SA Newspapers: Chronological list

This newspaper summarised news from British colonies and other countries in which England had financial interests in the 1840s. It concentrates on news from South Australia, New South Wales, Canada and New Zealand. (Substantial coverage is given to the ‘mismanagement’ of New Zealand colonisation, in early 1845.) Early issues directed much criticism against the bungling of colonial administration by departments such as the Colonial Office. The newspaper reported enthusiastically on South Australia and its possibilities in early issues, and vehemently refuted derogatory articles in other London newspapers, mainly the Morning Chronicle. There are descriptions of the invention of the Ridley reaper (7 September 1844, p. 562), the explorations of Charles Sturt (30 August 1845, p. 543) the discovery of copper near Angaston (30 November 1844, p. 740), and a letter from Samuel Davenport to his father about a ‘subsoil plough’ he manufactured for his vineyard at Macclesfield. (1 February 1845, p. 63) There are also vehement attacks on the mishandling of South Australia's finances and immigration by the governors of this period. Proceedings in the English Parliament as they affected the colonies were reported.

This was one of four London-based newspapers published to promote investment in South Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. The South Australian Chronicle includes advice to gold prospectors during the Victorian gold rush. The State Library set is very incomplete.

This was one of four London-based newspapers published to promote investment in South Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. The South Australian Chronicle includes advice to gold prospectors during the Victorian gold rush. The State Library set is very incomplete.

This newspaper was established by George Fife Angas to promote immigration to South Australia. The editor was John Stephens, a later editor/owner of the South Australian Register. It mostly consisted of extracts from letters by happy and successful colonists. Some writers were influential individuals such as Charles Sturt, Pastor August Kavel, the missionary CW Schurmann, and Charles Flaxman. A second major interest was the plight of the Aboriginal people. Articles referred to the customs of Aboriginal peoples, and the progress of the Lutheran missionaries. The newspaper also disputed the (published) comments of London detractors of South Australia. It was a propaganda vehicle, but an expensive one, and ceased after a few months. It was replaced by the South Australian News.

This was a small journal published in London by JC Hailes to promote the young colony of South Australia.

This was one of a handful of newspapers published in London to promote investment and immigration for the colony. It contained lists of early immigrant ships, and also selected letters from immigrants giving a positive impression of life in South Australia.

The Adelaide Chronicle began as the Adelaide Guardian. The newspaper was founded by George Milner Stephen, one time Advocate General, Acting Governor, and Crown Solicitor of South Australia. Stephen's main aim was to justify his own controversial activities, particularly over the apparent false advertising of his subdivision, the 'Milner Estate' at Port Gawler. In November 1839, when he was charged with perjury over this, Stephen sold the newspaper to WC Cox, and Oliver K. Richardson became editor. After three months the newspaper was sold to Robert Thomas of the Register. He re-named it the Adelaide Chronicle. The editor was then JF Bennett. The newspaper did not survive the economic crisis of 1841-1842. The State Library holds copies of only two issues of this historic newspaper, and a photo-copy of a third issue held in the British Museum, London.

From 1838 printer George Dehane was a prolific newspaper printer and publisher. As the name suggests, this newspaper was largely a vehicle for advertising. It was almost certainly South Australia's first free newspaper. It contains auction notices, land sales and advertisements for such varied products as horse servicing, money-lenders and schools. The advertisements were interspersed with news of the week – largely reports of accidents and fatalities. Dehane claimed that the newspaper had a circulation of 4,000 copies per issue. The State Library of South Australia set is very incomplete.

This newspaper was started by a group of gentlemen when the Adelaide Independent ceased. The newspaper saw itself as in competition with the South Australian Register. It claimed to be the ‘only liberal portion of the press’ in Adelaide at that time. (18 August 1842, p. 2) Dr Richard Penny ('Vox Populi') was the outspoken editor, assisted by fellow doctors Litchfield, and Edward Davy. The newspaper was unable to survive beyond eighteen months. While it lasted, the twice-weekly newspaper published strongly-worded opinions about a range of topics and people in early Adelaide. It provides a fascinating alternative press commentary. It was purchased by John Stephens as the basis for his successful Adelaide Observer newspaper.

James Allen of the Adelaide Times produced a handful of single issue humorous newspapers. Charles Platts, a Hindley Street bookseller, was the printer and publisher of this example. Send-ups of various well-known men including Allen himself fill its columns. Timothy Short's Journal of Passing Events, and First of April Cracker, appear to be other titles in this series . They were possibly produced as April Fool's Day jokes.

Only this single issue is known to exist, although a prospectus for the newspaper appeared in the South Australian Register on 22 March 1845, and references to the title occur through 1846.

With the demise of the Register's Port Lincoln herald George Dehane, a disgruntled ex-Register journalist, set out on his own. He produced this newspaper promoting the settlement of Port Lincoln, in the year of the infamous 'Maria massacre'. Many references to this event occur through the pages of the newspaper, which took a strong stand against the attitude of those seeking revenge on the Aboriginal people. Printing difficulties beset the newspaper, which on more than one occasion had to be printed at the office of the Southern Australian through the courtesy of its publisher, Archibald McDougall.

The Adelaide Guardian was printed by William Caddy Cox for George Milner Stephen, one time Advocate General, Acting Governor and Crown Solicitor of South Australia. Stephen's main aim was to justify his own controversial activities, particularly over the apparent false advertising of his subdivision, the 'Milner Estate' at Port Gawler. In November 1839, when he was charged with perjury over this, Stephen sold the newspaper to Cox, and Oliver K. Richardson became editor. Stephen followed Governor Hindmarsh and his family to England and then Heligoland, and married Mary Hindmarsh. Items include many early events such as the gathering of funds for a memorial to Colonel Light, and the establishment of the first Adelaide Hospital. Robert Thomas of the Register later purchased the title, re-naming it the Adelaide Chronicle. The newspaper did not survive the economic crisis of 1841-1842. The State Library holds copies of only two issues of this historic newspaper, and a photo-copy of a third issue held in the British Museum, London.

The Adelaide independent was an experimental weekly newspaper, and possibly the first illustrated newspaper in Australia. It was the brainchild of colourful early auctioneer Nathaniel Hailes. Hailes wrote for various newspapers under the pen-name ‘Timothy Short’. Its illustrations were a series of pen and ink sketches, or cartoons, as lithographed inserts. These were possibly the work of the engraver George Hamilton. Editor Hailes was the subject of several of the sketches. The newspaper was forced to close in 1841, allegedly due to the outcry caused by publishing a sketch portraying a drunken brawl between bank manager Edward Stephens and wealthy land-holder Osmond Gilles at a dinner in honour of Edward John Eyre. Hailes went on to produce the Adelaide Free Press, but unfortunately no copies of this later newspaper have survived. He was the first secretary of the South Australian Institute, forerunner to the State Library.

This early literary magazine was published by John Stephens of the Register newspaper. Police trooper George Hamilton contributed stories to its pages.

The Adelaide Morning Chronicle was published specifically as a voice in support of state aid to churches. It was begun by the draper Andrew Murray when his previous newspaper, the South Australian, went broke. It had backing from a group of pastoralists. The newspaper particularly provided a voice for the influential Anglican section of the Adelaide community. Opposition opinions were voiced by the Non-Conformist churches in their newspaper, the Austral Examiner. The Adelaide Morning Chronicle was of a sufficient standard to be seen as competition to the South Australian Register. The newspaper ceased in early 1853 largely through the economic effects of the Victorian gold rush. Murray had left for the goldfields in September 1852 and went on to work for the Melbourne Argus, where he assisted his sister-in-law, Catherine Helen Spence, to have her work published. The plant of this newspaper was purchased by JH Barrow and a few years later used to establish his newspaper, the South Australian Advertiser.

The Adelaide Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. He also aimed for an apolitical newspaper, and this was a stance largely followed throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens purchased the Register, so that the Observer then became a weekly summary of the daily news reports in the Register. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer was printing two editions - the first an early country edition on Friday, sent to Burra and other distant places, and a second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of daily city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary. The Observer then changed its focus, becoming more of a week-end leisure newspaper. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Many of Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had their work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 it contained a regular four-page photographic supplement. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

Only three issues of this newspaper printed by George Dehane and edited by James Allen have survived. The focus, as the title suggests is very much on railway matters, both in editorials and in news items - local and overseas. The Parliament's Corporation Bill is also given much editorial space.

The Adelaide Times was established by colourful James Allen on his return from England in 1848. Allen trained as a Baptist minister, but worked as a reporter in London and was associated with writers including Charles Dickens. Modelled in appearance on the London Times, with an almost identical masthead, the content of this newspaper was very different to the conservative English title. The Times was one of a handful of Adelaide newspapers to survive the effects of the 1850s Victorian gold rush. Allen took advantage of the rush by sending his son to Mount Alexander to establish a local office for the Times at the diggings, (8 May 1852, p. 3) and printed detailed reports for readers at home in South Australia. From March 1850, along with its rival, the Register, the Times pioneered daily publication, but during the gold rush it was forced to return to a weekly. From January 1853 an expanded Saturday edition of the Times was published for country readers under the title South Australian Weekly Dispatch. Julian Tenison-Woods was sub-editor at the Times between 1855 and 1856. This was before he began studying for the priesthood. In 1853 Allen sold the newspaper to an influential group of Adelaide gentlemen, but re-purchased it in 1855. These men were: Richard Hanson (Advocate General), Robert Torrens (Treasurer), George Stevenson (Coroner and former editor of the Register), John Brown (former Emigration Agent), and Edward Gwynne (lawyer and MP). (South Australian Register, 17 November 1853, p. 3) Historian Douglas Pike described the Times as, ‘an unpredictable waverer from abject support of the government to the wildest republicanism.’ (Paradise of Dissent, p. 395) The Adelaide Times closed in May 1858 due to Allen's insolvency. It was the first newspaper in Adelaide contracted to record and publish Parliamentary Hansard, a role later shared by the Register and the Advertiser.

This newspaper was established by wealthy businessman, Rudolf Eimer when the Sudaustralische Zeitung refused to publish any views contrary to its own radical opinions. Nevertheless, Eimer's newspaper also claimed to be radical. The newspaper included in its pages reports of colonial politics, which was not always the case in the German-Australian press at the time. Wilhelm Eggers, formerly of the South Australian Register purchased the newspaper in 1855. He gave more space to overseas than local news. Like many of its 'English' contemporaries, this newspaper folded during the gold rush of the early 1850s, but was resurrected in 1853. Unfortunately the State Library holds a very incomplete set. This was the first German language newspaper to publish an entertainment supplement, Blatter fur Ernst und scherz.

This was a short-lived weekly newspaper, established particularly to oppose state aid to religion. It was established by experienced English journalist William Whitridge in partnership with Andrew Garran, and printed by George Dehane. Whitridge was, 'one of the most virile writers on the Register,' according to later editor William Sowden. The Austral Examiner commenced at the time of the election of South Australia's first Legislative Council. The newspaper includes general news, but its main focus is religion and politics.

Prolific early newspaper printer and publisher George Dehane produced this newspaper in partnership with editor Marcus Collisson. It consists largely of tirades against Roman Catholicism and in particular Bishop Murphy. The South Australian Register was supportive of the Roman Catholic church at the time, to the annoyance of Australiana. Only three issues of this newspaper are held by the State Library.

This was Adelaide's first religious periodical. It was largely aimed at an Anglican readership. It contains much about the contemporary debate about state aid to religion. It also includes suggested Sunday School teaching material, as well as Sunday School reports, articles about converting Jews to Christianity, and more general religious material. Reports from the Aboriginal mission at Port Lincoln also appear. The editor was Matthew Hale, the minister supervisor at the mission. Other contributors were also Anglican ministers, the Rev's Woodcock and Coombs.

Only two issues have survived of this early German-language newspaper.

Australia's first non-English newspaper was founded in Adelaide in 1848 by Carl Kornhardt. The first issue contained both German and English text. The mineralogist Johann Menge was the first editor.

Charles Smith of the Adelaide and Port Lincoln Trading Company published this newspaper to promote land sales at Port Lincoln. Joseph Barnett was the publisher and Archibald Macdougall the printer. There were many humorous as well as more serious articles in the newspaper. Proceeds from sales were donated to charitable causes, including the establishment of the Adelaide Hospital.

This newspaper was started by a group of gentlemen when the Adelaide Independent ceased. The newspaper saw itself as in competition with the South Australian Register. It claimed to be the ‘only liberal portion of the press’ in Adelaide at that time. (18 August 1842, p. 2) Dr Richard Penny ('Vox Populi') was the outspoken editor, assisted by fellow doctors Litchfield, and Edward Davy. The newspaper was unable to survive beyond eighteen months. While it lasted, the twice-weekly newspaper published strongly-worded opinions about a range of topics and people in early Adelaide. It provides a fascinating alternative press commentary.

This was a short-lived weekly newspaper published during the Victorian Gold rush, out of Wiggs' Booksellers in Rundle Street. The newspaper gives much attention to the 1853 parliamentary election which led to the framing of the South Australian. Other topics discussed include Aboriginal legal rights. The newspaper believed English law did not take account of traditional Aboriginal law. Ultimately Adelaide was not large enough for the Examiner to compete with the Register or the other morning daily, the Adelaide Times. This was the first Adelaide newspaper to be corporately owned, by a group of prominent businessmen. The owners transferred their investment by purchasing the flourishing South Australian Register. (Adelaide Times, 9 July 1853, p. 2)

The First of April Cracker is an April Fool's Day joke, probably produced by James Allen. It may have been part of a series of single issue annual newspapers which began with Timothy Short's Journal of Passing Events published by Nathaniel Hailes in 1847. Like a normal newspaper, the Cracker contains a shipping column, advertisements, and news items, but each is written in a satirical fashion.

This newspaper was published by William Hammond. It contained short items of Adelaide news, court reporting, horse racing and other items. It also included satire of local people and events. This was the first South Australian newspaper to make widespread use of (woodcut) illustrations in articles, cartoons and advertisements. Artist ST Gill was employed to create some of the illustrations. The newspaper has been called ‘scurrilous’ and ‘anti-religious’ (Depasquale), however it has also been described as the only newspaper of the period which appealed to the working-class population. Hammond later published a newspaper under the same title in Melbourne.

This was South Australia's first comic magazine. It was published by the colourful early newspaper man James Allen, of the Adelaide Times. Each issue contains an almanac for the month, with phases of the moon, historic dates and weather reports. The Monthly Almanac is also filled with parodies, puns, send-ups and cartoons. It includes South Australia’s first comic depiction of Aborigines, one in which Europeans are the butt of the joke. Various character types were satirised by Allen, particularly 'new chums,' who were portrayed as impractical snobs. There are derogatory references to the reporting of Allen's newspaper rivals, the South Australian Register and the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal. Interesting business advertisements are printed on the outer coloured wrappers. The printer was Thomas Strode, an important Australian colonial newspaper man. The engraving was probably the work of Penman and Galbraith.

This is the only known issue of the Old Colonists' Journal, a newspaper briefly published by Walter Waite. Waite was a printer and shopkeeper in Hindley Street. It is not known how many issues of the newspaper were printed, however it was on record as being one of seven titles which ceased during the early months of 1852 through the economic effects of the Victorian gold rush (Maitland mercury, 10 April 1852, p. 3). Waite went on to become the publican of the Stag Inn on Rundle Street. The newspaper contains no local news, but consists of overseas and interstate news which were possibly syndicated items. The front page contains a handful of advertisements, including advertisements for Waite's printing office, and his 'tea, coffee and chop house.'

This was South Australia's first country newspaper. It came into existence in 1839 for the purpose of promoting the establishment of a harbour at Port Lincoln. The first issue was printed and published in Adelaide. Seven months later the second issue was printed in a hut at Port Lincoln. The newspaper was owned by Robert Thomas, of the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, and printed by George Dehane as co-owner. Later Charles Smith joined the partnership. The owners hoped Port Lincoln would become the capital of South Australia. This did not eventuate and Thomas and Smith withdrew, leaving Dehane to continue the newspaper alone under the title Adelaide General Advertizer and Port Lincoln Herald. The newspaper contained articles promoting Port Lincoln, advertisements for its first businesses, and general news which included a report of the coming marriage of Queen Victoria. Only three issues are held by the State Library although at least six are known to have been published.

This was South Australia’s second newspaper. Its aim was to provide an alternative press voice when the Register (South Australia’s first newspaper) was considered biased towards Governor Hindmarsh and his administration. The newspaper was oriented more to the pastoralists and wealthier Adelaide society than the Register. It contained frequent attacks on its rival newspapers. The South Australian lost reader support by advocating state aid to religion during the 1851 Legislative Council elections and was forced to close. The newspaper was founded and initially edited by the Crown Solicitor, Charles Mann, and supported by a long list of prominent early figures including Robert Gouger, JH Fisher and William Light. Archibald McDougall was the printer and publisher. James Allen was the second editor, followed by the draper, Andrew Murray. In 1844 the newspaper was taken over by Murray as editor/owner, and re-named the South Australian. Murray was the brother-in-law of Catherine Helen Spence, and he published her first journalistic writings in his newspaper.

This small newspaper was founded as an independent weekly during the difficult economic period caused by the Victorian gold rush. Regular news from the diggings appeared, as well as long reports of the first South Australian Legislative Council. The editorials contain interesting political discussions and strong criticism of the Victorian government. Reports of the first municipal councils, and a lot of sport, mostly horse racing and some cricket, was also included. The newspaper had strong connections with the licensed victuallers, so a large number of advertisements for hotels and breweries appeared, and editorials supported Sunday opening of hotels. The State Library holds a very incomplete set of the newspaper.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

George Stevenson founded the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal, originally and confusingly titled the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register after Adelaide's first newspaper. Stevenson edited the South Australian Register with an aggressive outspokenness, and continued this approach in his new title. He stated he would be campaigning for free trade, reduced taxes, alterations to the scheme of land sales. Most of all, this newspaper led the call for fully representative government. The newspaper’s title change reflected the founding of major mine ventures at Burra and elsewhere. The earlier spirited inter-press debate continued with this fourth major newspaper, alongside the Register, South Australian, and Adelaide Times. Stevenson ran a spirited campaign against Robert Torrens, Collector of Customs, lampooning him and alleging mismanagement and mistreatment of staff. (3 March 1849, p. 2) Torrens retaliated by attacking Stevenson in the street with a 'bludgeon'. (5 July 1849, p. 2) The newspaper was forced to close in 1852 due to the lack of labour and cash brought by the exodus of men to the Victorian goldfields. Faced with his entire staff leaving for the gold rush, Stevenson closed the newspaper and joined them.

George Stevenson founded the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal, originally and confusingly titled the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register after Adelaide's first newspaper. Stevenson edited the South Australian Register with an aggressive outspokenness, and continued this approach in his new title. He stated he would be campaigning for free trade, reduced taxes, alterations to the scheme of land sales. Most of all, this newspaper led the call for fully representative government. The newspaper’s title change reflected the founding of major mine ventures at Burra and elsewhere. The earlier spirited inter-press debate continued with this fourth major newspaper, alongside the Register, South Australian, and Adelaide Times. Stevenson ran a spirited campaign against Robert Torrens, Collector of Customs, lampooning him and alleging mismanagement and mistreatment of staff. (3 March 1849, p. 2) Torrens retaliated by attacking Stevenson in the street with a 'bludgeon'. (5 July 1849, p. 2) The newspaper was forced to close in 1852 due to the lack of labour and cash brought by the exodus of men to the Victorian goldfields. Faced with his entire staff leaving for the gold rush, Stevenson closed the newspaper and joined them.

South Australia's first literary journal was published by the newspaper editor/owner James Allen. At the time Allen was editor of the Southern Australian. Later he owned the South Australian Register and Adelaide Times newspapers. He published several small journals. The South Australian Magazine was arguably the best of these. Later it was edited by Thomas Young Cotter.

The State Library has only a printed prospectus for this title. It seems to have been published as a supplement to the Register newspaper, by editor/owner James Allen. The intent was to summarise news from the young colony for sending home to Europe. It was probably simply a version of Allen's earlier South Australian News Letter. The practice of providing news specifically for British readers continued by printing monthly summaries in the Register until 1900.

This was one of the many publications of the entrepreneurial James Allen, editor of the Southern Australian and later owner/editor of the South Australian Register and finally the Adelaide Times. This newsletter aimed to present a summary of South Australian events and describe the progress of the colony for settlers to send home to friends and relatives in England. It largely consisted of statistical information, and included at least one blank page so that senders could include a letter to the recipient.

This magazine was largely for members of the Odd Fellows Lodge, proceeds went towards their fund for widows and orphans. As well as news for members it included literary contributions and scientific and other articles.

This publication is more of a newsletter in format than a newspaper. Its aim was to promote abstinence from alcohol.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

This newspaper was started by James Allen as an adjunct to his daily newspaper, the Adelaide Times. The Weekly Dispatch was being published during the Crimean War and contains many articles relating to this event. Allen was declared bankrupt in 1858 and both his newspapers closed. This in part prompted the founding of the Advertiser.

This was South Australia’s second newspaper. Its aim was to provide an alternative press voice when the Register (South Australia’s first newspaper) was considered biased towards Governor Hindmarsh and his administration. The newspaper was oriented more to the pastoralists and wealthier Adelaide society than the Register. It contained frequent attacks on its rival newspapers. The South Australian lost reader support by advocating state aid to religion during the 1851 Legislative Council elections and was forced to close. The newspaper was founded and initially edited by the Crown Solicitor, Charles Mann, and supported by a long list of prominent early figures including Robert Gouger, JH Fisher and William Light. Archibald McDougall was the printer and publisher. James Allen was the second editor, followed by the draper, Andrew Murray. In 1844 the newspaper was taken over by Murray as editor/owner, and re-named the South Australian. Murray was the brother-in-law of Catherine Helen Spence, and he published her first journalistic writings in his newspaper.

This was an outspoken mid-week newspaper published in association with the South Australian Register. It was largely a vehicle for a vehement attack by editor/owner James Allen on the young governor, George Grey. The colony was in the midst of financial crisis, forcing Grey to extend the spending cuts begun under Governor Gawler. Many of Grey's actions were deserving of criticism but Allen hoped for Grey's removal from office. His description of a fictional ‘commission’ ruling that Grey be removed, must have caused readers in both Adelaide and London to wonder whether the event had actually happened. (26 October 1842, p. 3-4) Apart from the focus on Grey, there are news items including overseas news, and advertisements for other publications by James Allen, including his almanacs, and South Australian Magazine. There are also references to other early Adelaide newspapers in response to their criticism of Allen's publications.

This early literary magazine was published by John Stephens of the Register newspaper. Police Trooper George Hamilton was a contributor to this journal.

Adelaide bookseller Charles Platts published this satirical newspaper. The text was probably by Nathaniel Hailes, a well-known auctioneer who used the pen name 'Timothy Short'. The humour in the newspaper consists mostly of puns. The usual newspaper columns including an editorial, shipping column, courts, proceedings in parliament, letters to the editor and advertisements are all composed in a satirical style. The Burra mines, defence and a recent agricultural show are topical items which are mentioned. It is possible that two later newspapers published by James Allen were inspired by this title. These are titled: Adelaide Gazette Extraordinary, and First of April Cracker. No other issues of the newspaper have survived, if published.

