The Colonial Times was a newspaper in what is now the Australian state of Tasmania. It was established as the Colonial Times, and Tansamanian Advertisement in 1825 in Hobart, Van Diemen's LandVan 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.
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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) from the Mercury Print Museum.
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