Colonial Times

{{Short description|19th century newspaper in Tasmania}}

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| caption = Masthead of the last issue of the Colonial Times, 22 August 1857
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| type = Thrice-weekly newspaper

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| editor = Andrew Bent

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| foundation = 1825

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| language = English

| ceased publication = 1857

| headquarters = Hobart

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The Colonial Times{{spaces|thin}} was a newspaper in what is now the Australian state of Tasmania. It was established as the Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser{{spaces|thin}} in 1825 in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land{{cite news |title=Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/678907 |newspaper=Colonial Times, and Tasmanian Advertiser |volume=10 |issue=485 |location=(Original, Hobart. Digital reproduction, Canberra|publisher=National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive) |date=19 August 1825 |via=National Library of Australia|access-date=9 January 2023}}{{spaces|thin}}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.{{cite news |title=Colonial Times |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/666328 |newspaper=Colonial Times |volume=13 |issue=609 |location=(Original, Hobart. Digital reproduction, Canberra|publisher=National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive) |date=4 January 1828 |via=National Library of Australia|access-date=9 January 2023}} The name was changed to Colonial Times{{spaces|thin}} in 1828. In 1857 the title was absorbed into the Hobart Town Mercury.{{cite news |title=Hobart Town Mercury |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/833456 |newspaper=Hobart Town Mercury |volume=4 |issue=379 |location=Original, Hobart. Digital reproduction, Canberra|publisher=National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive |date=2 February 1857 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 January 2023 }}