This weekly newspaper was published by James Allen as an adjunct to the Adelaide Times. Both newspapers closed through Allen’s bankruptcy in 1858. Very few issues of the Weekly Dispatch are held in the State Library.

Published largely as an advertising sheet for the land agents, C.H. Matters and co., this newspaper contains only snippets of news between its columns of advertisements. Only two issues are known to exist.

Adelaide Express was the new title given to Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, when it was taken over by the Advertiser. It was later named the Express and Telegraph. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late news items.

Adelaide Miscellany began as a revival to the Adelaide Musical Herald. It was published by printers Walter Simms and Joseph Elliott, and regularly included supplements of sheet music (songs), composed by Elliott. There were also articles about musical theory, history and biography. Most of the content was literary, with serials and poems by well known local amateurs: 'Ellie' (Ellen Debney), 'Clotilde', 'Myrtle' and 'Agnes Neale' (Caroline Agnes Leane). A chess column and quiz page completed the small magazine, while the back and front pages contained advertisements for Adelaide businesses. The magazine was forced to close after just one year, through lack of subscribers.

An earlier publication by John Stephens had the same title.

This was a short-lived musical and literary magazine. It was published by Joseph Elliot and Henry Pounsett. Both men were keen musicians and had newspaper connections. As well as music, the magazine also published poems, brief news items (often describing local concerts), short stories, a chess column and a fashion column.

Several local poets had work published in the Adelaide Musical Herald, in particular 'Leila', 'Frances', and 'Ellie'. Ellie was Ellen Elizabeth Turner, Frances was Emma Frances Baker (Mrs W J Anderson), daughter of the Rev. E Baker of Morphett Vale. She later died in Mauritius. Her epic poem The witness spray was published in the magazine over its final two issues.

The Adelaide Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. He also aimed for an apolitical newspaper, and this was a stance largely followed throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens purchased the Register, so that the Observer then became a weekly summary of the daily news reports in the Register. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer was printing two editions - the first an early country edition on Friday, sent to Burra and other distant places, and a second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of daily city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary. The Observer then changed its focus, becoming more of a week-end leisure newspaper. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Many of Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had their work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 it contained a regular four-page photographic supplement. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

Adelaide's earliest comic paper - as distinct from satirical newspapers - was the Adelaide Punch. There are references to the existence of the title as early as 1865, however the earliest existing copy dates from 1868. Modelled closely on the English Punch, it was published by William Roberts and William Fawcett. The illustrations were by Tom Carrington, previously of the Melbourne Punch. This incarnation however, lasted for only twelve issues.
In 1878 Adelaide Punch was revived by Caleb Dalwood, a nephew to the Frearson brothers of the Illustrated Adelaide news. In July 1878 Adelaide Punch passed to Scrymgour & Sons, a large firm of Adelaide printers. Dalwood continued to contribute cartoons to Frearson's weekly and Frearson's monthly through the following year, and also contributed cartoons to Adelaide Punch until 1880. Editorship is unclear until December, when JCF Johnson took over as owner and editor. Johnson was formerly drama critic for the Register. 'WJK' remained the artist of the main cartoons until early 1880. Johnson, an accomplished writer, was also an able artist and contributed the 'side pictures' for Adelaide Punch. In 1882 he sold the paper and in 1884 was elected to South Australian Parliament. The new owner of Adelaide Punch was Edward Derrington of the Port Adelaide news.
In early 1884 the paper was taken over by its chief cartoonist, Herbert Woodhouse. Woodhouse had begun drawing the side pictures for Adelaide Punch in 1881 and by 1884 seems to have been contributing almost all the cartoons. Other cartoonists had previously included 'A.E.' or A. Esam, 'H.R.', E. Dale and 'Dane'. In October 1884 Adelaide Punch was sold to its rival, the Lantern and ceased as a separate title.

The Adelaide Times was established by colourful James Allen on his return from England in 1848. Allen trained as a Baptist minister, but worked as a reporter in London and was associated with writers including Charles Dickens. Modelled in appearance on the London Times, with an almost identical masthead, the content of this newspaper was very different to the conservative English title. The Times was one of a handful of Adelaide newspapers to survive the effects of the 1850s Victorian gold rush. Allen took advantage of the rush by sending his son to Mount Alexander to establish a local office for the Times at the diggings, (8 May 1852, p. 3) and printed detailed reports for readers at home in South Australia. From March 1850, along with its rival, the Register, the Times pioneered daily publication, but during the gold rush it was forced to return to a weekly. From January 1853 an expanded Saturday edition of the Times was published for country readers under the title South Australian Weekly Dispatch. Julian Tenison-Woods was sub-editor at the Times between 1855 and 1856. This was before he began studying for the priesthood. In 1853 Allen sold the newspaper to an influential group of Adelaide gentlemen, but re-purchased it in 1855. These men were: Richard Hanson (Advocate General), Robert Torrens (Treasurer), George Stevenson (Coroner and former editor of the Register), John Brown (former Emigration Agent), and Edward Gwynne (lawyer and MP). (South Australian Register, 17 November 1853, p. 3) Historian Douglas Pike described the Times as, ‘an unpredictable waverer from abject support of the government to the wildest republicanism.’ (Paradise of Dissent, p. 395) The Adelaide Times closed in May 1858 due to Allen's insolvency. It was the first newspaper in Adelaide contracted to record and publish Parliamentary Hansard, a role later shared by the Register and the Advertiser.

This newspaper was established by wealthy businessman, Rudolf Eimer when the Sudaustralische Zeitung refused to publish any views contrary to its own radical opinions. Nevertheless, Eimer's newspaper also claimed to be radical. The newspaper included in its pages reports of colonial politics, which was not always the case in the German-Australian press at the time. Wilhelm Eggers, formerly of the South Australian Register purchased the newspaper in 1855. He gave more space to overseas than local news. Like many of its 'English' contemporaries, this newspaper folded during the gold rush of the early 1850s, but was resurrected in 1853. Unfortunately the State Library holds a very incomplete set. This was the first German language newspaper to publish an entertainment supplement, Blatter fur Ernst und scherz.

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

This was an early Victorian illustrated newspaper. Although based in Melbourne, it included significant South Australian content. From December 1874 the Sketcher incorporated WA Cawthorne's Illustrated Adelaide Post as the basis for an Adelaide edition of the newspaper.

The Australian Star was an 'independent' newspaper founded in 1878 by Henry Allerdale Grainger and William Watson. Grainger worked as a journalist in America before coming to Adelaide, and was later elected to the South Australian Parliament. He used the paper to express his views on protectionism, employer liability and restricted Chinese immigration.

Friedrich Basedow and his brother-in-law Charles Barton established the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung in 1863 when its competitor Sud Australische Zeitung moved to Adelaide. In 1870 the title was changed to Australische Deutsche Zeitung, in an attempt to widen its readership. The change of title also reflected the establishment of a Melbourne edition of the newspaper, printed between 1870 and 1872. Only one copy of the Melbourne edition is known to have survived, and no issues are held by the State Library. In 1875 the two competing German language newspapers combined to become the Australische Zeitung under the editorship of Carl Muecke

This newspaper was formed by a merger of two rival newspapers, the Sud Australische Zeitung, and the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Friedrich Basedow of th latter title was the proprietor, working with his father-in-law, Dr Carl Muecke. The newspaper was forced to close in 1916 due to anti-German feelings inspired by the First World War.

Donald McLeod produced this local version of the 1822 English newspaper, Bell's life in London and sporting chronicle. Unlike its interstate counterparts, Bell's life in Adelaide did not concentrate solely on sport and horse-racing, but also included general news. Journalist John Dickens was employed to provide the mining column and there were also shipping news, court reports, and country news. The newspaper folded in March 1862 due to financial constraints.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Burra News was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder, who re-named it the Burra Record. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, the newspaper was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

This was the second religious newspaper published in South Australia. Henry Hussey was the instigator. The Rev William Nicholls, Pastor Thomas Playford and Samuel Reynell were the main co-contributors. Reynell and others wrote poetry for the paper. John Howard Clark, later editor of the Register, wrote under the pen name 'Laicus'. Rev JC Woods of the Unitarian Church was another contributor, while EG Day and others wrote about Swedenborgian (New Church) beliefs. Hussey saw the latter two groups as outside of his definition of 'pure Christianity' and he introduced some lively debates into the columns of his paper. The journal struggled financially and Hussey decided to discontinue it. He later worked for the Government Printer.

John McEwin was ordained as minister of the Hindmarsh Congregational Church in 1872, and in 1878 began producing an 'undenominational religious newspaper'. The popularity of the Christian Colonist was such that in 1884 McEwin was released from his parish work to run it full-time. The newspaper supported the temperance and social purity movements, Bible instruction and prayer in public schools, as well as broader social improvements such as the working men's blocks scheme and women's suffrage. It was against the British opium trade and state aid to religion.

David Gall was an early Adelaide printer. He published the Comet largely as an advertising medium. Concerned about the lack of employment for young men in Adelaide, Gall used the journal to promote his views on protectionism. He apparently believed this would be one means of increasing employment. While contemporaries referred to the Comet as a comic paper, only one presumed comic insert has survived.

Common Sense was a small magazine produced by journalists Theodore Argles and Frederick Banbury. The name was taken from the 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine which promoted American Independence. The only known issue contains interesting descriptions of the police court (a haunt of Adelaide’s reporters) and a dance at the Queen’s Head, Kermode Street, under landlady, Sarah White.

The Cricketer was published by the Register. It coincided with a game between the Australian Eleven and the South Australian Eighteen on 26-27 December 1878. It ran to three issues. Besides articles about the game, it contained many advertisements for Adelaide firms. The first issue stated, "This paper is published in honour of the return of the Australian cricketers. The publishers claim nothing original, and are indebted to several sources for the different articles." (p. 2)

This was a small political magazine produced by itinerant journalist, George Isaacs.

The Telegraph was Adelaide's first evening newspaper. Founded by the printer David Gall, it passed to experienced journalist Frederick Sinnett after one year. The title was taken from a highly successful London newspaper, the Daily Telegraph but perhaps also reflected the opening of Australia’s first public telegraph, between Adelaide and Melbourne, in July 1858. As an evening paper, and in the early period of the emerging of popular journalism, the emphasis was on summarising the news and on entertainment. The infant telegraphic network extending across Australia provided a new promptness to news delivery. The evening press came to have a strong sports focus. In 1867 the Telegraph was taken over by the Advertiser.

The Journal (originally titled Evening Journal) was established as an afternoon edition of the Register in 1869. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict and published various editions, including a 'special cable edition.' The Friday edition had a particular focus on sports news. From 1923 with the creation of the News, the Journal was published only on Saturday. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late-breaking news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War when the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers, the Express, and the Journal published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929.

Farm and Garden was founded at the suggestion of Daniel Ferguson of the South Australian Agricultural and Horticultural Society. The newspaper was published in association with the Register. It was full of articles about a range of agricultural topics, many by local experts including agricultural scientist Dr Carl Muecke, GW Francis of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, George McEwin of Glen Ewin Estate, JF Wood of Evandale Nurseries and CA Wilson. Later the newspaper included more diverse material, such as poems by 'Ellie', a ladies' column, a literary column and a chess column. By June 1863 adverse seasons had increased the difficulty of remaining afloat and the newspaper ceased. From that time the associated Adelaide Observer newspaper included some agricultural focus.

Ebenezer Ward MP published this newspaper, continuing his earlier Northern Guardian. Ward was mostly editor and leader writer. His own political activities were fully covered together with less favourable reports of his opponents, particularly James Boucaut. The focus was also on agricultural matters. In 1874 columns included the memoirs of a police trooper ('Mike O'Reilly') and the satirical series 'How South Australia is governed' as well as articles about pastoralists such as Thomas Elder and Thomas Hardy. From 1876 wood-cut illustrations of local scenes were included. Later the newspaper contained mostly advertisements.

In 1880 the Frearson brothers changed the title of their popular Illustrated Adelaide News to Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News. There was also a change from the earlier conservative editorial policy and sensational reporting to a more neutral stance and an emphasis on illustrations. Frearson’s Monthly was filled with illustrations of places and buildings around South Australia, often including a coloured art supplement and also published ‘birdseye views’ of Adelaide and Port Adelaide.

Frearson's Weekly was established by the Frearson brothers in 1878 as a second illustrated newspaper. This followed the success of their Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News. The weekly was published on a Saturday. It initially took a more satirical and comic approach than the older title, filling its pages with cartoons and political comment. The first few issues included front page editorials and interesting wood-cut cartoon illustrations commenting on issues of the day.

This was produced by two Adelaide printers, Albert Molineux and Samuel Richards. The newspaper was extremely successful and in 1901 opened a Melbourne office and increased publication from monthly to weekly. It even had an international distribution. Contributors included vigneron Thomas Hardy on wine and vine growing, Henry Sewell of Payneham Nursery wrote 'gardening notes' and Otto Tepper of the South Australian Museum wrote about pests, lawn growing, and other topics. Later JG Kelly of McLaren Vale complied a vineyard notes column, and Robert Barr Smith's gardener, Carl Thybell, wrote as 'Gardener'. In May 1891 Molineux sold to William Catton Grasby, formerly headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College, and later an agricultural teacher at Way College. During Grasby’s editorship the journal became weekly and increased its international circulation. In 1893 lithographic and then photographic illustrations were introduced. It continued until 1940, when publication ceased due to wartime paper shortages.

The Gawler Standard was the first penny newspaper published in country South Australia. It was established in opposition to the Bunyip newspaper. The newspaper contained local news, and included items from correspondents as far away as Port Pirie, and closer to home from Kapunda, Williamstown, Lyndoch, and the other towns of the Barossa. There was much editorial comment on political and social topics of the time. From 1879 well-known local writer Agnes Neale (Caroline Agnes Leane) contributed serial stories to the newspaper. In 1885 when an arsonist set fire to the Bunyip printery, the Gawler Standard was closed and its equipment sold to William Barnet of the Bunyip.

The Gawler Times was founded by John Baptist Austin during the Barossa Valley gold rush. It covered activities at the diggings and associated settlements. It also published other news and a serialised story. The Times closed when the gold deposits were exhausted and mining ceased.

This newspaper was published by Ebenezer Ward, a colourful 19th century politician, who was however, a firm advocate for the farmers he represented. Ward was elected MP for Gumeracha in 1870, and started the Gumeracha Guardian in that year. The title changed when he moved the newspaper to Clare. Ward advocated radical land reforms to allow more working men to become land owners.

This newspaper was published by Ebenezer Ward, a colourful 19th century politician, who was a firm advocate for the farmers he represented. Ward was elected MP for Gumeracha in 1870, and started this newspaper in that year. He advocated radical land reforms to allow more working men to become land owners. Geographical coverage is particularly strong for Gumeracha and Tungkillo, although news also appears from many of the adjacent towns.

Although this newspaper was a semi-official Catholic organ, it had a strained relationship with the church. When owner/editor Charles Fox was bankrupt in 1874 the newspaper passed to John Hewitt. It was originally titled the Irish Harp and Farmers' Journal. The newspaper began with the intention of focussing on news from Ireland for the Irish in South Australia.

This illustrated newspaper was published by brothers Samuel and Septimus Frearson. The Frearsons were also the printers of Duncan Moodie’s comic paper, the Portonian. The introductory editorial promised more local content than the colony’s other illustrated newspaper. The editorial stance of the newspaper was initially liberal. By mid-1877 an apparent change of editor saw a shift to a more conservative political stance. From 1879 the newspaper reporting also became more sensational. This change was probably influenced by the co-publication of the more satirical Frearson’s Weekly in 1878. In 1880 the title changed from Illustrated Adelaide News to Frearson’s Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News.

This was South Australia’s first fully illustrated newspaper. As a subsidiary of the Illustrated Melbourne Post it contained predominantly Victorian news and illustrations. Local content was usually restricted to one illustration and a front page column of South Australian news. Illustrations were of a variety of subjects, including buildings, scenery, people and Aboriginal subjects. Some may have been engravings of original artwork by the paper’s founder, the amateur anthropologist William Anderson Cawthorne.

This newspaper naturally focussed on Victorian scenes and events. From late 1863 it regularly included illustrations depicting other states. South Australian artist and amateur anthropologist, WA Cawthorne, began contributing illustrations at this time. Later he founded the Illustrated Adelaide Post. The Melbourne Post’s ‘Adelaide edition’ varied only marginally from the main edition, with one article of local news and a page of South Australian advertisements.

This was the ‘semi-official organ of the Roman Catholic Church.’ (Gawler Times, 22 September 1871, p. 2) However, its relationship with the church was at times strained. Bishop Shiel denounced the newspaper in 1871 for its support of Mary MacKillop at the time of her excommunication. The Franciscan, Br Charles Horan, declared the newspaper, ‘a cancer on the bosom of Catholicism.’ (Funeral oration on the Rt Rev Dr Shiel ..., p. 8) The newspaper was established by James O'Dwyer Hennessey, in part to provide more detailed home news for Irish immigrants. Charles Fox was the editor in 1871.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

This newspaper was published by the school teacher Charles Drummond to support working men's movements in Adelaide, including the Eight Hours campaign. Apart from editorials supporting the labour movement, it contains two interesting columns. 'The 'bus papers' by Vulcan, and 'Irregular jottings' by A Working Man are interesting commentaries of the period. It followed in the footsteps of the earlier Labour Star, of which no copies have survived.

This was a comic journal commenting on current issues and prominent figures of the day. Political figures were the major target. Sport and the theatre also received regular coverage. In 1875 and 1876 the paper printed the Licensed Victuallers' Advertiser as a supplement. The first editor was the lawyer and politician George Stevenson, son of the first editor of the Register. Early cartoonists included Alfred Clint, John Hood and JH Parr. Samuel Calvert was the engraver. In 1881 a new format was taken as the Adelaide Bulletin and Lantern, modelled perhaps on the Sydney Bulletin. This contained more serious articles and no cartoons. But from July 1882 the Lantern was re-issued in its old format. In 1884 the paper absorbed Adelaide Punch. In 1890 the Lantern itself was absorbed by a new venture, Quiz, which became the state's longest running comic paper.

From the 1850s various individuals and groups began publishing religious newspapers and journals. The earliest denominational newspaper was the South Australian Wesleyan Magazine in 1864. Ten years later this became the Methodist Journal. The newspaper has continued under various titles until the present, and is South Australia’s longest running religious newspaper. The Methodist Journal was printed by Theophilus Carey, who left his newspaper at Mount Gambier to found the Journal. In its early years the newspaper was strongly anti-Catholic. Various prominent ministers edited the newspaper including the Rev Henry Burgess, author of the Cyclopedia of South Australia.

The Mirror was a short-lived comic paper published by the engraver Joshua Payne. The chief artist was Alfred Clint, principally known for his stage design work in Melbourne and Sydney. Clint went on to contribute cartoons to the long running Lantern.

This was first produced as a manuscript (handwritten) newspaper by the men of the SS Moonta, a surveying party under George Goyder. The newspaper was created during the 1868 voyage of the party from Port Adelaide to Darwin. It comprised five editions and a final supplementary issue marking the expedition’s arrival. Later the handwritten newspaper was professionally printed. Unfortunately the Library has been unable to locate the original handwritten copies.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

The Mount Gambier Standard strongly reflected the interests of the South-East’s farming community. It was published in opposition to the older Border Watch. The newspaper is notable for its reporting of two particular local communities, the Roman Catholic community (centred at Penola) and the large German Lutheran population of the district. Despite the newspaper’s success, publisher Theo Carey closed the title in 1874. He moved to Adelaide to found the Methodist Journal.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This was a short-lived German language newspaper reputedly financed by a disgruntled would-be politician, JWA Sudholz as an opposition newspaper to the Australische Zeitung. From 1875 to 1876 the editor was Dr Ulrich Hubbe.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

This newspaper was published by Ebenezer Ward, a colourful 19th century politician, who was a firm advocate for the farmers he represented. Ward was elected MP for Gumeracha in 1870, and started this newspaper in that year. He advocated radical land reforms to allow more working men to become land owners. Geographical coverage is particularly strong for Gumeracha and Tungkillo, although news also appears from many of the adjacent towns. The newspaper moved to Kapunda where it changed title from Gumeracha Guardian to Northern Guardian.

Burra had no local newspaper until 1876, when Frank Jarman and Henry Pether founded the Northern Mail. In 1878 the newspaper was sold to Frederick Holder, local school teacher and later Member of Parliament. He was to become a popular South Australian Premier. Holder changed the title to the Record and then the Burra Record, before selling to WJ Davey in 1891.

Printed and published by disgruntled ex-Advertiser journalist, George Massey Allen, the Northern Star marks the birth of South Australia’s country press. While providing a fascinating insight into life in the region in the early 1860s, the uncensored comments about local residents and approach adopted by the owner/editor resulted in the newspaper’s closure after just three years.

Until 1912 the Northern Territory was under the jurisdiction of the South Australian government. This newspaper was the first for the Territory, edited by Register assistant editor Richard Wells. Wells and his wife drowned in the wreck of the Gothenburg in 1875. From 1884 colourful Adelaide merchant and MP Vaiben Solomon was owner and editor of the newspaper. His editorship was noted for its forceful opinions and language.

Journalist George Isaacs produced this single issue magazine while writing plays and poems, and contributing articles to several newspapers. Isaacs usually wrote under the pen name A. Pendragon. Despite good reviews, no further issues of the magazine were published. The prohibitive cost of printing was probably the reason for the magazine's demise. The magazine contained poems, essays and short stories. Most of the content was probably by Isaacs. An interesting item is an Australian murder story, 'Who was the sixth?' by 'G.N.'. A poem by Isaacs, 'The myrtle', was later set to music. Isaacs went on to become a co-founder of the Gawler Bunyip.

This was a free literary supplement published with the Adelaide Observer from 1875. The small 16 page magazine lasted for five years. Its content consisted of stories, articles, poems, puzzles, riddles and a chess section. The amount of material contributed by local writers varied, but was often as much as half of the content. The rest consisted of poems and serials copied from English and American magazines. All the items in the 'Riddler' section were contributed by local readers. Some well-known South Australians of the time were contributors. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Catherine Martin, George Wilkinson and Nathaniel Hailes. The Miscellany ceased at the end of 1879 as part of the re-vamping of the Adelaide Observer. From January 1880 the new look Saturday newspaper included an extensive literary section, still with many of the Miscellany regulars, including Atha, Maurice, G.B.W. (George Wilkinson) and Robert Bruce.

The word 'pasquin' refers to a lampoon, or satire, but also to criticism or protest against a government. This journal was owned and largely written (in its first two years) by Eustace Mitford. Mitford was a keen critic of Adelaide society and politics, usually through allegory. He also wrote about colonial literature, the theatre and horse-racing. Such was the admiration for his work that the journal was reprinted in London in 1882. The original journal included cartoon supplements. Three of these cartoons are held in the State Library pictorial collection.

