List of newspapers in Australia

This is a list of newspapers in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021.[1]

Top 10 newspapers by circulation edit

The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in Australia by average paid print circulation in 2018.[2][3]

Newspaper Primary service area Headquarters Circulation Owner Masthead
Herald Sun Southbank 603,658 News Corp Australia  
The Daily Telegraph Surry Hills 526,216[a] News Corp Australia  
The Courier-Mail Bowen Hills 384,699[b] News Corp Australia
The West Australian Western Australia Osborne Park 335,369 Seven West Media  
The Age
  • Melbourne
  • Victoria
Melbourne central business district 308,752 Nine Entertainment  
The Australian National Surry Hills 303,809 News Corp Australia
The Advertiser Adelaide central business district 272,310[c] News Corp Australia  
Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sydney
  • New South Wales
North Sydney 231,232 Nine Entertainment  
The Sunday Times
  • Perth
  • Western Australia
Osborne Park 168,432 Seven West Media  
Australian Financial Review National North Sydney 86,550 Nine Entertainment

National edit

 
Octopus attacks described in old Australian newspapers[4]

In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.[5]

Daily newspapers edit

Weekly newspapers edit

Bi-weekly and monthly newspapers edit

New South Wales edit

Sydney newspapers edit

There are many newspapers published in New South Wales, serving both the capital, Sydney, and the regions. Some newspapers are defunct; some have been renamed; some have been amalgamated. The two main Sydney newspapers are The Sydney Morning Herald, which was founded in 1831, and The Daily Telegraph, founded in 1879.

Regional newspapers edit

  • Newcastle Weekly (2015– )


Broken Hill, though a city in New South Wales, has significant historical connections to South Australia.

Newspapers in languages other than English edit

There are also many current and past newspapers serving local communities in New South Wales that are published in languages other than English.

Victoria edit

Statewide newspapers edit

Melbourne newspapers edit

Regional newspapers edit

Queensland edit

Brisbane newspapers edit

Brisbane community newspapers edit

Regional newspapers edit

Western Australia edit

Perth newspapers edit

Regional newspapers edit

  • Albany Advertiser
  • Avon Advocate
  • Broome Advertiser
  • The Bunbury Herald
  • Bunbury Mail
  • Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
  • Busselton-Margaret Times
  • Capes Herald
  • Coolgardie Miner
  • Darlington Review
  • Esperance Express
  • Echo Newspapers
  • Geraldton Guardian
  • Gnowangerup Star (defunct)
  • Golden Age (Coolgardie daily)
  • Goldfield Courier (Coolgardie)
  • Goldfields Express (Goldfields region)
  • Great Southern Herald (Katanning)
  • Harvey Reporter
  • Kalgoorlie Miner
  • Kimberley Echo (Kununurra)
  • Kimberley Times (Derby)
  • Mandurah Coastal Times
  • Mandurah Mail
  • Manjimup-Bridgetown Times
  • Midwest Times
  • Mundaring Magazine
  • Murray Mail (Pinjarra)
  • Narrogin Observer
  • North West Telegraph (Port Hedland)
  • Northern Guardian (Carnarvon)
  • The Northern Times (Carnarvon, W.A.)
  • Northern Valleys News (Northern Valleys – Bindoon, Bullsbrook, Calingiri, Chittering, Gingin, Mogumber, Muchea, Wannamal)
  • Pilbara Echo (Karratha, Dampier, Port Hedland)
  • Pilbara News (Karratha)
  • Pinjarra Murray Times (Pinjarra)
  • Sound Telegraph (Rockingham)
  • South Western Times (Bunbury)
  • Southern Avon Chronicle (Northam, York)

South Australia edit

Adelaide edit

Regional newspapers edit

Tasmania edit

Hobart newspapers edit

Regional newspapers edit

  • The Advocate (Burnie)
  • Circular Head Chronicle (Smithton)
  • The Examiner (Launceston)
  • The Gazette (New Norfolk)
  • Huon Valley News (Franklin)
  • The Independent (Launceston)
  • Kingborough Chronicle (Kingborough)
  • North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale)
  • Tasmanian Country (Hobart)
  • Sorell Times (Sorell)
  • Tasman Gazette (Tasman peninsula)
  • East Coast View (East coast)
  • Hobart Observer (Hobart)
  • Glenorchy Gazette (Glenorchy)
  • Eastern Shore Sun (Eastern shore)

Northern Territory edit

Darwin newspapers edit

Regional newspapers edit

Australian Capital Territory edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Including figures of The Sunday Telegraph.
  2. ^ Including figures of The Sunday Mail.
  3. ^ Including figures of Sunday Mail.

References edit

  1. ^ "Sydney Morning Herald the most read newspaper in the country". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ Samios, Zoe (16 August 2018). "News Corp releases digital subscription numbers following withdrawal from AMAA audit". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ Wallbank, Paul (20 February 2019). "Newspapers continue slump in latest audited circulation figures". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program - National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ^ Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Geelanmedia Publications - Issuu".
  7. ^ http://www.MelbourneObserver.com.au Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Association, Kuranda Media. "Kuranda Paper 270 October 2015". www.kurandapaper.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. ^ "The National Tribune".

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