Colonial Times

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]

Colonial Times

Masthead of the last issue of the Colonial Times, 22 August 1857 ________
Type	Thrice-weekly newspaper
Editor	Andrew Bent
Founded	1825
Language	English
Ceased publication	1857
Headquarters	Hobart

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. "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.

Further reading

• Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006), Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1802-1850
• Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006), Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1851-1900
• Pretyman, E.R. (1966) Bent, Andrew (1790-1851) in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online)
• History of the Mercury from the Mercury Print Museum.

External links

• Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1825 - 1827) at Trove