The founding editor of the Port Adelaide News was Captain David Scott. But after the bankruptcy of the founding company an experienced printer and journalist, Edwin Derrington, took over and doubled the newspaper’s size. From late in 1878 advertisements appear for a literary supplement, but copies of this were not retained in the State Library set. The newspaper contains editorials regarding topical issues such as the proposal for an Outer Harbour in 1878, the question of Chinese immigration to South Australia, and the activities of the Kelly Gang in the eastern colonies. It had regular sports reports, and news summaries. Under Derrington news items were printed on the front page – an unusual practice at the time, when advertisements generally appeared there. Proposals to build port facilities at Marino in competition with Port Adelaide brought fiery condemnation in the newspaper.

The Port Adelaide post was produced by partners James Young and Charles Morris, both of whom had prior association with the Adelaide press. Although intended to represent the interests of ‘Port Adelaideans’, the first issue had almost no local news apart from a report of the local police court and the newspaper continued to feature mainly English news. The newspaper survived for approximately six issues only.

The number of settlements covered in the news columns of this newspaper are impressive. It was begun shortly after the incorporation of the town, with the aim of making the opinions of the people of the mid-north known to Adelaide decision-makers. The columns of the Dispatch were packed with the news of the multitude of tiny communities around Port Augusta, while the 'Adelaide letter' provided detailed news from the capital. Local sport in the form of cricket, chess and rifle shooting was reported. Football is not mentioned until the early 1900s. The printer, young David Drysdale, was captain in the volunteer militia and a member of the local rifle club, which ensured coverage of both bodies in the paper. The activities of the port were well represented, including controversial wharf extensions in 1882, the call to build smelters in 1898, and the misbehaviour of visiting sailors as represented in the court reports. For a brief period in 1901 a social column, 'Town gossip by Dolly Pertinax', appeared. The quality of the newspaper fell in the decades before its demise, although when Drysdale re-purchased the Dispatch in 1915, various improvements were made. An interesting double-page coloured lithographic supplement of Port Augusta scenes, prepared by Rider and Mercer of Ballarat, was published with the issue of 28 October 1892.

Although wool and wheat were exported from Port Pirie from the 1840s, the town was not incorporated until 1876. Nor did it have a newspaper until that year. Much of the news in the Port Pirie Gazette was connected with the town's main livelihood - shipping. Promotion of the interests of the port, news of shipping arrivals and departures, regattas, and the activities of visiting sailors (including their appearances in the local courts), deaths by drowning and a variety of related articles fill the newspaper. It had a wide geographic circulation, but the most frequently reported towns included Napperby (Government Dam), Georgetown, Gladstone and Port Germein. Sports news consisted of reports of cricket matches and the annual regatta. An interesting feature in 1883 was a series of ‘letters’ purporting to be written by new female members of the Salvation Army (‘Alleluyia Arriet’ and ‘Unhappy Sal’), discussing the pros and cons of this new and controversial religious group. Owner/editor Tom Anthony was not pleased in 1877 when a rival newspaper was established to cover the 'Areas, titled the Areas Express. By 1884 Anthony was very bitter about the lack of support he felt in Port Pirie, and closed the newspaper.

The Port Wakefield Times was published by Edward Richardson of Port Wakefield. It mainly comprised advertisements for local business. There were snippets of local news and very brief items from adjacent towns such as Balaklava, Hoyleton and Blyth. Only one issue is known to exist.

The Portonian was founded by the eccentric South African Duncan Moodie. The intention was to provide a news reporting forum for Port Adelaide. However, most space was given to criticising the South Australian Parliament. Politicians, including local M.P. John Hart, religious leaders and the governor were targeted. The journalist Spencer Skipper wrote for the Portonian and John Eden Savill ('Cerberus') provided cartoons. The Portonian articles were of a high quality and Savill's political cartoons were a major attraction. (Some of these were re-published as a book.) W. Pyndar Willis was a later cartoonist. South African news filled the columns later, in particular news of the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. The Portonian ceased without notice in May 1879.

This religious newspaper was established with the backing of George Fife Angas, and was printed and published by James Heath Lewis. Angas worked hard during the 1870 election campaign to block Roman Catholic candidates from being elected to the South Australian Parliament. This newspaper continued the campaign. This was a particularly difficult period for South Australian Catholics, with the death of Archbishop Sheil amid internal conflicts and the excommunication of Mary MacKillop. The Protestant Advocate made the most of this, printing, for example, a letter in its issue of 6 April 1872 denouncing MacKillop and the ‘scandalous’ behaviour of her nuns. This article caused Lewis to be fined for libel. The Protestant Advocate was much berated by other newspapers of the time. It appears to have ceased in 1875. The Portonian published a barbed cartoon depicting the newspaper as a cart being driven by the devil in its issue of 14 September 1872.

The Burra Record was initially titled the Northern Mail. In 1878 it was taken over by Town Clerk-turned MP and eventual Premier, Frederick Holder. The Record and its offshoot, the Terowie Enterprise, reflected Holder’s political views. The Record changed hands several times, but continued until 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder to become the Review-Times-Record.

Only one issue of William Cawthorne's illustrated newspaper is known to have survived. Cawthorne previously published the Illustrated Adelaide Post, a local version of the Illustrated Melbourne Post. His obituary claimed he was ‘the first to introduce illustrated newspapers for regular sale in the colony’ (Adelaide Observer, 2 October 1897, p. 35). The Review was largely an advertising medium for his shop, but also contained reviews of English periodicals sold by Cawthorne. The editorial contained comments on Adelaide religious happenings, in particular Bishop Shiel's denouncing of the Irish Harp during ongoing debate involving Mary MacKillop and her order of sisters.

This was the second newspaper founded by outspoken Ebenezer Ward. Ward’s main intention was to provide a vehicle for his political views, particularly in relation to the highly topical question of land reform. He ambitiously hoped that his newspaper might become a viable opposition to Adelaide's existing weeklies - the Observer and the Chronicle. Horse racing took up more space than any other topic, and included local, interstate and overseas races. Ward was secretary of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia and the newspaper contained many articles dealing with horticulture. From May 1869 a series by EB Heyne, the nursery proprietor, discussed trees suitable for planting in Adelaide's public spaces. Ward was previously theatre critic for the Melbourne Herald and the South Australian contained a regular 'Drama' column. There was also a column titled 'Gleanings for ladies', a mining column, and a serial story.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanour Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers.

This newspaper was published by the Licensed Victuallers' Association, as the title suggests. It had a strong focus on sport. In part this was probably due to the common practice at the time of hotels raising or sponsoring sporting teams. Horse racing, cricket and football were the main sports covered. Boxing, athletics and yachting were also well reported. The title changed along with a slight change in focus when it was renamed the South Australian Sentinel.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

The Satirist attempted to compete with Adelaide’s two dailies, the Register and the Advertiser. The newspaper was produced by George Massey Allen. It covered parliamentary doings, literature, sport and the theatre. Popular readership was sought through reports of local, interstate and overseas horse races. Using his former country connections, Allen published reports of country correspondents from Kapunda, Angaston, Nuriootpa, Gawler and Mount Pleasant. From January 1868 a serial, ‘The shoemaker of Adelaide’ appeared, describing the antics of a practical joker. But his sarcasm about the Angaston Baptists, and dissenting churches generally, did not help his readership. Allen was often side-tracked into biting sarcasm about public figures and other newspapers. The issue of 29 February 1868, under ‘Scoundrels unmasked’ described in elaborate metaphor alleged illegal actions of the government receiver, John Cherry. The allegation saw Allen sentenced to a year in jail with hard labour, and a fine of one hundred pounds, bringing an end to the Satirist. (Advertiser, 23 May 1868, p. 7)

This was a short-lived newspaper published for members of the South Australian Catholic Church. It followed the closure of the controversial Irish Harp. The State Library set of this newspaper is incomplete.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally the South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanour Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers.

This newspaper covered a broad geographical area including Robe, Narracoorte, Mount Gambier and Kingston. Between May and November 1926 it had a Saturday sporting edition. The newspaper was later incorporated into the Border Watch.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This was the first Catholic journal published in South Australia. The Rev Julian Tenison-Woods was the editor. The aim was to provide Catholic news from Europe, as well as local news. A particular concern was the implications of the 1851 Education Act which had ended earlier funding for churches and church schools. When the Southern Cross closed, some of its coverage was taken over by the pre-existing Irish Harp.

This was a publication for the South Australian Anglican Church by Fred Banbury.

This was a continuation of the earlier Deutsche Post. It was founded by Charles Hastings Barton to compete with the Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung. The editor was Dr Carl Muecke, the radical theologian and agricultural expert. The newspaper main content was summaries of German news. The German population was too small to support two newspapers and the two were amalgamated from 1863. However in the same year Barton and Basedow established the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung which created even more intense competition. The Sud Australische Zeitung was generally of better quality and expressed more liberal views. Two magazine-style supplements - Adelaider Blatter fur Ernst und Scherz, and Australisches Unterhaltungsblatt were published. Eventually the rival newspapers merged to become the Australische Zeitung.

This newspaper was founded by Friedrich Basedow and his brother-in-law Charles Hasting Barton following the move of the Sud Australische Zeitung from Tanunda to Adelaide. Competition between the two titles was intense. The Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung contained long editorials about South Australian issues, but otherwise both contained similar material, with more space given to overseas news than local news and plenty of advertising. From March 1868 the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung included a Melbourne news report, following a trend begun by the Sud Australische Zeitung. The two newspapers eventually merged to become the Australische Zeitung.

The Tatiara Mail was founded at Bordertown in 1880 by Melbourne Mott and Michael Murphy. Mott’s father owned the Hamilton Spectator in Victoria. Its coverage spanned both sides of the South Australian/Victorian border, but the greater amount of space was given to Victorian news. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Nhill. It was eventually sold to EJ Stephens of the Nhill Free Press.

This was Adelaide's first evening newspaper. It was founded by the printer David Gall, passing to journalist Frederick Sinnett after one year. The title was based on a highly successful London newspaper, and reflected the revolution in reporting brought by the opening of Australia’s first public telegraph, between Adelaide and Melbourne, in July 1858. As an evening paper in the period which saw the emergence of popular journalism, the emphasis was on summarising the news, and on entertainment. The evening press also came to have a strong sports focus. In 1867 the Telegraph was taken over by the Advertiser and renamed the Express.

This was a short-lived ultra-conservative political journal. Abraham Davis was the publisher and created much comment during its two-year life. Davis was opposed to South Australia's democratic government, universal suffrage and the secret ballot. Adelaide's two daily newspapers lampooned their new ‘adversary’, "The policy of our contemporary is out of date and impracticable." (South Australian Advertiser, 7 January 1860, p. 2-3) Davis was also accused of being prejudiced against the working classes. (Thursday Review, 5 January 1860, p. 3) Apart from political comment, the most regular feature was poetry. A number of local poets had work published in the journal, in particular 'Ellie' (Ellen Debney).

This was an advertising newspaper published by John Northmore, a partner with Horace Dean in the drapery business of Northmore & Dean. It contained large advertisements for the firm and other city businesses. Northmore's obituary claimed, his ‘advertising ... was of a novel and somewhat sensational character.’ (South Australian Register, 9 June 1891, p. 3) He was also the author of ‘fluent and trenchant letters on political and other subjects,’ to Adelaide newspapers’ (ibid) His newspaper contained insightful criticism of local politics, and regular letters by ‘Tommy Rough’ commenting on topics such as Chinese immigration, which the author was strongly against. Northmore was known for his verse and anonymous poems in the newspaper may have been by him. The Library holds an incomplete set of the newspaper which probably ran for three years. The final issue announces the dissolution of Northmore and Dean's partnership. (15 October 1879, p. 1)

This newspaper was published by George Howell for the South Australian Branch of the Independent Order of Good Templars. The order was established in Adelaide in 1872 by journalist Edwin Derrington. Apart from its fellowship and mutual support aspects, the Good Templars also promoted abstinence from alcohol. Articles in the newspaper discuss this and the work of the various branches across South Australia. There are also reports of the Independent Order of Rechabites and other lodges. 'Agnes Neale' (Caroline Agnes Leane), a well-known local writer, provided a serial story for the newspaper about the affects of drinking. The Tribune appears to have been a continuation of an earlier newspaper, the South Australian Templar.

Truth and Progress was the newspaper of the South Australian Baptist Church. Its first editors were the Rev John Price and the Rev Silas Mead.

The Weekly Mail was published by Frederick Sinnett as an adjunct of his daily Telegraph, Adelaide's first evening paper. Only two issues are known to have survived. These contain the usual news items - in particular a large section of court reports, as well as advertisements and editorial comment. A serial by Catherine Helen Spence, ‘Uphill work’ was later published in this newspaper. The 16 May 1863 issue contains an article expressing concern about the projected cost of building the Adelaide Town Hall, and an editorial against spending money on gas-light decorations to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales.

This was a comic journal commenting on current issues and prominent figures of the day. Political figures were the major target. Sport and the theatre also received regular coverage. In 1875 and 1876 the paper printed the Licensed Victuallers' Advertiser as a supplement. The Lantern's first editor was the lawyer and politician George Stevenson, son of the first editor of the Register. Early cartoonists included Alfred Clint, John Hood and J.H. Parr, and Samuel Calvert the well-known engraver. In 1881 an entirely new format was taken as the Adelaide Bulletin and Lantern, modelled perhaps on the Sydney Bulletin. This contained more serious articles and no cartoons. From July 1882 the Lantern was re-issued in its old format. In 1884 the paper absorbed Adelaide Punch. In 1890 the Lantern itself was absorbed by a new venture, Quiz, which became the state's longest running comic paper.

The Adelaide Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. He also aimed for an apolitical newspaper, and this was a stance largely followed throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens purchased the Register, so that the Observer then became a weekly summary of the daily news reports in the Register. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer was printing two editions - the first an early country edition on Friday, sent to Burra and other distant places, and a second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of daily city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary. The Observer then changed its focus, becoming more of a week-end leisure newspaper. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Many of Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had their work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 it contained a regular four-page photographic supplement. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

Adelaide's earliest comic paper - as distinct from satirical newspapers - was the Adelaide Punch. There are references to the existence of the title as early as 1865, however the earliest existing copy dates from 1868. Modelled closely on the English Punch, it was published by William Roberts and William Fawcett. The illustrations were by Tom Carrington, previously of the Melbourne Punch. This incarnation however, lasted for only twelve issues.
In 1878 Adelaide Punch was revived by Caleb Dalwood, a nephew to the Frearson brothers of the Illustrated Adelaide news. In July 1878 Adelaide Punch passed to Scrymgour & Sons, a large firm of Adelaide printers. Dalwood continued to contribute cartoons to Frearson's weekly and Frearson's monthly through the following year, and also contributed cartoons to Adelaide Punch until 1880. Editorship is unclear until December, when JCF Johnson took over as owner and editor. Johnson was formerly drama critic for the Register. 'WJK' remained the artist of the main cartoons until early 1880. Johnson, an accomplished writer, was also an able artist and contributed the 'side pictures' for Adelaide Punch. In 1882 he sold the paper and in 1884 was elected to South Australian Parliament. The new owner of Adelaide Punch was Edward Derrington of the Port Adelaide news.
In early 1884 the paper was taken over by its chief cartoonist, Herbert Woodhouse. Woodhouse had begun drawing the side pictures for Adelaide Punch in 1881 and by 1884 seems to have been contributing almost all the cartoons. Other cartoonists had previously included 'A.E.' or A. Esam, 'H.R.', E. Dale and 'Dane'. In October 1884 Adelaide Punch was sold to its rival, the Lantern and ceased as a separate title.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Agriculturist and Review began life as the Jamestown Review in March 1878. Founder, Port Pirie builder, John Burrough Collins for three years wrote with a 'sarcastic and vitriolic pen' (Cooper, p. 97). He left in July 1881 to become sub-editor of the Register newspaper. The Jamestown Review was then sold to 'Messrs Lake and Thurp'. George Lake became Town Clerk of Jamestown’s first Corporation. Three years later he resigned and took over the local newspaper. It was Lake who re-named the newspaper the Agriculturist and review. He entered Parliament in 1890 and hired Charles Reade as editor of the newspaper. Reade, like Lake, had a varied career which including medical training. In 1900 Reade volunteered for the South African War and was placed in charge of the Second Contingent. In 1903 the Agriculturist and review was sold to a long-time employee, Alfred Gage. Gage was a local, having grown up at nearby Belalie. Gage was a keen photographer and took many early photographs of the district. In 1919 he sold the newspaper to HB Whitham who, in turn, sold to the journalist LMW (Lester) Judell in 1921. Judell, like Gage, was a 'local' boy - the Judells being a prosperous Orroroo-based family. In 1927 he added the Booyoolie Areas Express newspaper to the business and in 1942 also the Laura Standard. Later he acquired the Orroroo Enterprise and the Times (Peterborough). In 1949 Judell combined the Agriculturist and Review, Areas Express and Laura Standard into a new title, the Northern Review. Employee Ted Clift purchased the firm in 1950. In 1958 the newspaper was sold to Reg Warnest.

As the Northern Review, the newspaper was acquired by Independent Newspapers of Port Pirie. With other local newspapers it became part of the new Review Times Record, which was eventually taken over by Flinders News.

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

This was an early Victorian illustrated newspaper. Although based in Melbourne, it included significant South Australian content. From December 1874 the Sketcher incorporated WA Cawthorne's Illustrated Adelaide Post as the basis for an Adelaide edition of the newspaper.

The Australian Christian World varied publication between the states. For a number of years it was published in Adelaide.

The Australian Star was an 'independent' newspaper founded in 1878 by Henry Allerdale Grainger and William Watson. Grainger worked as a journalist in America before coming to Adelaide, and was later elected to the South Australian Parliament. He used the paper to express his views on protectionism, employer liability and restricted Chinese immigration.

This newspaper was formed by a merger of two rival newspapers, the Sud Australische Zeitung, and the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Friedrich Basedow of th latter title was the proprietor, working with his father-in-law, Dr Carl Muecke. The newspaper was forced to close in 1916 due to anti-German feelings inspired by the First World War.

The Australisches Unterhaltungsblatt was published as a supplement to the Sud Australische Zeitung.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

This newspaper was a continuation of the earlier Terowie newspaper, the North Eastern Times. It was run by the printer of the earlier title, Frederick Wigney. The newspaper was fairly outspoken, and was ridiculed by sections of the Adelaide press. It was short-lived, replaced by the new title, the Terowie Enterprise.

The State Library has only a few issues of this newspaper. It was printed by the proprietors of the Northern Argus at Clare, on behalf of William George and James Sisley. Its first issue was titled the Port Broughton Echo.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

This small journal provided snippets of news for the suburbs around Kensington and Norwood.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

John McEwin was ordained as minister of the Hindmarsh Congregational Church in 1872, and in 1878 began producing an 'undenominational religious newspaper'. The popularity of the Christian Colonist was such that in 1884 McEwin was released from his parish work to run it full-time. The newspaper supported the temperance and social purity movements, Bible instruction and prayer in public schools, as well as broader social improvements such as the working men's blocks scheme and women's suffrage. It was against the British opium trade and state aid to religion.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

City and country was the third short-lived newspaper established by land agent and politician, Ebenezer Ward, and the contents initially reflected his interest in land reform, education and agriculture. The newspaper lapsed after four months, was reinstated in a different format in January 1882, and horseracing became the main focus. The final issue was published by Charles McMullen, and contained a statement that Mr Ward had sold his interest in the newspaper and that in future it would be titled South Australian Times.

David Gall was an early Adelaide printer. He published the Comet largely as an advertising medium. Concerned about the lack of employment for young men in Adelaide, Gall used the journal to promote his views on protectionism. He apparently believed this would be one means of increasing employment. While contemporaries referred to the Comet as a comic paper, only one presumed comic insert has survived.

This newspaper was the official organ of the National Defence League, a conservative political group. It was run by prolific activist, Thomas Harry.

This was a short-lived satirical journal published by EJ McAlister and FW Kennedy. Concentrating on political criticism, the journal also covered theatre reviews and horse racing.

Only three issues of this newspaper are known to have survived. The bulk of each issue comprises single sentences of scathing gossip under headings such as 'Kensington Kinks', or 'Croydon Crows'. These were apparently compiled by 'correspondents' in the suburbs mentioned. The geographical coverage ranges from Kensington to Tea Tree Gully, Hope Valley to Dry Creek. It is difficult to imagine how the publishers managed to publish such intimate and libellous material. The newspaper was produced by Charles Chandler, who had many brushes with the law during his varied newspaper career.

The Journal (originally titled Evening Journal) was established as an afternoon edition of the Register in 1869. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict and published various editions, including a 'special cable edition.' The Friday edition had a particular focus on sports news. From 1923 with the creation of the News, the Journal was published only on Saturday. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late-breaking news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War when the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers, the Express, and the Journal published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929.

In 1880 the Frearson brothers changed the title of their popular Illustrated Adelaide News to Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News. There was also a change from the earlier conservative editorial policy and sensational reporting to a more neutral stance and an emphasis on illustrations. Frearson’s Monthly was filled with illustrations of places and buildings around South Australia, often including a coloured art supplement and also published ‘birdseye views’ of Adelaide and Port Adelaide.

Frearson's Weekly was established by the Frearson brothers in 1878 as a second illustrated newspaper. This followed the success of their Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News. The weekly was published on a Saturday. It initially took a more satirical and comic approach than the older title, filling its pages with cartoons and political comment. The first few issues included front page editorials and interesting wood-cut cartoon illustrations commenting on issues of the day.

The Free Press was an interesting but short-lived newspaper. It was one of several short-lived titles produced by the outspoken Charles Chandler, founder of the Truth newspaper (Adelaide), and author of Darkest Adelaide. It was published in the year after South Australian women achieved the right to vote, and was not in favour of the legislation change. It contains many derisive comments about women's movements and prominent individuals in these organisations. Its strongest statements however, are against prostitution, making libellous allegations about ‘old colonists,’ church members and MPs who allegedly kept mistresses and visited prostitutes. Even the short stories in the newspaper took this theme. The Free Press made unflattering comments about several well-known figures, including Catherine Helen Spence, Samuel Way and Charles Cameron Kingston.

This was produced by two Adelaide printers, Albert Molineux and Samuel Richards. The newspaper was extremely successful and in 1901 opened a Melbourne office and increased publication from monthly to weekly. It even had an international distribution. Contributors included vigneron Thomas Hardy on wine and vine growing, Henry Sewell of Payneham Nursery wrote 'gardening notes' and Otto Tepper of the South Australian Museum wrote about pests, lawn growing, and other topics. Later JG Kelly of McLaren Vale complied a vineyard notes column, and Robert Barr Smith's gardener, Carl Thybell, wrote as 'Gardener'. In May 1891 Molineux sold to William Catton Grasby, formerly headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College, and later an agricultural teacher at Way College. During Grasby’s editorship the journal became weekly and increased its international circulation. In 1893 lithographic and then photographic illustrations were introduced. It continued until 1940, when publication ceased due to wartime paper shortages.

