Colonial Times

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]

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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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