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
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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]

Notes

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.