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
Business Review Weekly The Bulletin Nation Nation Review The National Times- Trading Post - 22 regional editions across Australia
New South Wales
For defunct newspapers in New South Wales, refer to List of newspapers in New South Wales.Victoria
Defunct Melbourne newspapers
The Argus The Australasian Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil Box Hill Reporter Brighton Southern CrossBroadford CourierBroadmeadows Camp SentryBrunswick and Coburg LeaderBrunswick and Coburg StarCamberwell and Hawthorn AdvertiserCaufield and Elsternwick LeaderCoburg LeaderCollingwood Fitzroy Mercury[Daily Telegraph (Brisbane)|Telegraph (Melbourne)|Daily Telegraph] Dandenong AdvertiserElsternwick LeaderEltham and Whittlesea Shires AdvertiserEssendon GazetteEvelyn ObserverFitzroy City PressFlemington SpectatorThe Footscray Advertiser Footscray ChronicleFrankston StandardThe Graphic of AustraliaHawthorn CitizenHealesville and Yarra Glen GuardianHeidelberg News[The Barossa and Light Herald|Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]- The Sunday TimesHurstbridge AdvertiserThe Illustrated Australian NewsIndependentLabor CallThe LeaderLilydale ExpressMalvern Courier and Caulfield MirrorMalvern NewsMalvern StandardMarlborough & Dunolly AdvertiserMelbourne Advertiser The Melbourne Express Melbourne PunchMelbourne Star Melton ExpressMercury Moorabbin NewsMornington StandardmX Newsday North Melbourne Advertiser North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser North Melbourne Gazette Oakleigh and Caulfield TimesOakleigh StandardThe Paper Prahran ChroniclePrahran Telegraph Port Melbourne StandardPort Phillip Gazette Public OpinionRecord Richmond AustralianRichmond GuardianRingwood and Croydon ChronicleSandringham NewsSandringham Southern CrossSealake TimesSeaside NewsSmith's WeeklySouth Bourke and Mornington JournalSouth Bourke StandardSpectator Methodist ChronicleSporting JudgeThe Sun The Sun News-Pictorial Sunbury NewsThe Sunday HeraldThe Sunday SunSunshine AdvocateTable Talk Talbot LeaderTerang Express
- Trading Post Trafalgar and Yarragon TimesTraralgon RecordTruthVigilanteWeekly News Weekly Times Williamstown AdvertiserWilliamstown Chronicle
- ''Winner''
Defunct regional newspapers
Alpine ObserverArarat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts RecorderAvoca Free PressAvoca MailBacchus Marsh ExpressBallan TimesBealiba TimesBenalla IndependentBendigonianBerringa HeraldBeulah Record and Mallee AdvocateBeulah StandardBirchip AdvertiserBirrengurra TimesBoort StandardBruthen and Tambo TimesBunyip Free Press and Berwick Shire GuardianCamperdown HeraldCasteron Free PressCasteron NewsCastlemaine Advertiser Castlemaine Leader Castlemaine Representative Chiltern and Howlong TimesClunes Guardian and GazetteCobden TimesColac ReformerColeraine Albion and Western AdvertiserCressy and Lismore PioneerCreswick AdvertiserDimboola Chronicle Donald TimesDookie and KatamatiteDunmunkle StandardDunolly and Betbet Shire ExpressEchuca and Moama AdvertiserElsternwick Leader Euroa AdvertiserEvelyn Observer Federal StandardFoster Mirror and South Gippsland Shire AdvocateToora and Welshpool EnsignGippsland Farmers JournalGippsland Guardian Gippsland IndependentGippsland MercuryGippsland StandardGippslander and Mirboo TimesGisborne GazetteGlengary, Toongabbie & Cowwarr Journal and Central Gippsland ReporterGordon, Ergerton and Ballan AdvertiserGreat Southern AdvocateGreat Southern StarGrenville AdvocateGrenville StandardHeyfield HeraldHeytesbury ReformerHopetoun Courier and Mallee PioneerHorsham TimesInglewood AdvertiserJamieson and Wood's Point ChronicleKerang New TimesKerang ObserverKerang TimesKerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette Kilmore AdvertiserKilmore Free PressKooweerup Sun, Lang Lang Guardian and Cranbourne Shire RecordKorong Vale LanceKorot Sentinel and Tower Hill AdvocateKyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire AdvocateKyabram GuardianKyabram Union Kyneton GuardianLancefield Mercury and West Bourke Agricultural RecordLang Lang GuardianLilydale ExpressLismore, Derrinallum and Cressy AdvertiserMaffra SpectatorMaldon NewsMcIvor Times & Rodney AdvertiserMelton ExpressMildura CultivatorMildura Independent starMildura TelegraphMiner's Right and Castlemaine Advertiser Minyup GuardianMornington Standard Morwell Advertiser North Eastern EnsignNumurkah StandardOmeo StandardOur Daily News Castlemaine Ouyen MailOuyen Mail West ExpressOvens Constitution Pakenham Gazette and Berwick Shire NewsPenshurst Free PressPitfield Banner and Hollybush TimesPort Fairy GazettePort Fairy Times and Macarthur NewsPort