The Gawler Standard was the first penny newspaper published in country South Australia. It was established in opposition to the Bunyip newspaper. The newspaper contained local news, and included items from correspondents as far away as Port Pirie, and closer to home from Kapunda, Williamstown, Lyndoch, and the other towns of the Barossa. There was much editorial comment on political and social topics of the time. From 1879 well-known local writer Agnes Neale (Caroline Agnes Leane) contributed serial stories to the newspaper. In 1885 when an arsonist set fire to the Bunyip printery, the Gawler Standard was closed and its equipment sold to William Barnet of the Bunyip.

Taylor Martin published the German Language newspaper Hausfreund in Adelaide in 1894, out of the Register office. Only the first issue is known to exist. This contains brief South Australian, interstate and overseas news, as well as advertisements, a page of jokes, and a serial story set in the German army.

This was a title variation of the long-running official Methodist newspaper for South Australia. Its illustrations were syndicated lithographs on both religious and a variety of other subjects.

Only one issue of this sporting newspaper has survived. Sport and the theatre tended to be reported together in the 19th century.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

This was a comic journal commenting on current issues and prominent figures of the day. Political figures were the major target. Sport and the theatre also received regular coverage. In 1875 and 1876 the paper printed the Licensed Victuallers' Advertiser as a supplement. The first editor was the lawyer and politician George Stevenson, son of the first editor of the Register. Early cartoonists included Alfred Clint, John Hood and JH Parr. Samuel Calvert was the engraver. In 1881 a new format was taken as the Adelaide Bulletin and Lantern, modelled perhaps on the Sydney Bulletin. This contained more serious articles and no cartoons. But from July 1882 the Lantern was re-issued in its old format. In 1884 the paper absorbed Adelaide Punch. In 1890 the Lantern itself was absorbed by a new venture, Quiz, which became the state's longest running comic paper.

From the 1850s various individuals and groups began publishing religious newspapers and journals. The earliest denominational newspaper was the South Australian Wesleyan Magazine in 1864. Ten years later this became the Methodist Journal. The newspaper has continued under various titles until the present, and is South Australia’s longest running religious newspaper. The Methodist Journal was printed by Theophilus Carey, who left his newspaper at Mount Gambier to found the Journal. In its early years the newspaper was strongly anti-Catholic. Various prominent ministers edited the newspaper including the Rev Henry Burgess, author of the Cyclopedia of South Australia.

This newspaper was founded by brothers Roland and Donald Campbell.

James and Fred Hales published this newspaper during a period of gold exploration in Western Australia. It was little more than a collection of prospectuses for mining ventures and a promotional tool for the brothers’ stockbroking business.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This was one of a handful of newspapers whose readership crossed both sides of the Victorian and South Australian border.

This was one of a handful of newspapers whose readership covered both sides of the Victorian and South Australian border.

This newspaper was founded as an alternative to the Northern Territory Times. It was felt that an independent voice was needed to be able to publish more critical remarks about the government. The owner/editor was a mining expert named RA Echlin. Until 1912 the Northern Territory was administered by the South Australian government.

This newspaper was initially published by FW Holder in association with the Burra News. Later it was run by Holder's partner, Francis Pascoe, independently from the Burra title. Pascoe sold the newspaper to his printer, Frederick Wigney. For a short time Wigney published it as the British Australian Federal Standard.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

Until 1912 the Northern Territory was under the jurisdiction of the South Australian government. This newspaper was the first for the Territory, edited by Register assistant editor Richard Wells. Wells and his wife drowned in the wreck of the Gothenburg in 1875. From 1884 colourful Adelaide merchant and MP Vaiben Solomon was owner and editor of the newspaper. His editorship was noted for its forceful opinions and language.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

This was a radical political reform newspaper. In particular, its editor and supporters followed the socialist land ownership (land nationalisation) views of the American Henry George. The Hungarian Jew, Ignatius Singer, was editor, with support from a number of Adelaide’s political thinkers including Henry Taylor of the New Australia movement (and later editor of the Renmark Pioneer), the jeweller and political economist LH Berens, James Sellar of the National Reform Association, and the early country newspaper entrepreneur Lester Judell.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

The Pictorial Australian was the culmination of local newspaper illustration by the Frearson brothers, Septimus, Samuel and Robert. It was the last of the old-style illustrated newspapers published in South Australia. Early editions featured the work of established local artists, but by 1893 almost the entire pictorial content was photographic. By 1887 the text expanded to include columns for women and children, reflecting the move to broader newspaper audiences of the time. This innovative and lively Adelaide newspaper closed in 1895, when the surviving Frearson brother moved to Western Australia.

This newspaper was published in the interests of the Single Tax League. It promoted land ownership reforms with the intention of supporting farmers. Harry Taylor seems to have been involved in the newspaper. The Pioneer ceased with the founding of The Voice newspaper by John Medway Day, which promoted similar reforms.

The founding editor of the Port Adelaide News was Captain David Scott. But after the bankruptcy of the founding company an experienced printer and journalist, Edwin Derrington, took over and doubled the newspaper’s size. From late in 1878 advertisements appear for a literary supplement, but copies of this were not retained in the State Library set. The newspaper contains editorials regarding topical issues such as the proposal for an Outer Harbour in 1878, the question of Chinese immigration to South Australia, and the activities of the Kelly Gang in the eastern colonies. It had regular sports reports, and news summaries. Under Derrington news items were printed on the front page – an unusual practice at the time, when advertisements generally appeared there. Proposals to build port facilities at Marino in competition with Port Adelaide brought fiery condemnation in the newspaper.

The founding editor of the Port Adelaide News was Captain David Scott. But after the bankruptcy of the founding company an experienced printer and journalist, Edwin Derrington, took over and doubled the newspaper’s size. From late in 1878 advertisements appear for a literary supplement, but copies of this were not retained in the State Library set. The newspaper contains editorials regarding topical issues such as the proposal for an Outer Harbour in 1878, the question of Chinese immigration to South Australia, and the activities of the Kelly Gang in the eastern colonies. It had regular sports reports, and news summaries. Under Derrington news items were printed on the front page – an unusual practice at the time, when advertisements generally appeared there. Proposals to build port facilities at Marino in competition with Port Adelaide brought fiery condemnation in the newspaper.

The number of settlements covered in the news columns of this newspaper are impressive. It was begun shortly after the incorporation of the town, with the aim of making the opinions of the people of the mid-north known to Adelaide decision-makers. The columns of the Dispatch were packed with the news of the multitude of tiny communities around Port Augusta, while the 'Adelaide letter' provided detailed news from the capital. Local sport in the form of cricket, chess and rifle shooting was reported. Football is not mentioned until the early 1900s. The printer, young David Drysdale, was captain in the volunteer militia and a member of the local rifle club, which ensured coverage of both bodies in the paper. The activities of the port were well represented, including controversial wharf extensions in 1882, the call to build smelters in 1898, and the misbehaviour of visiting sailors as represented in the court reports. For a brief period in 1901 a social column, 'Town gossip by Dolly Pertinax', appeared. The quality of the newspaper fell in the decades before its demise, although when Drysdale re-purchased the Dispatch in 1915, various improvements were made. An interesting double-page coloured lithographic supplement of Port Augusta scenes, prepared by Rider and Mercer of Ballarat, was published with the issue of 28 October 1892.

The number of settlements covered in the news columns of this newspaper are impressive. It was begun shortly after the incorporation of the town, with the aim of making the opinions of the people of the mid-north known to Adelaide decision-makers. The columns of the Dispatch were packed with the news of the multitude of tiny communities around Port Augusta, while the 'Adelaide letter' provided detailed news from the capital. Local sport in the form of cricket, chess and rifle shooting was reported. Football is not mentioned until the early 1900s. The printer, young David Drysdale, was captain in the volunteer militia and a member of the local rifle club, which ensured coverage of both bodies in the paper. The activities of the port were well represented, including controversial wharf extensions in 1882, the call to build smelters in 1898, and the misbehaviour of visiting sailors as represented in the court reports. For a brief period in 1901 a social column, 'Town gossip by Dolly Pertinax', appeared. The quality of the newspaper fell in the decades before its demise, although when Drysdale re-purchased the Dispatch in 1915, various improvements were made. An interesting double-page coloured lithographic supplement of Port Augusta scenes, prepared by Rider and Mercer of Ballarat, was published with the issue of 28 October 1892.

The number of settlements covered in the news columns of this newspaper are impressive. It was begun shortly after the incorporation of the town, with the aim of making the opinions of the people of the mid-north known to Adelaide decision-makers. The columns of the Dispatch were packed with the news of the multitude of tiny communities around Port Augusta, while the 'Adelaide letter' provided detailed news from the capital. Local sport in the form of cricket, chess and rifle shooting was reported. Football is not mentioned until the early 1900s. The printer, young David Drysdale, was captain in the volunteer militia and a member of the local rifle club, which ensured coverage of both bodies in the paper. The activities of the port were well represented, including controversial wharf extensions in 1882, the call to build smelters in 1898, and the misbehaviour of visiting sailors as represented in the court reports. For a brief period in 1901 a social column, 'Town gossip by Dolly Pertinax', appeared. The quality of the newspaper fell in the decades before its demise, although when Drysdale re-purchased the Dispatch in 1915, various improvements were made. An interesting double-page coloured lithographic supplement of Port Augusta scenes, prepared by Rider and Mercer of Ballarat, was published with the issue of 28 October 1892.

Following the closure of the Port Pirie Gazette, Walter South established the Port Pirie Advocate. From the beginning the Advocate was outspoken on political issues. Early editorials reflect the strong socialist views of the owners. Local stationer, Andrew Dungey, wrote regularly to the Advocate, and at one time had his own column discussing ‘land nationalisation’ and (Christian) Social Democracy. The newspaper was a strong supporter of the emerging Labor Party. It gave good coverage to sport, a feature which grew from this period across most of the country press. The geographical coverage included Broken Hill, south to Kapunda, and up to Port Augusta. The most regular reports in early issues were from the towns of Caltowie, Wandearah, Port Germein, Petersburg and Kapunda.

Following the closure of the Port Pirie Gazette, Walter South established the Port Pirie Advocate. From the beginning the Advocate was outspoken on political issues. Early editorials reflect the strong socialist views of the owners. Local stationer, Andrew Dungey, wrote regularly to the Advocate, and at one time had his own column discussing ‘land nationalisation’ and (Christian) Social Democracy. The newspaper was a strong supporter of the emerging Labor Party. It gave good coverage to sport, a feature which grew from this period across most of the country press. The geographical coverage included Broken Hill, south to Kapunda, and up to Port Augusta. The most regular reports in early issues were from the towns of Caltowie, Wandearah, Port Germein, Petersburg and Kapunda.

Although wool and wheat were exported from Port Pirie from the 1840s, the town was not incorporated until 1876. Nor did it have a newspaper until that year. Much of the news in the Port Pirie Gazette was connected with the town's main livelihood - shipping. Promotion of the interests of the port, news of shipping arrivals and departures, regattas, and the activities of visiting sailors (including their appearances in the local courts), deaths by drowning and a variety of related articles fill the newspaper. It had a wide geographic circulation, but the most frequently reported towns included Napperby (Government Dam), Georgetown, Gladstone and Port Germein. Sports news consisted of reports of cricket matches and the annual regatta. An interesting feature in 1883 was a series of ‘letters’ purporting to be written by new female members of the Salvation Army (‘Alleluyia Arriet’ and ‘Unhappy Sal’), discussing the pros and cons of this new and controversial religious group. Owner/editor Tom Anthony was not pleased in 1877 when a rival newspaper was established to cover the 'Areas, titled the Areas Express. By 1884 Anthony was very bitter about the lack of support he felt in Port Pirie, and closed the newspaper.

This newspaper was established in competition with the older Port Pirie Advocate. Politically, the Standard was a supporter of labour, for example reporting sympathetically on the strike by 250 Port Pirie stevedores in 1889. However, from 1895 under owner/editor Charles Meyrick, the newspaper was more conservative disagreeing with the Labor government of Charles Kingston, and disparaging the political Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1894 when South Australian women gained the right to vote, editor Berkley Dunn asked, ‘Who are the females, who in many respects, have practically unsexed themselves, that are now clamouring for this change? ...’ (12 July 1894, p. 2). The Standard did not print news from surrounding towns in the way that most country newspapers did. The exception was a Port Germein news column. News from Laura, Crystal Brook and Wandearah also appeared. Local sport was a prominent feature, and like Adelaide newspapers a variety of writers contributed for different sports. The issue of 17 September 1891 contained a coloured lithograph produced by F.W. Niven of Ballarat ‘Views of Port Pirie, South Australia’. In July 1898 Standard amalgamated with the Port Pirie Advocate, to become the Port Pirie Recorder. The Recorder is the current newspaper of the town.

This was a small comic paper founded by the cartoonist Jeffery Bruer when the long-running Lantern ceased. Besides cartoons, there was some coverage of sport and the theatre, and the usual satirical/political comment found in most 19th century comic papers. Bruer initially drew the front page portraits and the main cartoon himself, while the unsigned inside double page montage of the week's events is in the style of Ambrose Dyson's work for the Critic. Quilp seems to have ceased in 1891. In 1897 Bruer was contributing cartoons for the first issues of the Critic newspaper.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

The Mercury was founded by Robert Osborne as an adjunct to the Petersburg Times. Initially it was a simple four page spread. Local advertisements were on the front page, local news on the back, while the two inside pages consisted of syndicated articles and stories. In the 19th century, correspondents from a myriad of settlements around Quorn forwarded news items to the newspaper. However news from Quorn, Peterborough and Port Pirie featured. In 1922 news items began appearing on the front page, instead of the usual advertising, beginning with that season's football reports. (The innovation of front page news did not reach the city newspapers for another 20 years.) When Frank Pitman took over in 1923 more prominence was given to local Quorn news. In 1945 the newspaper was obtained by the Transcontinental (Port Augusta). The Mercury ceased in 1956, replaced by a Quorn column in the Transcontinental.

The Pioneer began in 1892 as a hand-written chromograph publication under the editorship of Arthur Pitman Corrie, with cartoons by the local Methodist minister, John Jenkin. The following year Corrie purchased a printing press, and in 1895 Sydney Browne took over the Pioneer. In 1905 it was purchased by Harry Taylor. Taylor had been involved in the New Australia migration to Paraguay in the 1890s. He turned the newspaper into a progressive and vigorous journal with a strong community focus. It also became well-known for its practical agricultural advice. The Taylor family have owned the newspaper ever since. In recent decades the Taylors have progressively purchased five other country newspapers. All are printed at Renmark.

Andrew Dungey was a Port Pirie stationer with strong political and social opinions. His particular interests were 'land nationalisation' (government ownership of land) and the principles of free-trade. Many of his beliefs were based on Henry George's theories of (Christian) Social Democracy. Dungey was a prolific writer of letters to the Port Pirie Advocate. Between 1888 and 1890 he had a regular column. His own short-lived newspaper, Roughshod, railed against the wealthy, the established churches (including the newly-founded Salvation Army) and individual politicians. Dungey espoused a system of single tax, universal voting rights, land nationalisation and unionism, with a belief in ‘the universal fatherhood and church of God.’ His unconventional ideas were part of a wider Australian political and social ferment in the 1890s.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanour Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers.

This newspaper was published by the Licensed Victuallers' Association, as the title suggests. It had a strong focus on sport. In part this was probably due to the common practice at the time of hotels raising or sponsoring sporting teams. Horse racing, cricket and football were the main sports covered. Boxing, athletics and yachting were also well reported. The title changed along with a slight change in focus when it was renamed the South Australian Sentinel.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

This newspaper was published by the Licensed Victuallers' Association. It had a strong focus on sport. This was probably due to the common practice of hotels raising or sponsoring sporting teams. Horse racing, cricket and football were the main sports covered. Boxing, athletics and yachting were also well reported.

This newspaper was a continuation of City and Country. To begin with the newspaper focused mainly on sports and politics. Lengthy sports reports focused on early football. Theatre news was also included. Politically, the editor was outspoken against the government of Thomas Playford senior. In 1884 the topic of spiritualism was raised in letters and articles in the newspaper. Editor George Barrow was a believer in the phenomena and a heated correspondence between the musician Christian Reimers (a spiritualist), and Kirkham Evans of the YMCA (a sceptic) took place. Many readers joined the debate, and the newspaper had to print extra pages to accommodate the letters received. In July 1885 when Barrow published an article suggesting that Samuel Tomkinson MP was making money from corrupt land deals, he was charged with libel and sentenced to six months in jail. (South Australian Register, 16 October 1885, p. 7) The newspaper apparently ceased at the end of 1885.

This newspaper covered a broad geographical area including Robe, Narracoorte, Mount Gambier and Kingston. Between May and November 1926 it had a Saturday sporting edition. The newspaper was later incorporated into the Border Watch.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

When Charles Hussey was voted to South Australian Parliament as a representative for Encounter Bay, he began publishing this monthly newspaper as a platform for his political views. One thousand copies were distributed free in his electorate. Hussey had unusual political opinions which included a single chamber parliament, support of Federation, and abolition of all pre-nominal titles including 'Reverend'. Hussey was a member of the River Murray Royal Commission, voicing issues which remain the same for South Australia's use of the river today. However he was not re-elected, but continued running his general store at Port Elliot until his death in 1899. Between 1895 and 1898 Hussey also contributed articles discussing specific political matters to the Southern Argus newspaper.

Only two incomplete issues of the Southern Star newspaper have survived, although four are known to have been published. It is difficult to know what the intention of the newspaper was, but coloured cartoons by G. Illman depict prominent figures including Premier Charles Cameron Kingston and Chief Justice Samuel Way. The 1890s was a period of political and social change in Australia, some of which is reflected in the Star, including the issue of unemployment. Insolvency records show the Southern Star was established by a Victorian, John Henderson, who induced would-be employees to pay deposits as guarantees of their readiness to work for the newspaper. Not surprisingly, the newspaper was not financially viable.

A.G. Hales, known world-wide as 'Smiler' the war correspondent and detective novelist, initially ran various small newspapers in Adelaide with his brothers. His first was the Standard. The four-page newspaper consisted largely of sport, particularly horse racing. Only two issues are held by the State Library. The newspaper seems to have been taken over by James and Fred Hales who changed the name to the Mining Review, and eventually the Mining Standard.

This is the single surviving issue of a title briefly published at Unley for JSJ (Joseph) Pengelley. It contained advertisements and some brief news for the suburbs of Unley, Norwood, Payneham and Hindmarsh. Charles Chandler and John Morris were the printers. Chandler was later the publisher of the scurrilous Freelance and Truth newspapers. Both brought him libel charges.

The Tatiara Mail was founded at Bordertown in 1880 by Melbourne Mott and Michael Murphy. Mott’s father owned the Hamilton Spectator in Victoria. Its coverage spanned both sides of the South Australian/Victorian border, but the greater amount of space was given to Victorian news. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Nhill. It was eventually sold to EJ Stephens of the Nhill Free Press.

The discovery of gold at Teetulpa attracted 2,000 prospectors to the makeshift town. (Terowie Enterprise 29 October 1886, p. 2) By the middle of the following year the gold was giving out, and the population dwindled. At the height, Robert Osborne of the Port Augusta Dispatch published a newspaper for the miners. Only one issue of the newspaper (number 11) is known to now exist. This contains advertisements for local businesses, brief news items, stories and poems. Local news includes reports of typhoid fever, a visiting ‘Indian tourist’ and ‘Lady minstrel’ company, and a Christian mission service held to raise funds for the local destitute poor.

The Terowie Enterprise began with the aim of promoting the development of the town and district and specifically fighting for the proposed railway link to Broken Hill to go through Terowie rather than Petersburg (Peterborough). The editor did not shrink from criticising neighbouring newspapers alternative proposals. However the 1890s drought ended hopes of extending the northern line beyond Oodnadatta and Joseph Pengelley closed the newspaper to found the Orroroo Enterprise. Before 1887 issues contain plenty of sports coverage including interstate (Victorian) and city football and horseracing. Under Pengelley’s editorship there was much discussion of moral issues such as drinking, gambling, and religious interference in politics. Geographical coverage included news from Burra and Cockburn, and later Silverton over the border.

Truth and Progress was the newspaper of the South Australian Baptist Church. Its first editors were the Rev John Price and the Rev Silas Mead.

The Voice was described as a ‘democratic newspaper’. The editor was John Medway Day, who had previously been a Baptist minister at Kapunda, and left the church to work in journalism. The newspaper focussed on many of the political and social discussions of the time such as single taxation and land nationalisation. It also included coverage of the New Australia movement, the group of idealists who set out to establish a Utopian settlement in Paraguay.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

The War Cry was the newspaper of the Salvation Army in Australia. This was a national journal, but an Adelaide edition was published in some years between 1883 and 1898.

This was a landmark newspaper, rooted in the Labor movement of the 1890s. It partially continued J. Medway Day’s The Voice. The Herald under editor William Wedd discussed working-class rights, the mix of politics and religion, women's rights and unionism. The New Australia scheme in Paraguay, the ‘Adelaide Hospital Row’ and the establishment of village settlements were matters written about at length. Catherine Helen Spence, feminist and reformer, wrote for the Herald, as did the naturalist JGO Tepper, and Lucy Morice, niece of Catherine Spence, briefly edited the women's column. Sports, drama, music and literature were included in its coverage. An interesting serial story described the heroine being rejected by her lover due to her labour involvements. The newspaper was obviously a success, moving to daily production in 1910 as the Daily Herald.

This appears to be the only issue of this staff club newspaper. It was produced for the one thousand Adelaide Tramways Trust employees in 1911. It contains cartoons of various staff by Will Nottle, who was also the editor. The introductory article is based on an interview with premier John Verran.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes, were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details of these lists, and of shipping movements generally, were published. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, including shipping details for each state.

The Adelaide Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. He also aimed for an apolitical newspaper, and this was a stance largely followed throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens purchased the Register, so that the Observer then became a weekly summary of the daily news reports in the Register. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer was printing two editions - the first an early country edition on Friday, sent to Burra and other distant places, and a second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of daily city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary. The Observer then changed its focus, becoming more of a week-end leisure newspaper. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Many of Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had their work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 it contained a regular four-page photographic supplement. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

The early Adelaide Stock and Station Journal concentrated on market reports and advertising. It later changed its title to Stock Journal. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Agriculturist and Review began life as the Jamestown Review in March 1878. Founder, Port Pirie builder, John Burrough Collins for three years wrote with a 'sarcastic and vitriolic pen' (Cooper, p. 97). He left in July 1881 to become sub-editor of the Register newspaper. The Jamestown Review was then sold to 'Messrs Lake and Thurp'. George Lake became Town Clerk of Jamestown’s first Corporation. Three years later he resigned and took over the local newspaper. It was Lake who re-named the newspaper the Agriculturist and review. He entered Parliament in 1890 and hired Charles Reade as editor of the newspaper. Reade, like Lake, had a varied career which including medical training. In 1900 Reade volunteered for the South African War and was placed in charge of the Second Contingent. In 1903 the Agriculturist and review was sold to a long-time employee, Alfred Gage. Gage was a local, having grown up at nearby Belalie. Gage was a keen photographer and took many early photographs of the district. In 1919 he sold the newspaper to HB Whitham who, in turn, sold to the journalist LMW (Lester) Judell in 1921. Judell, like Gage, was a 'local' boy - the Judells being a prosperous Orroroo-based family. In 1927 he added the Booyoolie Areas Express newspaper to the business and in 1942 also the Laura Standard. Later he acquired the Orroroo Enterprise and the Times (Peterborough). In 1949 Judell combined the Agriculturist and Review, Areas Express and Laura Standard into a new title, the Northern Review. Employee Ted Clift purchased the firm in 1950. In 1958 the newspaper was sold to Reg Warnest.

