The Sunday Herald
* The Sunday Sun
* Sunshine Advocate
* Table Talk (1885–1939)
* Talbot Leader
* Terang Express
* Trading Post (1966-2009)
* Trafalgar and Yarragon Times
* Traralgon Record
* Truth
* Vigilante
* Weekly News (Yarraville)
* Weekly Times (Melbourne)
* Williamstown Advertiser
* Williamstown Chronicle
* Winner (1914–1917)

### Defunct regional newspapers

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* Alpine Observer
* Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder
* Avoca Free Press
* Avoca Mail
* Bacchus Marsh Express
* Ballan Times
* Bealiba Times
* Benalla Independent
* Bendigonian
* Berringa Herald
* Beulah Record and Mallee Advocate
* Beulah Standard
* Birchip Advertiser
* Birrengurra Times
* Boort Standard
* Bruthen and Tambo Times
* Bunyip Free Press and Berwick Shire Guardian
* Camperdown Herald
* Casteron Free Press
* Casteron News
* Castlemaine Advertiser (1858-1862)
* Castlemaine Leader (1883-1915)
* Castlemaine Representative (1870-1883)
* Chiltern and Howlong Times
* Clunes Guardian and Gazette
* Cobden Times
* Colac Reformer
* Coleraine Albion and Western Advertiser
* Cressy and Lismore Pioneer
* Creswick Advertiser
* Dimboola Chronicle (1921-29)[2]
* Donald Times
* Dookie and Katamatite
* Dunmunkle Standard
* Dunolly and Betbet Shire Express
* Echuca and Moama Advertiser
* Elsternwick Leader (1887–1902)
* Euroa Advertiser
* Evelyn Observer (1873–1942)
* Federal Standard
* Foster Mirror and South Gippsland Shire Advocate
* Toora and Welshpool Ensign
* Gippsland Farmers Journal
* Gippsland Guardian (1855–1868)
* Gippsland Independent
* Gippsland Mercury
* Gippsland Standard
* Gippslander and Mirboo Times
* Gisborne Gazette
* Glengary, Toongabbie & Cowwarr Journal and Central Gippsland Reporter
* Gordon, Ergerton and Ballan Advertiser
* Great Southern Advocate
* Great Southern Star
* Grenville Advocate
* Grenville Standard
* Heyfield Herald
* Heytesbury Reformer
* Hopetoun Courier and Mallee Pioneer
* Horsham Times
* Inglewood Advertiser
* Jamieson and Wood's Point Chronicle
* Kerang New Times
* Kerang Observer
* Kerang Times
* Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (1877–1889)
* Kilmore Advertiser
* Kilmore Free Press
* Kooweerup Sun, Lang Lang Guardian and Cranbourne Shire Record
* Korong Vale Lance
* Korot Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate
* Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate
* Kyabram Guardian
* Kyabram Union (1886–1894)
* Kyneton Guardian
* Lancefield Mercury and West Bourke Agricultural Record
* Lang Lang Guardian
* Lilydale Express
* Lismore, Derrinallum and Cressy Advertiser
* Maffra Spectator
* Maldon News
* McIvor Times & Rodney Advertiser
* Melton Express
* Mildura Cultivator
* Mildura Independent star
* Mildura Telegraph
* Miner's Right and Castlemaine Advertiser (1856-1858)
* Minyup Guardian
* Mornington Standard (1911–1939)
* Morwell Advertiser (1876–1972)
* North Eastern Ensign
* Numurkah Standard
* Omeo Standard
* Our Daily News Castlemaine (1862-1869)
* Ouyen Mail
* Ouyen Mail West Express
* Ovens Constitution (1856–1871)
* Pakenham Gazette and Berwick Shire News
* Penshurst Free Press
* Pitfield Banner and Hollybush Times
* Port Fairy Gazette
* Port Fairy Times and Macarthur News
* Port Melbourne Standard
* Portland Guardian (1842–1964)
* Portland Observer
* Powlett Express
* Quambatook Times
* Queenscliff Sentinel
* Rainbow Argus
* Riverine Herald
* Rushworth Chronicle and Goulburn Advertiser (1886–1977)
* Sandringham Southern Cross
* Sentinel
* Seymour Express
* South Bourke and Mornington Journal
* South Gippsland Shire Echo
* St Arnaud Mercury
* Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle
* Stock and Land
* Stratford Sentinel and Briagolong Express
* Traralgon Record (1883–1932)
* Tungamah and Lake Rowan Express
* Upper Murray and Mitta Herald Chronicle
* Utima and Chillonga Star
* Violet Town Sentinel
* Walhalla Chronicle
* Warracknambeal Herald
* Warragul Guardian
* Warrnambool Standard
* Wedderburn Express
* Werribee Shire Banner
* West Gippsland Gazette
* West Wimmera Mail and Natimuk Advertiser
* Willaura Farmer
* Wodonga and Towong Sentinel (1885–1954)
* Woodend Star
* Woomeland Sun and Lascelles and Ouyen
* Yackandandah Times (1890–1934)
* Yarrawonga Mercury and Southern Riverina Advertiser
* Yr Australydd

## Queensland

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### Defunct Brisbane newspapers

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* The Catholic Age (1892–1929)
* Daily Mail (1903–1933)
* mX (2001–2015)
* The National Leader (1916–1918)
* Queensland Country Life (1900–1910)
* The Queenslander (1866–1939)
* The Telegraph (1872–1988)
* Truth (1900–1954)

### Defunct regional newspapers

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* Bayside Bulletin
* Blackwater Herald
* Bundaberg star and Burnett River times (1875–1879)
* Cairns Argus
* Central Telegraph
* The Central Queensland Herald
* The Charleville Times
* Cooktown Independent
* Coolangatta Chronicle
* Dayboro Times and Moreton Mail
* The Humpybong Weekly and Advertiser
* The Logan and Albert Advocate
* The Logan Witness
* Murgon Advertiser
* North Queensland Telegraph and Territorial Separationist
* Northern Age and North Queensland Telegraph
* Northern Boomerang
* Queensland Telegraph
* St George Standard and Balonne Advertiser

## Western Australia

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### Defunct Perth newspapers

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* 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)

### Defunct regional newspapers

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## South Australia

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### Defunct Adelaide newspapers

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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

### Defunct regional newspapers

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* 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]

## Tasmania

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### Defunct Hobart newspapers

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* 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).

### Defunct regional newspapers

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

## Northern Territory

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* 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)

## Australian Capital Territory

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* The Chronicle (Canberra) (1981-2020)

## Other newspapers (unsorted)

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Isaacs V., Kirkpatrick R.: Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: A Short History Archived 12 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine at National Library of Australia pp 19, 26
2. ^ The Dimboola chronicle. J. and H. D'Arbon. 1921.
3. ^ Laube, Anthony. "LibGuides: SA Newspapers: T-Z". guides.slsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
4. ^ "The Warrigal Review". Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901-1929). 5 July 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
5. ^ The Darwin Sun: your family newspaper. Darwin, N.T.: Provincial Press. 1981.

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