Melbourne StandardPortland Guardian Portland ObserverPowlett ExpressQuambatook TimesQueenscliff SentinelRainbow ArgusRiverine HeraldRushworth Chronicle and Goulburn Advertiser Sandringham Southern CrossSentinelSeymour ExpressSouth Bourke and Mornington JournalSouth Gippsland Shire EchoSt Arnaud MercuryStawell News and Pleasant Creek ChronicleStock and LandStratford Sentinel and Briagolong ExpressTraralgon Record Tungamah and Lake Rowan ExpressUpper Murray and Mitta Herald ChronicleUtima and Chillonga StarViolet Town SentinelWalhalla ChronicleWarracknambeal HeraldWarragul GuardianWarrnambool StandardWedderburn ExpressWerribee Shire BannerWest Gippsland GazetteWest Wimmera Mail and Natimuk AdvertiserWillaura FarmerWodonga and Towong Sentinel Woodend StarWoomeland Sun and Lascelles and OuyenYackandandah Times Yarrawonga Mercury and Southern Riverina Advertiser- ''Yr Australydd''
Queensland
Defunct Brisbane newspapers
The Catholic Age Daily Mail mX The National Leader Queensland Country Life The Queenslander The Telegraph- ''Truth''
Defunct regional newspapers
Bayside BulletinBlackwater HeraldBundaberg star and Burnett River times Cairns ArgusCentral TelegraphThe Central Queensland HeraldThe Charleville TimesCooktown IndependentCoolangatta ChronicleDayboro Times and Moreton Mail The Humpybong Weekly and AdvertiserThe Logan and Albert AdvocateThe Logan WitnessMurgon AdvertiserNorth Queensland Telegraph and Territorial SeparationistNorthern Age and North Queensland TelegraphNorthern BoomerangQueensland TelegraphWestern Australia
Defunct Perth newspapers
The Call Daily News Fremantle Herald The Herald The Independent The Mirror Perth Morning Herald Truth The Western Mail, renamed Countryman- ''The Western Mail''
South Australia
Defunct Adelaide newspapers
About Town Adelaide Aeroplane Adelaide Echo Adelaide Guardian Adelaide Morning Chronicle Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung, German-language paperAustralische Zeitung German-language newspaperWeekly Herald, Herald, and Daily Herald Labor weekly then dailyDie Deutsche Post, German-language paper, mentioned in Australische Zeitung Evening Journal, became The NewsThe Express (Adelaide), 1864–1867The Express and Telegraph The Independent Weekly- The Journal, previously Evening Journal and continued as The NewsThe News, continuation of The JournalPort Adelaide News, a weekly published which folded and restarted several timesQuiz, a satirical weekly; incorporated into Quiz and the Lantern The Register, newspaper in AdelaideThe South Australian, previously Southern AustralianSouth Australian Chronicle published weekly under various similar titles by The AdvertiserSouth Australian Gazette and Colonial Register
- South Australian RegisterSouthern Australian became The South AustralianSüd Australische Zeitung predecessor of Australische ZeitungTruth four different newspapers between 1890 and 1964, the last one part of the Norton stable The Voice political weekly founded by J. Medway Day
Defunct regional newspapers
- The Bridge Observer – a free community paper c. 1971–1976, revived briefly 1983
- Herald, previously known as Barossa and Light Herald
- The Kapunda Herald
- *The Midlands Gazette - a section of The Kapunda Herald
- *The Northern Star - predecessorThe Roxby Downs Sun – discontinued August 2015Süd-Australische Zeitung - German-language newspaper variously from Tanunda and AdelaideTanunda Deutsche Zeitung - German-language newspaper from Tanunda, founded by C. H. Barton
- The ''Warrigal Review - "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". Its single issue was printed by the Natal Mercury''.
Tasmania
Defunct Hobart newspapers
The Clipper The Hobart Town Gazette Saturday Evening Mercury The World The Critic.Defunct regional newspapers
The Leven LeverThe West Coast MinerNorthern Territory
- Army News - for the troops stationed in Darwin
- Moonta Herald and Northern Territory Gazette
- The Darwin Sun - a community newsletter
- The North Australian The North Australian and Northern Territory Government Gazette The Northern Standard The Northern Territory Times
- ''The Northern Territory Times and Gazette''
Australian Capital Territory
Other newspapers (unsorted)
- The ArrowThe Australian Children's NewspaperYr AustralyddBell's Life in Sydney and Sporting ReviewerThe Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal The ChaserThe Children's Newspaper (Australia)Colonial TimesThe CourierDaily NewsEmpire TimesThe Farmer and SettlerFilmnews
- Kiama ExaminerThe Labor NewsThe Leader The Liverpool Herald
- Ovens ConstitutionThe News
- The Sun News-PictorialTelegraphWestern ArgusWestern MailThe Wild Goose
- ''The Worker''