As the Northern Review, the newspaper was acquired by Independent Newspapers of Port Pirie. With other local newspapers it became part of the new Review Times Record, which was eventually taken over by Flinders News.

Despite its title, the Ardrossan News mostly contained Port Wakefield news. Using a syndicated double page of general interest articles and stories (probably produced in Melbourne), the publisher simply added a front and back page of local news and advertisements. News from the towns of Ardrossan, Port Wakefield, Maitland, Price and Lochiel is most often included. Occasional news items from Dowlingville and Port Clinton also appear.

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

The Australian Christian Commonwealth was formed in 1901, with its title reflecting the federation of the Australian colonies in that year, as well as the act of 'Methodist Union' in the previous year. Methodist Union saw the amalgamation of the Australian branches of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Bible Christian churches. The newspaper differed very little in content or design from its earlier title, the Christian Weekly and Methodist Journal. Throughout its history the newspaper had a series of very good editors and a tradition of being fairly open in both its religious opinions and its social commentary and discussion. During the First World War under editor Rev Octavius Lake, the newspaper strongly supported Conscription. A much different attitude was shown through the 1930s, in the lead-up to the Second World War, with support for pacifism and the right of individuals to make their own decisions about their involvement in war.

This newspaper was formed by a merger of two rival newspapers, the Sud Australische Zeitung, and the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Friedrich Basedow of th latter title was the proprietor, working with his father-in-law, Dr Carl Muecke. The newspaper was forced to close in 1916 due to anti-German feelings inspired by the First World War.

The Australisches Unterhaltungsblatt was published as a supplement to the Sud Australische Zeitung.

The Barossa news was established by John Birdseye Cant, a Western Australian printer and newspaperman. Initially just 500 copies were printed, but by 1911 the circulation had risen to 2,500. From 1909 the printing of the newspaper was done through G. Auricht at Tanunda. Charlie Goers was employed by the newspaper from the beginning, becoming managing editor in 1914. This was the first newspaper to provide any significant local news coverage to the Barossa towns.

The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper in 1908. It ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and the nearby towns and districts. The earliest issues of the newspaper had not survived, but in 2006 there was some excitement when the Clare Regional History Group donated fragments from some of the earliest issues of the Blyth Agriculturist. These were painstakingly pieced together by State Library Preservation staff, and subsequently microfilmed.

Some issues of this newspaper were also published as the Crystal Brook Times.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

The Broughton Star was one of several mid-northern newspapers founded by James Barclay at the beginning of the twentieth century.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

In 1903 James Walker established the forerunner to the current Plains Producer, which he named the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, formerly of the Stanley Herald, Snowtown. At this time the newspaper was named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. The newspaper was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

The first few issues of this newspaper were titled the Southern Yorke's Peninsula Clarion. For thirty years it ran in opposition to the Pioneer newspaper.

John Southwood and George Spring founded the Copper Age as a Tuesday evening adjunct to the Plain Dealer newspaper in 1906. The content was largely the same in both titles.

The Critic was a popular newspaper covering the social scene of Adelaide in the late 1890s and early twentieth century, with articles, social notes, photographs and cartoons. It also covered sport, mining, fashion and the theatre, with later issues including literary news and poetry submitted by readers. The newspaper was also the official organ of the Automobile Club of South Australia, giving coverage to early South Australian motoring.

This was the fourth country newspaper founded by James Barclay of Snowtown. The Crystal Brook Times covered news for the areas surrounding the towns of Crystal Brook, Merriton, Narridy and Wandearah.

The South Australian branch of the Labor Party took a risk in 1910 by turning its Weekly Herald into the Daily Herald. This was Australia’s first metropolitan daily Labor newspaper. Engaging with industrial issues and adopting a genuinely socialist stance, it was a stark contrast to the two relatively conservative Adelaide morning newspapers. Job printing for the trade unions helped the Herald to make ends meet, but competition from the News contributed to its eventual closure.

This was a small hand mimeographed local newspaper for the fishing town on the western Eyre Peninsula.

Eucla was important as the location of a repeater station on the Adelaide-Perth telegraph line. The little magazine largely contained news for the staff employed at the station.

The Journal (originally titled Evening Journal) was established as an afternoon edition of the Register in 1869. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict and published various editions, including a 'special cable edition.' The Friday edition had a particular focus on sports news. From 1923 with the creation of the News, the Journal was published only on Saturday. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour.

The Exchange was an advertising medium for shops and other businesses at Mount Gambier. Early issues of this free newspaper do not seem to have survived, but publishing probably began in 1902. For almost 30 years the Clark family, local printers published this newspaper. It ceased when the Second World War caused paper restrictions and a decline in advertising.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late-breaking news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War when the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers, the Express, and the Journal published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

This was essentially a trade journal, but includes a range of articles of a more general newspaper style, and employed newspaper journalists on its staff. During the Boer War it published articles by a well-known (Australian) war correspondent, Horace Spooner.

This was essentially a trade journal, but includes a range of articles of a more general newspaper style, and employed newspaper journalists on its staff. During the Boer War it published articles by a well-known (Australian) war correspondent, Horace Spooner.

This was essentially a trade journal, but includes a range of articles of a more general newspaper style, and employed newspaper journalists on its staff. During the Boer War it published articles by a well-known (Australian) war correspondent, Horace Spooner.

Frederick Frith intended that the bulletin would be published every four weeks, but only this one was known to have been printed. It consisted of eight pages and included a short story, school column, world news, health hints, council minutes, sport and articles about agriculture by South Australian experts.

This was essentially a literary and satirical newspaper founded by CJ Dennis with other staff of the Critic. Novelist Alice Grant Rosman wrote for the journal as 'Aunt Tabitha'. Oswald Pryor was the cartoonist.

This was produced by two Adelaide printers, Albert Molineux and Samuel Richards. The newspaper was extremely successful and in 1901 opened a Melbourne office and increased publication from monthly to weekly. It even had an international distribution. Contributors included vigneron Thomas Hardy on wine and vine growing, Henry Sewell of Payneham Nursery wrote 'gardening notes' and Otto Tepper of the South Australian Museum wrote about pests, lawn growing, and other topics. Later JG Kelly of McLaren Vale complied a vineyard notes column, and Robert Barr Smith's gardener, Carl Thybell, wrote as 'Gardener'. In May 1891 Molineux sold to William Catton Grasby, formerly headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College, and later an agricultural teacher at Way College. During Grasby’s editorship the journal became weekly and increased its international circulation. In 1893 lithographic and then photographic illustrations were introduced. It continued until 1940, when publication ceased due to wartime paper shortages.

This was a journal of theatre news with some social news included.

Five issues of this newspaper were published. The publisher used a syndicated sheet, placing local news on the outer (front and back) pages. It is identical with the Owen's Weekly, apart from the title.

This was the organ of the Labor and Union movement in South Australia. The newspaper contained reports of the labour organisations and political commentary. It also covered sport, literature, and the theatre. Special contributors included Catherine Helen Spence and Otto Tepper. The newspaper was so successful that in 1910 it became Australia's only daily Labour newspaper.

The Journal (originally titled Evening journal) was established by the Register in 1869 as an afternoon newspaper. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict by publishing various editions, including a 'special cable edition.' The Friday edition had a particular focus on sports news. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour. The Journal was also a place where hopeful writers and poets might have their work published. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Journal and the rival Express were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Journal continued until 1929, when it merged with the Advertiser’s Saturday Express to become the Express and Journal.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was Kangaroo Island's first newspaper. It was taken over by the Glenelg Guardian in 1951.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was founded in 1912 by Clarence Moody. By 1923 it had been purchased by News Limited. It developed a strong sporting focus, with an emphasis on football and horse-racing. In 1923 it was bought by News Ltd and moved to North Terrace. The popular ‘Possum’s pages’ began in 1921, followed in 1924 by the first children’s comic, May Gibbs’ ‘Bib and Bub’. After the Second World War, the Mail developed into the newspaper with which we are now familiar. Its circulation increased from an original 15,000, to 213,000 by 1962. Until 1972 the Sunday Mail was printed on Saturday nights.

This newspaper covered news for the towns of the central and northern Yorke Peninsula. In particular it covered Maitland, Ardrossan, Port Victoria, Arthurton and Urania. In 1969 it was merged with the SYP Pioneer to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

In its early years this newspaper covered news from the myriad of tiny settlements of the ‘Murray electorate’, and gave a particular emphasis to sport. During the First World War it was a vehemently patriotic and anti-‘German’ voice, attacking many of the local people descended from German pioneers. The newspaper closed in 1917. Eighty years later the title was revived as the Mannum news page of the Murray Valley Standard.

This newspaper was founded by brothers Roland and Donald Campbell.

This was a publication of the Hales brothers. As well as some journalism work, the brothers were mining agents. The newspaper also covered some local horse racing.

This small religious newspaper was the work of the gifted but unbalanced lawyer, Paris Nesbit. With his sister Agnes Benham, he was interested in the 'new thought' movement of the 1890s, with its socialism and sexual reform. Benham contributed book reviews and articles on religious topics. Poems by local and other contributors featured largely, particularly in the early years. Nesbit took a strong political stance, advocating the nationalising of the legal profession to enable access for the poor. He also suggested divorce law reform and more employment opportunities for women. The newspaper was strongly against the 'White Australia' policy. After four months Nesbit handed the editorship to the John Newton Wood, who took an interest in spiritualism and vegetarianism. The final issue discusses socialism and the Broken Hill strikes. It includes an article about effective voting by Catherine Helen Spence.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This was one of several mid-northern newspapers established by James Barclay. It was later owned by Maurice Hill and John Edwards of the Transcontinental.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

Until 1912 the Northern Territory was under the jurisdiction of the South Australian government. This newspaper was the first for the Territory, edited by Register assistant editor Richard Wells. Wells and his wife drowned in the wreck of the Gothenburg in 1875. From 1884 colourful Adelaide merchant and MP Vaiben Solomon was owner and editor of the newspaper. His editorship was noted for its forceful opinions and language.

South Australia's first suburban newspapers had difficulty lasting more than a few months or even a few weeks. Norwood had at least two failed newspaper attempts from the 1880s. In 1908 James Hales, one of the three Hales mining agent/newspaper brothers, founded the Norwood Standard. In the Norwood Standard the Hales simply reprinted much of the text and articles from their Mining Standard newspaper. Only the first issue was entirely original. The Norwood Standard contained a number of sports reports, mostly (local) football and horseracing. ‘Heard on the tram’ was a well written column of chatty commentary on current Adelaide matters.

The Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. Stephens claimed it would be apolitical, and this was largely the case throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens also purchased the Register, and the Observer became a weekly summary of the Register’s daily news. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer appeared in two editions. First was an early country edition sent to Burra and other country places on Fridays. A second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary and the focus of the Observer changed to week-end leisure reading. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 a regular four-page photographic supplement was included. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

Five issues of this newspaper were published. The publisher used a syndicated sheet, placing local news on the outer (front and back) pages. Apart from the title it is identical with the Hamley Bridge Express.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

This newspaper was established as an outspoken and blatant competitor to the Petersburg (Peterborough) Times. It was very political, being strongly conservative, anti-Labor and anti-socialist. News items from adjacent towns occasionally appeared, including Yongala, Terowie and Burra. There was also regular church news and sports reports. William Myers and Walter Wade were the proprietors.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

This was the first country newspaper established by newspaperman James Barclay, in partnership with William Macfarlane. From 1911 it suffered by competition with the later Pinnaroo and Border Times. The older newspaper eventually closed in 1922.

This newspaper was founded by the Letheby family. It was a successful competitor with the older Pinaroo Country News, which was forced to close in 1922. The title changed to Border Times from 1987. In 2005 the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer bought the newspaper.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and later became the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. For thirty years an opposition newspaper, the Clarion, existed.

The life of the Plain Dealer was tied strongly to the final years of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company. As well as the demise of the famous copper mine, the newspaper reflects the political upheavals that took place in the district during and after the First World War. The Plain Dealer was a small and outspoken competitor to the long-running Kadina and Wallaroo Times, as other newspapers noticed: "[The Plain Dealer] ... takes a living interest in politics ... and is very outspoken and fearless on all topics of the day, especially those affecting the well-being of workers." (Central Advocate, 18 March, 1904, p. 2) Between 1901 and 1902 an interesting series of humorous articles appear, written in the Cornish dialect. Between 1906 and 1908 the Copper Age was printed as a mid-week subsidiary to the Plain Dealer.

The founding editor of the Port Adelaide News was Captain David Scott. But after the bankruptcy of the founding company an experienced printer and journalist, Edwin Derrington, took over and doubled the newspaper’s size. From late in 1878 advertisements appear for a literary supplement, but copies of this were not retained in the State Library set. The newspaper contains editorials regarding topical issues such as the proposal for an Outer Harbour in 1878, the question of Chinese immigration to South Australia, and the activities of the Kelly Gang in the eastern colonies. It had regular sports reports, and news summaries. Under Derrington news items were printed on the front page – an unusual practice at the time, when advertisements generally appeared there. Proposals to build port facilities at Marino in competition with Port Adelaide brought fiery condemnation in the newspaper.

James Taylor was a successful Gawler photographer. In the early 1880s he moved the business to Port Augusta. A family concern, his wife Isabella was one of the colony's first women 'portrait operators', and two sons followed their parents’ lead, experimenting in collotype publishing. (Collotype, a process used for printing photographs within publications, predated the cheaper offset lithography.) The Taylor’s small illustrated newspaper ran to just seven issues. Each contained collotypes of residents, sporting teams, visiting ships and local works – including the building of the copper smelters. Although well received, the newspaper ceased due to the pressures of the printing business, the family's main concern. News articles included local social events, sport, concerts, and club activities. The building of the smelters, shipping news and the early stages of the Transcontinental Railway were also covered. Apart from Port Augusta news coverage included the towns of Stirling, Tarcoola, Leigh Creek, Iron Knob and Quorn.

The number of settlements covered in the news columns of this newspaper are impressive. It was begun shortly after the incorporation of the town, with the aim of making the opinions of the people of the mid-north known to Adelaide decision-makers. The columns of the Dispatch were packed with the news of the multitude of tiny communities around Port Augusta, while the 'Adelaide letter' provided detailed news from the capital. Local sport in the form of cricket, chess and rifle shooting was reported. Football is not mentioned until the early 1900s. The printer, young David Drysdale, was captain in the volunteer militia and a member of the local rifle club, which ensured coverage of both bodies in the paper. The activities of the port were well represented, including controversial wharf extensions in 1882, the call to build smelters in 1898, and the misbehaviour of visiting sailors as represented in the court reports. For a brief period in 1901 a social column, 'Town gossip by Dolly Pertinax', appeared. The quality of the newspaper fell in the decades before its demise, although when Drysdale re-purchased the Dispatch in 1915, various improvements were made. An interesting double-page coloured lithographic supplement of Port Augusta scenes, prepared by Rider and Mercer of Ballarat, was published with the issue of 28 October 1892.

David Drysdale of the Port Augusta Dispatch established this Port Lincoln newspaper in 1904. Initially he used many syndicated articles, but also published news reports, sport results and agricultural articles relevant to the Eyre Peninsula communities. Subsequent owner, Rebecca McGregor of the Challenger, was approached to sell the title in 1925. When she refused, Maurice Hill and JE Edwards established the rival Port Lincoln Times. The restrictions to labour and paper caused by the Second World War caused the Recorder to close in 1942. Its subscriptions were transferred to the Times.

This was a free newspaper founded in competition with the older Port Pirie Standard, and the Port Pirie Advocate. The owner, Robert Osborne, owned several newspapers in the mid-north. He ran the small newspaper for almost thirty years with his printer, William Hancock, later joined by Osborne’s brother, Stanley. The newspaper mostly kept a low political profile, but when expressed, its politics supported the Liberal Party and conservatism. This was in contrast to the more socialist views held by the other Port Pirie newspapers. An unusual early feature was a mining column by Robinson Banyer of Kapunda. The newspaper gave increasing space to articles about farming, particularly in the 1920s. At various times ‘newsletters’ (reports) from more than 70 towns and districts around Port Pirie were published in the newspaper. The most regular reports were from Port Germein (in early issues), Petersburg, Quorn, Georgetown and Balaklava. The latter two places were particularly well covered.

Following the closure of the Port Pirie Gazette, Walter South established the Port Pirie Advocate. From the beginning the Advocate was outspoken on political issues. Early editorials reflect the strong socialist views of the owners. Local stationer, Andrew Dungey, wrote regularly to the Advocate, and at one time had his own column discussing ‘land nationalisation’ and (Christian) Social Democracy. The newspaper was a strong supporter of the emerging Labor Party. It gave good coverage to sport, a feature which grew from this period across most of the country press. The geographical coverage included Broken Hill, south to Kapunda, and up to Port Augusta. The most regular reports in early issues were from the towns of Caltowie, Wandearah, Port Germein, Petersburg and Kapunda.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It was formed by South combining the Port Pirie Advocate with his Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder. In 1971 the newspaper briefly combined with the Transcontinental (Port Augusta) and became the Northern Observer. The Recorder has had a variety of owners, but in 1991 was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This newspaper was established in competition with the older Port Pirie Advocate. Politically, the Standard was a supporter of labour, for example reporting sympathetically on the strike by 250 Port Pirie stevedores in 1889. However, from 1895 under owner/editor Charles Meyrick, the newspaper was more conservative disagreeing with the Labor government of Charles Kingston, and disparaging the political Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1894 when South Australian women gained the right to vote, editor Berkley Dunn asked, ‘Who are the females, who in many respects, have practically unsexed themselves, that are now clamouring for this change? ...’ (12 July 1894, p. 2). The Standard did not print news from surrounding towns in the way that most country newspapers did. The exception was a Port Germein news column. News from Laura, Crystal Brook and Wandearah also appeared. Local sport was a prominent feature, and like Adelaide newspapers a variety of writers contributed for different sports. The issue of 17 September 1891 contained a coloured lithograph produced by F.W. Niven of Ballarat ‘Views of Port Pirie, South Australia’. In July 1898 Standard amalgamated with the Port Pirie Advocate, to become the Port Pirie Recorder. The Recorder is the current newspaper of the town.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

The Mercury was founded by Robert Osborne as an adjunct to the Petersburg Times. Initially it was a simple four page spread. Local advertisements were on the front page, local news on the back, while the two inside pages consisted of syndicated articles and stories. In the 19th century, correspondents from a myriad of settlements around Quorn forwarded news items to the newspaper. However news from Quorn, Peterborough and Port Pirie featured. In 1922 news items began appearing on the front page, instead of the usual advertising, beginning with that season's football reports. (The innovation of front page news did not reach the city newspapers for another 20 years.) When Frank Pitman took over in 1923 more prominence was given to local Quorn news. In 1945 the newspaper was obtained by the Transcontinental (Port Augusta). The Mercury ceased in 1956, replaced by a Quorn column in the Transcontinental.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

The Pioneer began in 1892 as a hand-written chromograph publication under the editorship of Arthur Pitman Corrie, with cartoons by the local Methodist minister, John Jenkin. The following year Corrie purchased a printing press, and in 1895 Sydney Browne took over the Pioneer. In 1905 it was purchased by Harry Taylor. Taylor had been involved in the New Australia migration to Paraguay in the 1890s. He turned the newspaper into a progressive and vigorous journal with a strong community focus. It also became well-known for its practical agricultural advice. The Taylor family have owned the newspaper ever since. In recent decades the Taylors have progressively purchased five other country newspapers. All are printed at Renmark.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief more recent news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War, as the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers (the Express and the Journal) published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

The Saturday Mail was an offshoot of the (Sunday) Mail, published by Clarence Moody. This was one of three titles Moody founded in 1912, the third being the Sporting Mail. Early issues of the Saturday Mail were largely devoted to sport, the theatre, cinema news and short stories. The advent of the First World War saw a major change to reporting, with ongoing updates as news of events poured down the telegraph lines. In 1915 Herbert Syme took over the Mail newspapers.

This was a short-lived Port Pirie week-end newspaper. It ceased with the outbreak of the First World War.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

This newspaper covered a broad geographical area including Robe, Narracoorte, Mount Gambier and Kingston. Between May and November 1926 it had a Saturday sporting edition. The newspaper was later incorporated into the Border Watch.

This newspaper was founded by farmer turned storekeeper Ronald Campbell . He was previously the Robe correspondent for the Border Watch. The newspaper began as a sideline to Campbell’s store and was originally named the Millicent Times. With his farming background the editor/owner gave the Times a strong agricultural focus. He sold to his brother Donald Campbell in 1894, who introduced a stronger political focus prior to entering Parliament in 1905. In 2006 the South Eastern Times was taken over by the Border Watch as part of the Allan Scott company.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

This is the full title of the Clarion newspaper which for almost thirty years ran in opposition to the Pioneer.

The Pioneer was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and was re-named the Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. It ran in opposition to the shorter-lived Clarion.

Initially the Sport covered a variety of sporting events, but after the Second World war it concentrated on horse racing. Early issues contain photographs of teams and events. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1946 due to the effects of the war. For a time from 1938 the newspaper was published by Sport Radio Press. Between 1924 and 1931 the Northern Sportsman was published as an edition of the newspaper for readers in Golden Grove, Port Augusta, Kadina, etc.

This newspaper was principally for horse racing enthusiasts. It covered both local and interstate races and publicised coming meets. A variety of other sports were also covered, and occasional theatre and film reviews. It appeared twice weekly under proprietors Harry Craker and William Wedd. A number of writers provided reports about local sports. Marcus Waldrene, writing as 'Tiresias' and 'Lancer', was the major contributor to the horse racing columns until his death in 1915. At the time he was perhaps the best known sports reporter in Adelaide. From early 1914 the newspaper was amalgamated with the satirical newspaper Quiz.

In 1912 Clarence Moody founded three newspapers in Adelaide: the (Sunday) Mail, the Saturday Mail, and the Sporting Mail. The Sporting Mail ceased with the outbreak of the First World War, while its companion newspapers were overtaken with copious war reporting.

Pritchard Hall published this newspaper to report sporting results at Petersburg (Peterborough) during the 1913 football season on Saturday evenings after the football game. Coverage included a variety of local sport and some brief coverage of city football and horseracing. On one occasion a Port Pirie sports column appeared. Film reviews and advertisements were included. It included front page photographs and caricatures by ‘Pip’ of local men. Occasionally topics other than sport were discussed, such as the ‘imminent peril to Australia’ of ‘white slave traffic’ (3 May 1913). The newspaper was printed by WH Bennett at the Peterborough Times.

The Stanley Herald was one of several newspapers produced by James Barclay. The newspaper was based in Snowtown, but its coverage included such places as Brinkworth, Bute and Port Broughton. Later the newspaper was run by LF Henstridge and his wife. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1947 due to labour shortages during the Second World War.

