The ''Colonial Times'' was a newspaper in what is now the
Australian state of
Tasmania
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. It was established as the ''Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser'' in 1825 in
Hobart,
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sep ...
[Van Diemen's Land became the colony of Tasmania in 1856.] by the former editor of the ''
Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser'', Andrew Bent.
The name was changed to ''Colonial Times'' in 1828.
[ In 1857 the title was absorbed into the '' Hobart Town Mercury''.]
Notes
References
Further reading
*Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006),
Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1802-1850
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*Kirkpatrick, Rod (2006),
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*Pretyman, E.R. (1966)
' in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online)
*
' from the Mercury Print Museum.
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