Only one issue of Adelaide's first Sunday newspaper is known to exist. The newspaper planned to be published monthly and ‘advocate the claims of our manufacturers ...’ (p. 1) It was a broadsheet published by W. Stephens in conjunction with the Weekly News. The content was largely horse racing and other sports news. It also contained photographs of Queen Alexandra, and local scenery. Newspapers such as this were largely published as Sunday reading for workers.

This newspaper covered the agricultural districts either side of the South Australian/Victorian border. It was printed in Naracoorte, and was eventually absorbed by the older Naracoorte Herald.

This is the oldest surviving Adelaide suburban newspaper. The publisher was Robert Osborne, formerly of the Quorn Mercury. Initially the newspaper covered the full range of Unley news: local government, sport, churches and detailed biographies and obituaries, including photographs. However, from 1910 the newspaper was reduced to one page of local news, and three pages of syndicated items.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

This was a landmark newspaper, rooted in the Labor movement of the 1890s. It partially continued J. Medway Day’s The Voice. The Herald under editor William Wedd discussed working-class rights, the mix of politics and religion, women's rights and unionism. The New Australia scheme in Paraguay, the ‘Adelaide Hospital Row’ and the establishment of village settlements were matters written about at length. Catherine Helen Spence, feminist and reformer, wrote for the Herald, as did the naturalist JGO Tepper, and Lucy Morice, niece of Catherine Spence, briefly edited the women's column. Sports, drama, music and literature were included in its coverage. An interesting serial story described the heroine being rejected by her lover due to her labour involvements. The newspaper was obviously a success, moving to daily production in 1910 as the Daily Herald.

This newspaper was published by auctioneer and printer Caleb Gurr.

David Drysdale of the Port Augusta Dispatch established this newspaper. Initially he used many syndicated articles, but also published news reports, sport results and agricultural articles. In its early years there was news from a multitude of towns and settlements on the Peninsula. For some years the Recorder was run by Mrs Rebecca McGregor. She was approached by JE Edwards and Maurice Hill several times to sell the newspaper, but refused. Subsequently these men established the rival Port Lincoln Times. Restrictions to labour and paper during the Second World War caused the Recorder to close in 1942.

The West Coast Sentinel began at Streaky Bay. News coverage extended to Kimba, Port Kenny, Minnipa, Penong and Elliston. In 1990 it was taken over by Rural Press, now a subsidiary of Fairfax Media.

This began as a magazine format, but from July 1914 was printed as a broadsheet newspaper. Covering news from the West Torrens district, and including photographs, the newspaper included strong coverage of the West Torrens Football Club. The newspaper also gave much space to reporting the first months of the First World War.

This newspaper lasted only three issues. It was published by young Tumby Bay printer, Walter Augustine Wade. The newspaper contained Tumby Bay news, local council and sporting club news, and tips for farmers. The first issue included a commemorative single page supplement with photographs, one depicting Wade's printing office.

This was the first newspaper for the expanding communities of the Eyre Peninsula at the beginning of the 20th century. The aim was to cover news for the whole of the Eyre Peninsula, but Port Lincoln received most coverage. A 'local' column contained news from the various small towns but Streaky Bay and Franklin Harbour had more frequent reports. Sports reports most often covered tennis and cricket. There are several reports of St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Port Lincoln. Interestingly, in the issue of 18 October 1902, the Franklin Harbour correspondent refers to the completion of the dog-proof fence.

The Willunga Bulletin was really a four-page advertisement for the American based Dr Sheldon's medicines. The broadsheet was printed so that any title could be added to the front with local agent's advertisements placed on the back. In this case the local agent was Matthew Goode who ran a general store at Willunga from about 1890 until the 1920s. The four pages are filled with short jokes, articles about uses for the medicines, and a competition for children.

In 1903 James Walker established the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, of the Snowtown newspaper, the Stanley Herald. At this time the newspaper was re-named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. It was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

The single sheet Adelaide aeroplane was an early free newspaper. Its title reflects the popularity of the emerging aviation industry at the time. Probably an evening newspaper, it was largely devoted to horse-racing. A regular column was titled, ‘Chapter of accidents, fatal and otherwise.’ The newspaper claimed to be non-political but took a pro-socialist stance. Each issue also contains a short story. The newspaper closed in early 1920 due to power restrictions caused by a coal crisis.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes, were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details of these lists, and of shipping movements generally, were published. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, including shipping details for each state.

The early Adelaide Stock and Station Journal concentrated on market reports and advertising. It later changed its title to Stock Journal. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes.

The 1915 edition of the Truth seems to have been published under the auspices of the Melbourne Truth by Adelaide-based journalist Frederick Joseph Jennings. This was short-lived. The newspaper began in May 1915, but its last issue appeared only a month later.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Agriculturist and Review began life as the Jamestown Review in March 1878. Founder, Port Pirie builder, John Burrough Collins for three years wrote with a 'sarcastic and vitriolic pen' (Cooper, p. 97). He left in July 1881 to become sub-editor of the Register newspaper. The Jamestown Review was then sold to 'Messrs Lake and Thurp'. George Lake became Town Clerk of Jamestown’s first Corporation. Three years later he resigned and took over the local newspaper. It was Lake who re-named the newspaper the Agriculturist and review. He entered Parliament in 1890 and hired Charles Reade as editor of the newspaper. Reade, like Lake, had a varied career which including medical training. In 1900 Reade volunteered for the South African War and was placed in charge of the Second Contingent. In 1903 the Agriculturist and review was sold to a long-time employee, Alfred Gage. Gage was a local, having grown up at nearby Belalie. Gage was a keen photographer and took many early photographs of the district. In 1919 he sold the newspaper to HB Whitham who, in turn, sold to the journalist LMW (Lester) Judell in 1921. Judell, like Gage, was a 'local' boy - the Judells being a prosperous Orroroo-based family. In 1927 he added the Booyoolie Areas Express newspaper to the business and in 1942 also the Laura Standard. Later he acquired the Orroroo Enterprise and the Times (Peterborough). In 1949 Judell combined the Agriculturist and Review, Areas Express and Laura Standard into a new title, the Northern Review. Employee Ted Clift purchased the firm in 1950. In 1958 the newspaper was sold to Reg Warnest.

As the Northern Review, the newspaper was acquired by Independent Newspapers of Port Pirie. With other local newspapers it became part of the new Review Times Record, which was eventually taken over by Flinders News.

There was intense debate in Australia over conscription during the First World War. Twice Prime Minister Billy Hughes attempted to force the issue to be passed, but both times referendums on the issue failed. In 1917, prior to the second referendum, the local branch of the Australian Labor Party printed this newspaper

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

The Australian Christian Commonwealth was formed in 1901, with its title reflecting the federation of the Australian colonies in that year, as well as the act of 'Methodist Union' in the previous year. Methodist Union saw the amalgamation of the Australian branches of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Bible Christian churches. The newspaper differed very little in content or design from its earlier title, the Christian Weekly and Methodist Journal. Throughout its history the newspaper had a series of very good editors and a tradition of being fairly open in both its religious opinions and its social commentary and discussion. During the First World War under editor Rev Octavius Lake, the newspaper strongly supported Conscription. A much different attitude was shown through the 1930s, in the lead-up to the Second World War, with support for pacifism and the right of individuals to make their own decisions about their involvement in war.

This newspaper was formed by a merger of two rival newspapers, the Sud Australische Zeitung, and the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Friedrich Basedow of th latter title was the proprietor, working with his father-in-law, Dr Carl Muecke. The newspaper was forced to close in 1916 due to anti-German feelings inspired by the First World War.

The Australisches Unterhaltungsblatt was published as a supplement to the Sud Australische Zeitung.

The Barossa news was established by John Birdseye Cant, a Western Australian printer and newspaperman. Initially just 500 copies were printed, but by 1911 the circulation had risen to 2,500. From 1909 the printing of the newspaper was done through G. Auricht at Tanunda. Charlie Goers was employed by the newspaper from the beginning, becoming managing editor in 1914. This was the first newspaper to provide any significant local news coverage to the Barossa towns.

The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper in 1908. It ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and the nearby towns and districts. The earliest issues of the newspaper had not survived, but in 2006 there was some excitement when the Clare Regional History Group donated fragments from some of the earliest issues of the Blyth Agriculturist. These were painstakingly pieced together by State Library Preservation staff, and subsequently microfilmed.

The Booleroo Magnet circulated through the mid-north towns including Melrose, Wirrabarra, Pekina and Port Germein at the beginning of the First World War. It was published by WH Bennett.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

The first few issues of this newspaper were titled the Southern Yorke's Peninsula Clarion. For thirty years it ran in opposition to the Pioneer newspaper.

The Critic was a popular newspaper covering the social scene of Adelaide in the late 1890s and early twentieth century, with articles, social notes, photographs and cartoons. It also covered sport, mining, fashion and the theatre, with later issues including literary news and poetry submitted by readers. The newspaper was also the official organ of the Automobile Club of South Australia, giving coverage to early South Australian motoring.

This was the fourth country newspaper founded by James Barclay of Snowtown. The Crystal Brook Times covered news for the areas surrounding the towns of Crystal Brook, Merriton, Narridy and Wandearah.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

This is an interesting newspaper promoting the cause of Australian primary producers. It was also the organ of the Aborigines' Protection League, and contains lengthy discussions about the need for greater support for the Aboriginal people. The newspaper also espoused strong Christian and Socialist views.

This was a weekly handwritten newsletter published by men of German background interred on Torrens Island during the First World War. There were three issues. The camp on Torrens Island contained 300 men. Under the strict supervision of Major Hawkes they were not allowed access to newspapers. The third issue refers to two re-captured escapees being flogged, which later brought an official enquiry into Major Hawkes’ running of the camp. As a result the camp was closed in August 1915, the prisoners being transferred to Holdsworthy camp near Liverpool in New South Wales. The title Kamerad translates as ‘Comrade’ or ‘Mate’. The editor was a young man named Walter Emde. The newsletters include articles, some fine drawings of the camp and inmates, humour and comic songs, and advertisements for the makeshift shops in the camp.

A newspaper concentrating on Norwood news.

The Exchange was an advertising medium for shops and other businesses at Mount Gambier. Early issues of this free newspaper do not seem to have survived, but publishing probably began in 1902. For almost 30 years the Clark family, local printers published this newspaper. It ceased when the Second World War caused paper restrictions and a decline in advertising.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late-breaking news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War when the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers, the Express, and the Journal published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and re-named it the Adelaide Express. This later became the Express and Telegraph, and finally the Express. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late news items. It also published the literary work of established and budding writers and poets. The evening press came into its own during the First World War, as for the first time the telegraph was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers (the Express and the Journal) published up to four editions per day.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

This was essentially a trade journal, but includes a range of articles of a more general newspaper style, and employed newspaper journalists on its staff. During the Boer War it published articles by a well-known (Australian) war correspondent, Horace Spooner.

This was produced by two Adelaide printers, Albert Molineux and Samuel Richards. The newspaper was extremely successful and in 1901 opened a Melbourne office and increased publication from monthly to weekly. It even had an international distribution. Contributors included vigneron Thomas Hardy on wine and vine growing, Henry Sewell of Payneham Nursery wrote 'gardening notes' and Otto Tepper of the South Australian Museum wrote about pests, lawn growing, and other topics. Later JG Kelly of McLaren Vale complied a vineyard notes column, and Robert Barr Smith's gardener, Carl Thybell, wrote as 'Gardener'. In May 1891 Molineux sold to William Catton Grasby, formerly headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College, and later an agricultural teacher at Way College. During Grasby’s editorship the journal became weekly and increased its international circulation. In 1893 lithographic and then photographic illustrations were introduced. It continued until 1940, when publication ceased due to wartime paper shortages.

This newspaper records news for the seaside suburb in the years when it was still more of a community than a suburb. The newspaper reflects preoccupations specific to this community, such as the, ‘entire absence of modesty’ of a group of young men and women playing leap-frog (together) in 1915, a councillor's complaints about organised sport on Sundays in 1945, and a local optician warning that wearing sunglasses inside might be injurious to the eyes in 1955. More general issues included the Conscription debate during the First World War. This newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press in 1964, becoming the Guardian Messenger.

This was a journal of theatre news with some social news included.

The Journal (originally titled Evening journal) was established by the Register in 1869 as an afternoon newspaper. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict by publishing various editions, including a 'special cable edition.' The Friday edition had a particular focus on sports news. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour. The Journal was also a place where hopeful writers and poets might have their work published. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Journal and the rival Express were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Journal continued until 1929, when it merged with the Advertiser’s Saturday Express to become the Express and Journal.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was Kangaroo Island's first newspaper. It was taken over by the Glenelg Guardian in 1951.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

This newspaper covered a wide geographical area. In 1948 it was merged with three other country newspapers to become the new Northern Review.

This was the first English-language newspaper covering any part of the Barossa Valley, apart from the Kapunda Herald. Its geographical coverage included Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood and Gumeracha.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was founded in 1912 by Clarence Moody. By 1923 it had been purchased by News Limited. It developed a strong sporting focus, with an emphasis on football and horse-racing. In 1923 it was bought by News Ltd and moved to North Terrace. The popular ‘Possum’s pages’ began in 1921, followed in 1924 by the first children’s comic, May Gibbs’ ‘Bib and Bub’. After the Second World War, the Mail developed into the newspaper with which we are now familiar. Its circulation increased from an original 15,000, to 213,000 by 1962. Until 1972 the Sunday Mail was printed on Saturday nights.

This newspaper covered news for the towns of the central and northern Yorke Peninsula. In particular it covered Maitland, Ardrossan, Port Victoria, Arthurton and Urania. In 1969 it was merged with the SYP Pioneer to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

In its early years this newspaper covered news from the myriad of tiny settlements of the ‘Murray electorate’, and gave a particular emphasis to sport. During the First World War it was a vehemently patriotic and anti-‘German’ voice, attacking many of the local people descended from German pioneers. The newspaper closed in 1917. Eighty years later the title was revived as the Mannum news page of the Murray Valley Standard.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

This newspaper was published by John Lethaby, and later his wife, as an adjunct to the Pinnaroo and Border Times. It ceased in 1927.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This was the newspaper of the National party of South Australia, a break away group from the Labor Party. It was largely devoted to politics, but included agricultural and gardening sections, and a children's page by 'Uncle Harry'.

‘New Adelaide’ was the name given to the section of the city around Victoria Square and Gouger Street. This included the Central Market and various stores and theatres. This newspaper was produced on behalf of the Central Traders Association. Besides covering a unique inner city district in some detail, the paper covered a range of issues that arose immediately after the First World War. These included prohibition, profiteering, setting the basic wage and the Spanish influenza epidemic.

This was one of several mid-northern newspapers established by James Barclay. It was later owned by Maurice Hill and John Edwards of the Transcontinental.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

The Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. Stephens claimed it would be apolitical, and this was largely the case throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens also purchased the Register, and the Observer became a weekly summary of the Register’s daily news. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer appeared in two editions. First was an early country edition sent to Burra and other country places on Fridays. A second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary and the focus of the Observer changed to week-end leisure reading. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 a regular four-page photographic supplement was included. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

This was the first country newspaper established by newspaperman James Barclay, in partnership with William Macfarlane. From 1911 it suffered by competition with the later Pinnaroo and Border Times. The older newspaper eventually closed in 1922.

This newspaper was founded by the Letheby family. It was a successful competitor with the older Pinaroo Country News, which was forced to close in 1922. The title changed to Border Times from 1987. In 2005 the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer bought the newspaper.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and later became the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. For thirty years an opposition newspaper, the Clarion, existed.

The life of the Plain Dealer was tied strongly to the final years of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company. As well as the demise of the famous copper mine, the newspaper reflects the political upheavals that took place in the district during and after the First World War. The Plain Dealer was a small and outspoken competitor to the long-running Kadina and Wallaroo Times, as other newspapers noticed: "[The Plain Dealer] ... takes a living interest in politics ... and is very outspoken and fearless on all topics of the day, especially those affecting the well-being of workers." (Central Advocate, 18 March, 1904, p. 2) Between 1901 and 1902 an interesting series of humorous articles appear, written in the Cornish dialect. Between 1906 and 1908 the Copper Age was printed as a mid-week subsidiary to the Plain Dealer.

The number of settlements covered in the news columns of this newspaper are impressive. It was begun shortly after the incorporation of the town, with the aim of making the opinions of the people of the mid-north known to Adelaide decision-makers. The columns of the Dispatch were packed with the news of the multitude of tiny communities around Port Augusta, while the 'Adelaide letter' provided detailed news from the capital. Local sport in the form of cricket, chess and rifle shooting was reported. Football is not mentioned until the early 1900s. The printer, young David Drysdale, was captain in the volunteer militia and a member of the local rifle club, which ensured coverage of both bodies in the paper. The activities of the port were well represented, including controversial wharf extensions in 1882, the call to build smelters in 1898, and the misbehaviour of visiting sailors as represented in the court reports. For a brief period in 1901 a social column, 'Town gossip by Dolly Pertinax', appeared. The quality of the newspaper fell in the decades before its demise, although when Drysdale re-purchased the Dispatch in 1915, various improvements were made. An interesting double-page coloured lithographic supplement of Port Augusta scenes, prepared by Rider and Mercer of Ballarat, was published with the issue of 28 October 1892.

This was a free newspaper founded in competition with the older Port Pirie Standard, and the Port Pirie Advocate. The owner, Robert Osborne, owned several newspapers in the mid-north. He ran the small newspaper for almost thirty years with his printer, William Hancock, later joined by Osborne’s brother, Stanley. The newspaper mostly kept a low political profile, but when expressed, its politics supported the Liberal Party and conservatism. This was in contrast to the more socialist views held by the other Port Pirie newspapers. An unusual early feature was a mining column by Robinson Banyer of Kapunda. The newspaper gave increasing space to articles about farming, particularly in the 1920s. At various times ‘newsletters’ (reports) from more than 70 towns and districts around Port Pirie were published in the newspaper. The most regular reports were from Port Germein (in early issues), Petersburg, Quorn, Georgetown and Balaklava. The latter two places were particularly well covered.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder. In 1971 the newspaper briefly combined with the Transcontinental (Port Augusta) and became the Northern Observer. The Recorder has had a variety of owners, but in 1991 was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It was formed by South combining the Port Pirie Advocate with his Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder. In 1971 the newspaper briefly combined with the Transcontinental (Port Augusta) and became the Northern Observer. The Recorder has had a variety of owners, but in 1991 was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

The Mercury was founded by Robert Osborne as an adjunct to the Petersburg Times. Initially it was a simple four page spread. Local advertisements were on the front page, local news on the back, while the two inside pages consisted of syndicated articles and stories. In the 19th century, correspondents from a myriad of settlements around Quorn forwarded news items to the newspaper. However news from Quorn, Peterborough and Port Pirie featured. In 1922 news items began appearing on the front page, instead of the usual advertising, beginning with that season's football reports. (The innovation of front page news did not reach the city newspapers for another 20 years.) When Frank Pitman took over in 1923 more prominence was given to local Quorn news. In 1945 the newspaper was obtained by the Transcontinental (Port Augusta). The Mercury ceased in 1956, replaced by a Quorn column in the Transcontinental.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder when it was bought by JE Davidson. Davidson was later the founder of the News. In 1971 the Recorder was briefly merged with the Transcontinental and became the Northern Observer. The move was not popular, and the two titles resumed separate publication. In 1991 it was sold to Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief more recent news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War, as the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers (the Express and the Journal) published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

This was a short-lived Port Pirie week-end newspaper. It ceased with the outbreak of the First World War.

This newspaper covered a broad geographical area including Robe, Narracoorte, Mount Gambier and Kingston. Between May and November 1926 it had a Saturday sporting edition. The newspaper was later incorporated into the Border Watch.

This newspaper was founded by farmer turned storekeeper Ronald Campbell . He was previously the Robe correspondent for the Border Watch. The newspaper began as a sideline to Campbell’s store and was originally named the Millicent Times. With his farming background the editor/owner gave the Times a strong agricultural focus. He sold to his brother Donald Campbell in 1894, who introduced a stronger political focus prior to entering Parliament in 1905. In 2006 the South Eastern Times was taken over by the Border Watch as part of the Allan Scott company.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

Initially the Sport covered a variety of sporting events, but after the Second World war it concentrated on horse racing. Early issues contain photographs of teams and events. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1946 due to the effects of the war. For a time from 1938 the newspaper was published by Sport Radio Press. Between 1924 and 1931 the Northern Sportsman was published as an edition of the newspaper for readers in Golden Grove, Port Augusta, Kadina, etc.

This newspaper was principally for horse racing enthusiasts. It covered both local and interstate races and publicised coming meets. A variety of other sports were also covered, and occasional theatre and film reviews. It appeared twice weekly under proprietors Harry Craker and William Wedd. A number of writers provided reports about local sports. Marcus Waldrene, writing as 'Tiresias' and 'Lancer', was the major contributor to the horse racing columns until his death in 1915. At the time he was perhaps the best known sports reporter in Adelaide. From early 1914 the newspaper was amalgamated with the satirical newspaper Quiz.

In 1912 Clarence Moody founded three newspapers in Adelaide: the (Sunday) Mail, the Saturday Mail, and the Sporting Mail. The Sporting Mail ceased with the outbreak of the First World War, while its companion newspapers were overtaken with copious war reporting.

The Stanley Herald was one of several newspapers produced by James Barclay. The newspaper was based in Snowtown, but its coverage included such places as Brinkworth, Bute and Port Broughton. Later the newspaper was run by LF Henstridge and his wife. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1947 due to labour shortages during the Second World War.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

The Transcontinental was founded by James Barclay of Wilmington. After two issues Barclay sold to Maurice Hill and John Edwards, previously employed at the Port Augusta Dispatch as a printer and a journalist. Port Augusta at this time was about to be developed by the Federal government as an important point in the building of the Trans-Australian railway, hence the title.

Between March 1961 and January 1963 the newspaper was published twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday. For a time between July and September 1971, the Transcontinental was combined with the Port Pirie Recorder as the Northern Observer. The move was not popular and the two titles reverted to separate publication. In 1991 the Transcontinental became part of Rural Press, which later joined with Fairfax Media.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

Douglas Bardolph produced this outspoken local newspaper. As well as a page for women, coverage of local sport, churches and social news, and biographical articles and photographs, the Unley News contained long critical editorials about local government and other issues facing the people of Unley. These editorials drew public criticism. News coverage extended to Goodwood and adjacent suburbs.

Only five issues of the Unley Review have survived. The small, magazine-like newspaper focussed strongly on post-war related subjects such as the employment of returned soldiers. It also contained lengthy local sports reports and photographs.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

This newspaper was published by auctioneer and printer Caleb Gurr.

David Drysdale of the Port Augusta Dispatch established this newspaper. Initially he used many syndicated articles, but also published news reports, sport results and agricultural articles. In its early years there was news from a multitude of towns and settlements on the Peninsula. For some years the Recorder was run by Mrs Rebecca McGregor. She was approached by JE Edwards and Maurice Hill several times to sell the newspaper, but refused. Subsequently these men established the rival Port Lincoln Times. Restrictions to labour and paper during the Second World War caused the Recorder to close in 1942.

The West Coast Sentinel began at Streaky Bay. News coverage extended to Kimba, Port Kenny, Minnipa, Penong and Elliston. In 1990 it was taken over by Rural Press, now a subsidiary of Fairfax Media.

This began as a magazine format, but from July 1914 was printed as a broadsheet newspaper. Covering news from the West Torrens district, and including photographs, the newspaper included strong coverage of the West Torrens Football Club. The newspaper also gave much space to reporting the first months of the First World War.

In 1903 James Walker established the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, of the Snowtown newspaper, the Stanley Herald. At this time the newspaper was re-named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. It was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

The single sheet Adelaide aeroplane was an early free newspaper. Its title reflects the popularity of the emerging aviation industry at the time. Probably an evening newspaper, it was largely devoted to horse-racing. A regular column was titled, ‘Chapter of accidents, fatal and otherwise.’ The newspaper claimed to be non-political but took a pro-socialist stance. Each issue also contains a short story. The newspaper closed in early 1920 due to power restrictions caused by a coal crisis.

The Adelaide Hills Producer was the earliest newspaper produced for residents of the Adelaide Hills. Its coverage including Blackwood, Echunga and Tweedvale (Lobethal). It included articles specifically covering market gardening and dairying topics as relevant to its readers' main occupations. The newspaper was published by Gordon Porteus, and printed by the Sunday Mail. The State Library set is unfortunately incomplete.

This was a sensational weekly tabloid newspaper. Its editorials voiced strong conservative opinions in support of the White Australia policy. The newspaper also contained a large amount of sport, including horse racing, football, cricket and boxing. At least a whole page each week was devoted to articles and advertising for JC Williamson shows at the Theatre Royal, and films at Wests'. Regular historical articles concentrated on crime stories of nineteenth century South Australia. Hal Gye was the cartoonist for the newspaper

The early Adelaide Stock and Station Journal concentrated on market reports and advertising. It later changed its title to Stock Journal. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

The Australian Christian Commonwealth was formed in 1901, with its title reflecting the federation of the Australian colonies in that year, as well as the act of 'Methodist Union' in the previous year. Methodist Union saw the amalgamation of the Australian branches of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Bible Christian churches. The newspaper differed very little in content or design from its earlier title, the Christian Weekly and Methodist Journal. Throughout its history the newspaper had a series of very good editors and a tradition of being fairly open in both its religious opinions and its social commentary and discussion. During the First World War under editor Rev Octavius Lake, the newspaper strongly supported Conscription. A much different attitude was shown through the 1930s, in the lead-up to the Second World War, with support for pacifism and the right of individuals to make their own decisions about their involvement in war.

For a short time the Messers BD Auricht and JRW Schulz of Tanunda attempted to revive South Australia's last German language newspaper. The older title had been forced to close due to anti-German pressure during the First World War. The revived title was a small production, and did not last long.

The Barossa news was established by John Birdseye Cant, a Western Australian printer and newspaperman. Initially just 500 copies were printed, but by 1911 the circulation had risen to 2,500. From 1909 the printing of the newspaper was done through G. Auricht at Tanunda. Charlie Goers was employed by the newspaper from the beginning, becoming managing editor in 1914. This was the first newspaper to provide any significant local news coverage to the Barossa towns.

The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper in 1908. It ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and the nearby towns and districts. The earliest issues of the newspaper had not survived, but in 2006 there was some excitement when the Clare Regional History Group donated fragments from some of the earliest issues of the Blyth Agriculturist. These were painstakingly pieced together by State Library Preservation staff, and subsequently microfilmed.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

The Challenger newspaper was owned and edited by Mrs Rebecca McGregor, and published in Port Lincoln. Mrs McGregor and her sons owned the West Coast Recorder. It is a fascinating and outspoken socialist newspaper, produced at the height of the Great Depression. Both as a country newspaper and as a political voice, it is unique. The Challenger provided forthright opinions about a range of local, state and federal issues. The newspaper's title with its image of a knight on horseback set the tone. As well as fulsome political critiques, the Challenger contained news for Port Lincoln and the adjacent towns of Lock, Kimba, Wudinna and Tumby Bay. Social events were described alongside long columns reporting the activities of the local branches of the Labor Party, Country Party, and Liberal and Country League. The rifle club was well reported, along with church news, sports results, school news and obituaries.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

The first few issues of this newspaper were titled the Southern Yorke's Peninsula Clarion. For thirty years it ran in opposition to the Pioneer newspaper.

This was a supplement to the Daily Commercial News, a newspaper covering national shipping. For a time the newspaper was published in Adelaide.

The Centenary Corroboree was published by the Advertiser for the 1936 Scouting Jamboree at Belair. The first Australian Jamboree was held in in Victoria in 1934. The leaders of the South Australian scouting movement decided a local Jamboree would be a suitable gesture for the centenary of South Australia's European colonisation in 1936. A six day camp of 4,000 scouts marked the 'Centenary Corroboree' at Belair National Park from 28 December 1936. Scouts from across the Commonwealth attended. The souvenir newspaper was sold at one penny per issue.

The Critic was a popular newspaper covering the social scene of Adelaide in the late 1890s and early twentieth century, with articles, social notes, photographs and cartoons. It also covered sport, mining, fashion and the theatre, with later issues including literary news and poetry submitted by readers. The newspaper was also the official organ of the Automobile Club of South Australia, giving coverage to early South Australian motoring.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

The South Australian branch of the Labor Party took a risk in 1910 by turning its Weekly Herald into the Daily Herald. This was Australia’s first metropolitan daily Labor newspaper. Engaging with industrial issues and adopting a genuinely socialist stance, it was a stark contrast to the two relatively conservative Adelaide morning newspapers. Job printing for the trade unions helped the Herald to make ends meet, but competition from the News contributed to its eventual closure.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

This is an interesting newspaper promoting the cause of Australian primary producers. It was also the organ of the Aborigines' Protection League, and contains lengthy discussions about the need for greater support for the Aboriginal people. The newspaper also espoused strong Christian and Socialist views.

The first Australian Greek newspaper was Oceanis, founded in Adelaide in 1914, but subsequently moved to Sydney. Deltion Pharoy was Adelaide's next Greek community publication, and a little longer lasting.

This was the newspaper of the local branch of the International Workers of the World, also known as the Industrial Workers of the World, a radical labour movement. The organisation was founded in Chicago in 1905 but by the 1920s had been hounded out of existence in America. In Australia branches continued to be active for a long period after this time.

The District reflector was a short-lived monthly publication covering Woodville and nearby suburbs. Only five issues of the broadsheet newspaper are known to exist. It contained snippets of news for Woodville, Kilkenny, Croydon and the new subdivision of 'Gelland' (now part of West Croydon). The newspaper was published by 'Messrs Woodland and Webb' and printed by EJ McAlister.

Only two issues of the Eastern Star were published. This neatly produced newspaper covered the inner eastern suburbs of Norwood, St Peters and Payneham. It included both advertisements for local businesses and news articles.

This was one of a series of early free suburban newspapers produced by Walqvist Publishing. The other titles were the Welfare Times, Unley Welfare and Western Times. Norwood and Kensington news was interspersed with social notes, a children's column, 'the woman in the home' column, and advertisements. The disagreement between the Minister for Education and the Norwood Council over extending the Norwood Oval made front page headlines for several weeks.

The Exchange was an advertising medium for shops and other businesses at Mount Gambier. Early issues of this free newspaper do not seem to have survived, but publishing probably began in 1902. For almost 30 years the Clark family, local printers published this newspaper. It ceased when the Second World War caused paper restrictions and a decline in advertising.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late-breaking news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War when the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers, the Express, and the Journal published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929.

In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief late-breaking news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War when the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers, the Express, and the Journal published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

This newspaper was a continuation of the long-running Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser.

This was produced by two Adelaide printers, Albert Molineux and Samuel Richards. The newspaper was extremely successful and in 1901 opened a Melbourne office and increased publication from monthly to weekly. It even had an international distribution. Contributors included vigneron Thomas Hardy on wine and vine growing, Henry Sewell of Payneham Nursery wrote 'gardening notes' and Otto Tepper of the South Australian Museum wrote about pests, lawn growing, and other topics. Later JG Kelly of McLaren Vale complied a vineyard notes column, and Robert Barr Smith's gardener, Carl Thybell, wrote as 'Gardener'. In May 1891 Molineux sold to William Catton Grasby, formerly headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College, and later an agricultural teacher at Way College. During Grasby’s editorship the journal became weekly and increased its international circulation. In 1893 lithographic and then photographic illustrations were introduced. It continued until 1940, when publication ceased due to wartime paper shortages.

This newspaper records news for the seaside suburb in the years when it was still more of a community than a suburb. The newspaper reflects preoccupations specific to this community, such as the, ‘entire absence of modesty’ of a group of young men and women playing leap-frog (together) in 1915, a councillor's complaints about organised sport on Sundays in 1945, and a local optician warning that wearing sunglasses inside might be injurious to the eyes in 1955. More general issues included the Conscription debate during the First World War. This newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press in 1964, becoming the Guardian Messenger.

This newspaper contained strong local political commentary. Topics including issues with the Glenelg tram and the Patawalonga figured strongly. There were also lengthy social columns. From 1939 photographs were included in the newspaper.

This newspaper was founded as an opposition newspaper to the Glenelg Guardian, following controversy over the 1922 local council election. It gives detailed local government commentary, and covers the early years of the Glenelg Football Club. It also includes obituaries of local people, and lots of cinema news in the days of silent films. Geographical coverage includes Brighton and Seacliff.

This was an extreme left-wing newspaper published as a vehicle for the International Industrial Workers, a ‘revolutionary Labor movement.’ The first issue stated, ‘We are out to destroy the capitalist state.’ (February 1920, p. 2) Many articles discuss the Russian political situation. There is discussion about the formation of the ‘One Big Union’ and the plight of twelve IWW members sent to Long Bay Prison for a supposed arson attack in Sydney. Local news includes coverage of unrest amongst soldier settlers and unionists at Glossop Soldier Settlement. Only nine issues of the newspaper seem to have been published.

The Journal (originally titled Evening journal) was established by the Register in 1869 as an afternoon newspaper. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict by publishing various editions, including a 'special cable edition.' The Friday edition had a particular focus on sports news. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour. The Journal was also a place where hopeful writers and poets might have their work published. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Journal and the rival Express were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Journal continued until 1929, when it merged with the Advertiser’s Saturday Express to become the Express and Journal.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was Kangaroo Island's first newspaper. It was taken over by the Glenelg Guardian in 1951.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

This was the official newspaper of the South Australian Labor Party.

The Lameroo Mail survived for only two issues. It contained mostly syndicated general interest news, with local events reported on the back page.

The Lameroo Weekly News lasted for just four issues. It contained snippets of local news and sport, and advertisements for local businesses.

This newspaper covered a wide geographical area. In 1948 it was merged with three other country newspapers to become the new Northern Review.

This was the first English-language newspaper covering any part of the Barossa Valley, apart from the Kapunda Herald. Its geographical coverage included Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood and Gumeracha.

The Loxton Clarion ran for only three years following the First World War. Proprietor Jack Irving aimed to produce a newspaper reflecting the concerns of Loxton and surrounding districts. Strongly rural in focus, the articles covered crops, care of livestock and vehicle maintenance. Local sport was also a strong feature.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was founded in 1912 by Clarence Moody. By 1923 it had been purchased by News Limited. It developed a strong sporting focus, with an emphasis on football and horse-racing. In 1923 it was bought by News Ltd and moved to North Terrace. The popular ‘Possum’s pages’ began in 1921, followed in 1924 by the first children’s comic, May Gibbs’ ‘Bib and Bub’. After the Second World War, the Mail developed into the newspaper with which we are now familiar. Its circulation increased from an original 15,000, to 213,000 by 1962. Until 1972 the Sunday Mail was printed on Saturday nights.

This newspaper covered news for the towns of the central and northern Yorke Peninsula. In particular it covered Maitland, Ardrossan, Port Victoria, Arthurton and Urania. In 1969 it was merged with the SYP Pioneer to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

This single sheet newspaper contains information describing an accident that occurred at the Adelaide Railway Station on 29 January 1923. It was probably produced by PJ McMahon, who ran a boot stall outside the railway station. The back of the sheet contains further details of the accident, as well as the results of the race meeting held the same day at Victoria Park.

The geographical coverage of this newspaper included the towns of Riverton, Saddleworth, Tarlee, Manoora, Marrabel and Rhynie.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

This is Murray Bridge's oldest newspaper. It replaced the 'Murray Bridge Advertiser' reports in the pages of the Mount Barker Courier. Originally weekly, the Standard experimented with publishing twice weekly in 1973. It has regularly published on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 1981. Over the years the newspaper has had a strong focus on reporting about local people and their lives, with interviews, news reports, biographical sketches and obituaries. Matters relating to the River Murray have naturally featured also. Concerns about water flow have been voiced in its pages since 1939. Sports coverage became a main feature following the Second World War. Football received the most detailed coverage, but other sports, in particular rowing, were included. Murray Bridge was the centre of a busy agricultural district and the newspaper reflects this with agricultural articles, reports of agricultural associations and advertisements for agricultural equipment and products. The Standard has also devoted plenty of space to local government matters, freely voicing both Council and community opinions on a range of issues. Rural Press bought shares in the newspaper in 1986, taking over full control in December 1994. Rural Press merged with Fairfax Media in 2006.

This newspaper was published by John Lethaby, and later his wife, as an adjunct to the Pinnaroo and Border Times. It ceased in 1927.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This was the newspaper of the National party of South Australia, a break away group from the Labor Party. It was largely devoted to politics, but included agricultural and gardening sections, and a children's page by 'Uncle Harry'.

This newspaper was published by the Central Traders and Central Market Stallholders’ Associations. It was a free publication and aimed to promote city businesses located between Grote and Gouger Streets. It published advertisements, fashion articles and recipes, but reported little actual ‘news’.

‘New Adelaide’ was the name given to the section of the city around Victoria Square and Gouger Street. This included the Central Market and various stores and theatres. This newspaper was produced on behalf of the Central Traders Association. Besides covering a unique inner city district in some detail, the paper covered a range of issues that arose immediately after the First World War. These included prohibition, profiteering, setting the basic wage and the Spanish influenza epidemic.

This was Adelaide’s signature evening newspaper. The tabloid was founded by James Edward Davidson in 1923 through the merging two old titles, the Express and the Journal. The News was popular from the start, with a strong initial circulation. By 1953 the circulation was 160,000. After Davidson’s sudden death in London in 1930, Keith Murdoch, already owner of the Advertiser, joined the News’ Board. By 1949 he had secured a major personal share of the newspaper. His son, Rupert, joined the News in 1952. He became publisher and managing director, before selling the title to Northern Star Holdings in 1987. When it closed in 1992, the News was the last metropolitan afternoon newspaper in Australia. Many prominent journalists cut their teeth on the News.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

This was a small newspaper covering the suburbs of North Adelaide, Prospect, Enfield and Walkerville. It included brief local news mostly in relation to the local councils. It also published advertisements for local businesses. Sport was a feature. Most space was taken up with a 'Hollywood' page, books and cookery columns.

Between 1924 and 1931 the Northern Sportsman was published as a special edition of the Sport newspaper. It covered a broad geographical readership including Golden Grove, Port Augusta, and Kadina. The publisher was Fred Jennings.

The Observer was established by John Stephens with a country readership in mind. Stephens claimed it would be apolitical, and this was largely the case throughout the Observer’s long life. In 1845 Stephens also purchased the Register, and the Observer became a weekly summary of the Register’s daily news. Many articles were simply copied from the daily title. By 1852 the Observer appeared in two editions. First was an early country edition sent to Burra and other country places on Fridays. A second 'town edition' appeared on Saturday morning. As the rail network spread through the 1870s, the delivery of city newspapers to the country eroded the need for the country weekly summary and the focus of the Observer changed to week-end leisure reading. While still summarising the week's news, it included literature, a 'ladies column', agricultural articles, etc. Adelaide’s earliest women journalists and aspiring writers had work published in the Observer. This included Catherine Helen Spence, Winifred Scott and Ellen Liston. From 1902 a regular four-page photographic supplement was included. Earlier supplements had appeared intermittently since September 1895.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

The first Australian Greek newspaper was Oceanis, founded in Adelaide in 1914 by George Nicolaides but subsequently moved to Sydney. Deltion Pharoy was Adelaide's next Greek community publication, and a little longer lasting. It changed its title to Pharos in its last year of publication.

This was the first country newspaper established by newspaperman James Barclay, in partnership with William Macfarlane. From 1911 it suffered by competition with the later Pinnaroo and Border Times. The older newspaper eventually closed in 1922.

This newspaper was founded by the Letheby family. It was a successful competitor with the older Pinaroo Country News, which was forced to close in 1922. The title changed to Border Times from 1987. In 2005 the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer bought the newspaper.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and later became the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. For thirty years an opposition newspaper, the Clarion, existed.

The life of the Plain Dealer was tied strongly to the final years of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company. As well as the demise of the famous copper mine, the newspaper reflects the political upheavals that took place in the district during and after the First World War. The Plain Dealer was a small and outspoken competitor to the long-running Kadina and Wallaroo Times, as other newspapers noticed: "[The Plain Dealer] ... takes a living interest in politics ... and is very outspoken and fearless on all topics of the day, especially those affecting the well-being of workers." (Central Advocate, 18 March, 1904, p. 2) Between 1901 and 1902 an interesting series of humorous articles appear, written in the Cornish dialect. Between 1906 and 1908 the Copper Age was printed as a mid-week subsidiary to the Plain Dealer.

Although only lasting a few months, this newspaper is interesting for its regular inclusion of songs and music by Jack Fewster and Tom King.

This newspaper was founded by Maurice Hill and Ken Robertson. As with several country newspapers, publishing ceased for some years during the Second World War. Since its early years there was been much coverage given to agriculture and sport. By the 1960s the Hill family had given the newspaper the look of a city newspaper, with big front page headlines, sport action photographs and large advertisements. In 1990 the newspaper was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This was a free newspaper founded in competition with the older Port Pirie Standard, and the Port Pirie Advocate. The owner, Robert Osborne, owned several newspapers in the mid-north. He ran the small newspaper for almost thirty years with his printer, William Hancock, later joined by Osborne’s brother, Stanley. The newspaper mostly kept a low political profile, but when expressed, its politics supported the Liberal Party and conservatism. This was in contrast to the more socialist views held by the other Port Pirie newspapers. An unusual early feature was a mining column by Robinson Banyer of Kapunda. The newspaper gave increasing space to articles about farming, particularly in the 1920s. At various times ‘newsletters’ (reports) from more than 70 towns and districts around Port Pirie were published in the newspaper. The most regular reports were from Port Germein (in early issues), Petersburg, Quorn, Georgetown and Balaklava. The latter two places were particularly well covered.

Quiz was founded by Harry Evans and Alfred Chandler, two Advertiser journalists. The pair purchased the old satirical comic paper, the Lantern, as the basis for their venture. Harry Craker, James Hutchison and Alfred Smith were also involved in the publication. Quiz appealed to the new, more educated readers of late nineteenth century Adelaide. It mixed political and social comment with cartoons and quips, sports and theatre reporting, and snippets of social news. The tone was light and racy, and at the proprietors twice found themselves in court for libel over less flattering reports of theatre performers. By 1898 Quiz included photographs, including sporting photographs. In 1914 Quiz combined with the Sporting Life newspaper. In its final years the journal concentrated increasingly on sports reporting, particularly horse racing.

The Mercury was founded by Robert Osborne as an adjunct to the Petersburg Times. Initially it was a simple four page spread. Local advertisements were on the front page, local news on the back, while the two inside pages consisted of syndicated articles and stories. In the 19th century, correspondents from a myriad of settlements around Quorn forwarded news items to the newspaper. However news from Quorn, Peterborough and Port Pirie featured. In 1922 news items began appearing on the front page, instead of the usual advertising, beginning with that season's football reports. (The innovation of front page news did not reach the city newspapers for another 20 years.) When Frank Pitman took over in 1923 more prominence was given to local Quorn news. In 1945 the newspaper was obtained by the Transcontinental (Port Augusta). The Mercury ceased in 1956, replaced by a Quorn column in the Transcontinental.

This was a newspaper for radio enthusiasts and listeners.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder when it was bought by JE Davidson. Davidson was later the founder of the News. In 1971 the Recorder was briefly merged with the Transcontinental and became the Northern Observer. The move was not popular, and the two titles resumed separate publication. In 1991 it was sold to Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

This was South Australia’s first newspaper. It was founded by partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson under the auspices of the Public Officers of the Colonisation Commission. It is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches and self-government. For nearly one hundred years it was Adelaide’s morning paper. It was arguably a better quality newspaper than its competitor, the Advertiser. The Register was purchased by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. It continued under a new title and new format as the Register-News Pictorial, a pictorial newspaper. It finally closed in 1931. The Observer was the Register’s weekly version, and the Journal was its associated evening title.

In 1863 the Advertiser purchased Adelaide's first evening newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, and began a new title, the Adelaide Express. This eventually became simply the Express, but varied its title at different periods. As an evening newspaper it contained condensed news from the columns of the morning Advertiser, and brief more recent news items. It also published the literary work of both established and budding writers and poets. In many respects the evening press came into its own during the First World War, as the telegraph for the first time was used to provide continuous updates of the conflict. Through this period Adelaide’s two evening newspapers (the Express and the Journal) published up to four editions per day. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

The Journal (originally titled Evening Journal) was established by the Register in 1869 as an afternoon newspaper. It summarised the morning headlines and printed sports results. It was also published as competition to the Advertiser’s evening newspaper, the Express. During the First World War the Journal was an important means of disseminating information about the conflict by publishing various editions, including a ‘special cable edition’. The Saturday edition was a larger issue with week-end reading matter, including sports and humour. The Journal was a place where hopeful writers and poets might have their work published. In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Journal and the rival Express were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Journal continued until 1929, when it merged with the Advertiser’s Saturday Express to become the Express and Journal.

Smith’s Weekly was founded in Sydney in 1919 by James Joynton Smith with Claude McKay and Clyde Packer. The newspaper ran until 1950, with editions in a number of Australian states including an Adelaide edition. The newspaper was a mixture of sensationalism, sport and cartoons, particularly aimed at the post-War male population. It was dubbed the 'larrikin version of the Bulletin'. Staff included a number of journalists who later became prominent on other titles. Second World War poet Kenneth Slessor was editor between 1935 and 1939. Norm Mitchell and Eric Joliffe were among its cartoonists. Henry Lawson and Bernard Hessling were also among the writers for Smith’s.

This newspaper was published under the patronage of the South Australian Liberal Federation.

This was the official Labor Party newspaper following the closure of the Daily Herald.

This newspaper covered a broad geographical area including Robe, Narracoorte, Mount Gambier and Kingston. Between May and November 1926 it had a Saturday sporting edition. The newspaper was later incorporated into the Border Watch.

This newspaper was founded by farmer turned storekeeper Ronald Campbell . He was previously the Robe correspondent for the Border Watch. The newspaper began as a sideline to Campbell’s store and was originally named the Millicent Times. With his farming background the editor/owner gave the Times a strong agricultural focus. He sold to his brother Donald Campbell in 1894, who introduced a stronger political focus prior to entering Parliament in 1905. In 2006 the South Eastern Times was taken over by the Border Watch as part of the Allan Scott company.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

Initially the Sport covered a variety of sporting events, but after the Second World war it concentrated on horse racing. Early issues contain photographs of teams and events. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1946 due to the effects of the war. For a time from 1938 the newspaper was published by Sport Radio Press. Between 1924 and 1931 the Northern Sportsman was published as an edition of the newspaper for readers in Golden Grove, Port Augusta, Kadina, etc.

The Stanley Herald was one of several newspapers produced by James Barclay. The newspaper was based in Snowtown, but its coverage included such places as Brinkworth, Bute and Port Broughton. Later the newspaper was run by LF Henstridge and his wife. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1947 due to labour shortages during the Second World War.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

The Transcontinental was founded by James Barclay of Wilmington. After two issues Barclay sold to Maurice Hill and John Edwards, previously employed at the Port Augusta Dispatch as a printer and a journalist. Port Augusta at this time was about to be developed by the Federal government as an important point in the building of the Trans-Australian railway, hence the title.

Between March 1961 and January 1963 the newspaper was published twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday. For a time between July and September 1971, the Transcontinental was combined with the Port Pirie Recorder as the Northern Observer. The move was not popular and the two titles reverted to separate publication. In 1991 the Transcontinental became part of Rural Press, which later joined with Fairfax Media.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

The Turf Review was published weekly through the 1930s as a guide for horse racing enthusiasts. The publisher was Samuel Mander. Only a few issues from 1937 are held in the State Library.

This was a free newspaper produced by Gordon Dwyer and the Sport Radio Press. As well as lots of advertisements, the articles covered local sport, churches, Unley Council activities, the RSL branch, biographical articles and a 'Hollywood Happenings' column with movie news.

Douglas Bardolph produced this outspoken local newspaper. As well as a page for women, coverage of local sport, churches and social news, and biographical articles and photographs, the Unley News contained long critical editorials about local government and other issues facing the people of Unley. These editorials drew public criticism. News coverage extended to Goodwood and adjacent suburbs.

Only five issues of the Unley Review have survived. The small, magazine-like newspaper focussed strongly on post-war related subjects such as the employment of returned soldiers. It also contained lengthy local sports reports and photographs.

Only five issues of the Unley Times have survived. The free weekly newspaper was published by GAG Herbert, and as well as news items gave coverage to local school activities, sport, social notes, and included a women's page.

The founding proprietor and editor of the Unley Welfare was Lily Baldwin. The newspaper's initial focus on 'female' subjects reflects this, with a children's column, cookery, fashion, and crochet columns. News items were relatively brief, and there was a preponderance of advertising. Following Mrs Baldwin's death in mid 1922, the format changed under Arthur Bollard's editorship, with first pages, then columns of news from adjoining suburbs including: Parkside, Hyde Park, Goodwood and Mitcham.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

The Welfare-Times was published by experienced newspaper man RM Osborne. It combined two older titles, the Unley Welfare and the Western Times.

David Drysdale of the Port Augusta Dispatch established this newspaper. Initially he used many syndicated articles, but also published news reports, sport results and agricultural articles. In its early years there was news from a multitude of towns and settlements on the Peninsula. For some years the Recorder was run by Mrs Rebecca McGregor. She was approached by JE Edwards and Maurice Hill several times to sell the newspaper, but refused. Subsequently these men established the rival Port Lincoln Times. Restrictions to labour and paper during the Second World War caused the Recorder to close in 1942.

The West Coast Sentinel began at Streaky Bay. News coverage extended to Kimba, Port Kenny, Minnipa, Penong and Elliston. In 1990 it was taken over by Rural Press, now a subsidiary of Fairfax Media.

This small newspaper was produced through the Hilton Progressive Association. Its news coverage concentrated on news items for the suburb of Hilton, in particular news of this Association, reports of the West Torrens District Council, sport, and original humorous articles and letters.

The Western Mail concentrated on news for the town of Ceduna, in particular the movement to build the local hospital. News, obituaries, social notes, a children's column and pages of motoring, radio and agricultural information were included. 'Flotsam and Jetsam by The Wrecker' was a weekly commentary on a broad range of subjects both local and other.

This was a free newspaper, published by Wahlqvist Press in Pirie Street. It covered news for the suburbs of Henley Beach, Hilton, Mile End and Torrensville. The content was mostly short news items and advertisements for local businesses, with sporting news on the back page. Longer 'interest' articles on the front page, included a series of melodramatic South Australian history articles. From the sixth issue stories of the editor’s schooldays in a country town appear. Front page headline news included the disappearance of 13-year-old Vernon Pretty, son of the mayor of Thebarton. (28 August 1924, p. 1) The last few issues included a 'Suburban men of note' column describing prominent local men.

In 1903 James Walker established the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, of the Snowtown newspaper, the Stanley Herald. At this time the newspaper was re-named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. It was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

The Workers' Weekly Herald was the newspaper of the South Australian Labor movement. It has existed under various titles at different times.

The early Adelaide Stock and Station Journal concentrated on market reports and advertising. It later changed its title to Stock Journal. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Agriculturist and Review began life as the Jamestown Review in March 1878. Founder, Port Pirie builder, John Burrough Collins for three years wrote with a 'sarcastic and vitriolic pen' (Cooper, p. 97). He left in July 1881 to become sub-editor of the Register newspaper. The Jamestown Review was then sold to 'Messrs Lake and Thurp'. George Lake became Town Clerk of Jamestown’s first Corporation. Three years later he resigned and took over the local newspaper. It was Lake who re-named the newspaper the Agriculturist and review. He entered Parliament in 1890 and hired Charles Reade as editor of the newspaper. Reade, like Lake, had a varied career which including medical training. In 1900 Reade volunteered for the South African War and was placed in charge of the Second Contingent. In 1903 the Agriculturist and review was sold to a long-time employee, Alfred Gage. Gage was a local, having grown up at nearby Belalie. Gage was a keen photographer and took many early photographs of the district. In 1919 he sold the newspaper to HB Whitham who, in turn, sold to the journalist LMW (Lester) Judell in 1921. Judell, like Gage, was a 'local' boy - the Judells being a prosperous Orroroo-based family. In 1927 he added the Booyoolie Areas Express newspaper to the business and in 1942 also the Laura Standard. Later he acquired the Orroroo Enterprise and the Times (Peterborough). In 1949 Judell combined the Agriculturist and Review, Areas Express and Laura Standard into a new title, the Northern Review. Employee Ted Clift purchased the firm in 1950. In 1958 the newspaper was sold to Reg Warnest.

As the Northern Review, the newspaper was acquired by Independent Newspapers of Port Pirie. With other local newspapers it became part of the new Review Times Record, which was eventually taken over by Flinders News.

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

The Australian Christian Commonwealth was formed in 1901, with its title reflecting the federation of the Australian colonies in that year, as well as the act of 'Methodist Union' in the previous year. Methodist Union saw the amalgamation of the Australian branches of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Bible Christian churches. The newspaper differed very little in content or design from its earlier title, the Christian Weekly and Methodist Journal. Throughout its history the newspaper had a series of very good editors and a tradition of being fairly open in both its religious opinions and its social commentary and discussion. During the First World War under editor Rev Octavius Lake, the newspaper strongly supported Conscription. A much different attitude was shown through the 1930s, in the lead-up to the Second World War, with support for pacifism and the right of individuals to make their own decisions about their involvement in war.

The Barossa news was established by John Birdseye Cant, a Western Australian printer and newspaperman. Initially just 500 copies were printed, but by 1911 the circulation had risen to 2,500. From 1909 the printing of the newspaper was done through G. Auricht at Tanunda. Charlie Goers was employed by the newspaper from the beginning, becoming managing editor in 1914. This was the first newspaper to provide any significant local news coverage to the Barossa towns.

The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper in 1908. It ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and the nearby towns and districts. The earliest issues of the newspaper had not survived, but in 2006 there was some excitement when the Clare Regional History Group donated fragments from some of the earliest issues of the Blyth Agriculturist. These were painstakingly pieced together by State Library Preservation staff, and subsequently microfilmed.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

This was a supplement to the Daily Commercial News, a newspaper covering national shipping. For a time the newspaper was published in Adelaide.

This newspaper covered Edwardstown and Cumberland Park. It was continued as Southern Suburbs Community News.

This newspaper was published by the Blackwood Progress Association.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

The Exchange was an advertising medium for shops and other businesses at Mount Gambier. Early issues of this free newspaper do not seem to have survived, but publishing probably began in 1902. For almost 30 years the Clark family, local printers published this newspaper. It ceased when the Second World War caused paper restrictions and a decline in advertising.

In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

This newspaper was a continuation of the long-running Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser.

This was produced by two Adelaide printers, Albert Molineux and Samuel Richards. The newspaper was extremely successful and in 1901 opened a Melbourne office and increased publication from monthly to weekly. It even had an international distribution. Contributors included vigneron Thomas Hardy on wine and vine growing, Henry Sewell of Payneham Nursery wrote 'gardening notes' and Otto Tepper of the South Australian Museum wrote about pests, lawn growing, and other topics. Later JG Kelly of McLaren Vale complied a vineyard notes column, and Robert Barr Smith's gardener, Carl Thybell, wrote as 'Gardener'. In May 1891 Molineux sold to William Catton Grasby, formerly headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College, and later an agricultural teacher at Way College. During Grasby’s editorship the journal became weekly and increased its international circulation. In 1893 lithographic and then photographic illustrations were introduced. It continued until 1940, when publication ceased due to wartime paper shortages.

This newspaper records news for the seaside suburb in the years when it was still more of a community than a suburb. The newspaper reflects preoccupations specific to this community, such as the, ‘entire absence of modesty’ of a group of young men and women playing leap-frog (together) in 1915, a councillor's complaints about organised sport on Sundays in 1945, and a local optician warning that wearing sunglasses inside might be injurious to the eyes in 1955. More general issues included the Conscription debate during the First World War. This newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press in 1964, becoming the Guardian Messenger.

This newspaper contained strong local political commentary. Topics including issues with the Glenelg tram and the Patawalonga figured strongly. There were also lengthy social columns. From 1939 photographs were included in the newspaper.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was Kangaroo Island's first newspaper. It was taken over by the Glenelg Guardian in 1951.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

This newspaper covered a wide geographical area. In 1948 it was merged with three other country newspapers to become the new Northern Review.

This was the first English-language newspaper covering any part of the Barossa Valley, apart from the Kapunda Herald. Its geographical coverage included Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood and Gumeracha.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was founded in 1912 by Clarence Moody. By 1923 it had been purchased by News Limited. It developed a strong sporting focus, with an emphasis on football and horse-racing. In 1923 it was bought by News Ltd and moved to North Terrace. The popular ‘Possum’s pages’ began in 1921, followed in 1924 by the first children’s comic, May Gibbs’ ‘Bib and Bub’. After the Second World War, the Mail developed into the newspaper with which we are now familiar. Its circulation increased from an original 15,000, to 213,000 by 1962. Until 1972 the Sunday Mail was printed on Saturday nights.

This newspaper covered news for the towns of the central and northern Yorke Peninsula. In particular it covered Maitland, Ardrossan, Port Victoria, Arthurton and Urania. In 1969 it was merged with the SYP Pioneer to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

The geographical coverage of this newspaper included the towns of Riverton, Saddleworth, Tarlee, Manoora, Marrabel and Rhynie.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

The Pioneer began in 1892 as a hand-written chromograph publication under the editorship of Arthur Pitman Corrie, with cartoons by the local Methodist minister, John Jenkin. The following year Corrie purchased a printing press, and in 1895 Sydney Browne took over the Pioneer. In 1905 it was purchased by Harry Taylor. Taylor had been involved in the New Australia migration to Paraguay in the 1890s. He turned the newspaper into a progressive and vigorous journal with a strong community focus. It also became well-known for its practical agricultural advice. The Taylor family have owned the newspaper ever since. In recent decades the Taylors have progressively purchased five other country newspapers. All are printed at Renmark.

This is Murray Bridge's oldest newspaper. It replaced the 'Murray Bridge Advertiser' reports in the pages of the Mount Barker Courier. Originally weekly, the Standard experimented with publishing twice weekly in 1973. It has regularly published on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 1981. Over the years the newspaper has had a strong focus on reporting about local people and their lives, with interviews, news reports, biographical sketches and obituaries. Matters relating to the River Murray have naturally featured also. Concerns about water flow have been voiced in its pages since 1939. Sports coverage became a main feature following the Second World War. Football received the most detailed coverage, but other sports, in particular rowing, were included. Murray Bridge was the centre of a busy agricultural district and the newspaper reflects this with agricultural articles, reports of agricultural associations and advertisements for agricultural equipment and products. The Standard has also devoted plenty of space to local government matters, freely voicing both Council and community opinions on a range of issues. Rural Press bought shares in the newspaper in 1986, taking over full control in December 1994. Rural Press merged with Fairfax Media in 2006.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This was Adelaide’s signature evening newspaper. The tabloid was founded by James Edward Davidson in 1923 through the merging two old titles, the Express and the Journal. The News was popular from the start, with a strong initial circulation. By 1953 the circulation was 160,000. After Davidson’s sudden death in London in 1930, Keith Murdoch, already owner of the Advertiser, joined the News’ Board. By 1949 he had secured a major personal share of the newspaper. His son, Rupert, joined the News in 1952. He became publisher and managing director, before selling the title to Northern Star Holdings in 1987. When it closed in 1992, the News was the last metropolitan afternoon newspaper in Australia. Many prominent journalists cut their teeth on the News.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

This newspaper was founded by the Letheby family. It was a successful competitor with the older Pinaroo Country News, which was forced to close in 1922. The title changed to Border Times from 1987. In 2005 the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer bought the newspaper.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and later became the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. For thirty years an opposition newspaper, the Clarion, existed.

This newspaper was founded by Maurice Hill and Ken Robertson. As with several country newspapers, publishing ceased for some years during the Second World War. Since its early years there was been much coverage given to agriculture and sport. By the 1960s the Hill family had given the newspaper the look of a city newspaper, with big front page headlines, sport action photographs and large advertisements. In 1990 the newspaper was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

In 1903 James Walker established the forerunner to the Plains Producer, which he named the Central Advocate. In 1926 this was purchased by Amy Henstridge of the Stanley Herald at Snowtown. At this time the newspaper was named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. The newspaper was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends from Snowtown in the north, to Virginia in the south.

The Mercury was founded by Robert Osborne as an adjunct to the Petersburg Times. Initially it was a simple four page spread. Local advertisements were on the front page, local news on the back, while the two inside pages consisted of syndicated articles and stories. In the 19th century, correspondents from a myriad of settlements around Quorn forwarded news items to the newspaper. However news from Quorn, Peterborough and Port Pirie featured. In 1922 news items began appearing on the front page, instead of the usual advertising, beginning with that season's football reports. (The innovation of front page news did not reach the city newspapers for another 20 years.) When Frank Pitman took over in 1923 more prominence was given to local Quorn news. In 1945 the newspaper was obtained by the Transcontinental (Port Augusta). The Mercury ceased in 1956, replaced by a Quorn column in the Transcontinental.

This was a newspaper for radio enthusiasts and listeners.

Only one issue of the Ratepayer appears to have been published. It was one of the free community newspapers appearing in the Adelaide suburbs before the Second World War. Produced by the West Torrens Ratepayers’ Association, it comprised commentary on Council activities and articles about organisations such as the local Mothers and Babies’ Health Association.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder when it was bought by JE Davidson. Davidson was later the founder of the News. In 1971 the Recorder was briefly merged with the Transcontinental and became the Northern Observer. The move was not popular, and the two titles resumed separate publication. In 1991 it was sold to Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This was the journal of the South Australian Methodist church. Through changes in format and title, this has been published continuously since 1864. Its current title is New Times. As well as religious topics. the newspaper has always had strong discussions on social issues ranging through being pro-Conscription during the First World War, supporting conscientious objection during the Second World War, and discussing homosexuality and the church in the 1990s.

This was the official Labor Party newspaper following the closure of the Daily Herald.

This newspaper was founded by farmer turned storekeeper Ronald Campbell . He was previously the Robe correspondent for the Border Watch. The newspaper began as a sideline to Campbell’s store and was originally named the Millicent Times. With his farming background the editor/owner gave the Times a strong agricultural focus. He sold to his brother Donald Campbell in 1894, who introduced a stronger political focus prior to entering Parliament in 1905. In 2006 the South Eastern Times was taken over by the Border Watch as part of the Allan Scott company.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

Initially the Sport covered a variety of sporting events, but after the Second World war it concentrated on horse racing. Early issues contain photographs of teams and events. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1946 due to the effects of the war. For a time from 1938 the newspaper was published by Sport Radio Press. Between 1924 and 1931 the Northern Sportsman was published as an edition of the newspaper for readers in Golden Grove, Port Augusta, Kadina, etc.

The Stanley Herald was one of several newspapers produced by James Barclay. The newspaper was based in Snowtown, but its coverage included such places as Brinkworth, Bute and Port Broughton. Later the newspaper was run by LF Henstridge and his wife. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1947 due to labour shortages during the Second World War.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

The Transcontinental was founded by James Barclay of Wilmington. After two issues Barclay sold to Maurice Hill and John Edwards, previously employed at the Port Augusta Dispatch as a printer and a journalist. Port Augusta at this time was about to be developed by the Federal government as an important point in the building of the Trans-Australian railway, hence the title.

Between March 1961 and January 1963 the newspaper was published twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday. For a time between July and September 1971, the Transcontinental was combined with the Port Pirie Recorder as the Northern Observer. The move was not popular and the two titles reverted to separate publication. In 1991 the Transcontinental became part of Rural Press, which later joined with Fairfax Media.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

This was a free newspaper produced by Gordon Dwyer and the Sport Radio Press. As well as lots of advertisements, the articles covered local sport, churches, Unley Council activities, the RSL branch, biographical articles and a 'Hollywood Happenings' column with movie news.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

David Drysdale of the Port Augusta Dispatch established this newspaper. Initially he used many syndicated articles, but also published news reports, sport results and agricultural articles. In its early years there was news from a multitude of towns and settlements on the Peninsula. For some years the Recorder was run by Mrs Rebecca McGregor. She was approached by JE Edwards and Maurice Hill several times to sell the newspaper, but refused. Subsequently these men established the rival Port Lincoln Times. Restrictions to labour and paper during the Second World War caused the Recorder to close in 1942.

The West Coast Sentinel began at Streaky Bay. News coverage extended to Kimba, Port Kenny, Minnipa, Penong and Elliston. In 1990 it was taken over by Rural Press, now a subsidiary of Fairfax Media.

In 1903 James Walker established the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, of the Snowtown newspaper, the Stanley Herald. At this time the newspaper was re-named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. It was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

The Workers' Weekly Herald was the newspaper of the South Australian Labor movement. It has existed under various titles at different times.

The early Adelaide Stock and Station Journal concentrated on market reports and advertising. It later changed its title to Stock Journal. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Agriculturist and Review began life as the Jamestown Review in March 1878. Founder, Port Pirie builder, John Burrough Collins for three years wrote with a 'sarcastic and vitriolic pen' (Cooper, p. 97). He left in July 1881 to become sub-editor of the Register newspaper. The Jamestown Review was then sold to 'Messrs Lake and Thurp'. George Lake became Town Clerk of Jamestown’s first Corporation. Three years later he resigned and took over the local newspaper. It was Lake who re-named the newspaper the Agriculturist and review. He entered Parliament in 1890 and hired Charles Reade as editor of the newspaper. Reade, like Lake, had a varied career which including medical training. In 1900 Reade volunteered for the South African War and was placed in charge of the Second Contingent. In 1903 the Agriculturist and review was sold to a long-time employee, Alfred Gage. Gage was a local, having grown up at nearby Belalie. Gage was a keen photographer and took many early photographs of the district. In 1919 he sold the newspaper to HB Whitham who, in turn, sold to the journalist LMW (Lester) Judell in 1921. Judell, like Gage, was a 'local' boy - the Judells being a prosperous Orroroo-based family. In 1927 he added the Booyoolie Areas Express newspaper to the business and in 1942 also the Laura Standard. Later he acquired the Orroroo Enterprise and the Times (Peterborough). In 1949 Judell combined the Agriculturist and Review, Areas Express and Laura Standard into a new title, the Northern Review. Employee Ted Clift purchased the firm in 1950. In 1958 the newspaper was sold to Reg Warnest.

As the Northern Review, the newspaper was acquired by Independent Newspapers of Port Pirie. With other local newspapers it became part of the new Review Times Record, which was eventually taken over by Flinders News.

This newspaper was for a short time a competitor with the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

Booyoolie was later incorporated in the town of Gladstone. The Areas express newspaper served the small towns and farming communities around Gladstone for over 70 years. It took a strong politically conservative stance, and included articles about a wide range of agricultural topics. The Express was a weekly through most of its existence, but enjoyed enough success to be published twice-weekly from February 1878 to July 1886

Australijos Lietuvis (Australian Lithuanian) was the first Lithuanian newspaper in Australia. It began life in a newsletter format, but was published as a newspaper from 1952. Jurgis Glusauskas first began publishing the newspaper from a private home in Ascot Park.

This newspaper continued two older newspapers, the Barossa News and the Kapunda Herald. Early issues contain interesting local advertisements. There are also many references to post-war issues including security loans and national service. Obituaries of local identities, church news and weddings receive detailed coverage in this period. By the 1960s agricultural matters were given more space, particularly the district's distinctive wine industry. Sport was also given prominence.The newspaper was taken over by the Rural Press in the 1990s and is now part of the Fairfax Media group. Since 2005 the title has been shortened to Herald.

The Barossa news was established by John Birdseye Cant, a Western Australian printer and newspaperman. Initially just 500 copies were printed, but by 1911 the circulation had risen to 2,500. From 1909 the printing of the newspaper was done through G. Auricht at Tanunda. Charlie Goers was employed by the newspaper from the beginning, becoming managing editor in 1914. This was the first newspaper to provide any significant local news coverage to the Barossa towns.

This community newspaper concentrated on news from Berri, Glossop, Monash and Winkie. It later shortened its title to the Berri News.

The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper in 1908. It ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and the nearby towns and districts. The earliest issues of the newspaper had not survived, but in 2006 there was some excitement when the Clare Regional History Group donated fragments from some of the earliest issues of the Blyth Agriculturist. These were painstakingly pieced together by State Library Preservation staff, and subsequently microfilmed.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Border Guardian was briefly published to fill the gap when the Pinnaroo Times suspended publication. Published by the Smedley Press at Glenelg, local agents gathered news and arranged advertisements. The main organisers were Messrs Moyle, Martin, Holness and Scroop. After eighteen months the Pinnaroo Times resumed publication and the Border Guardian ceased.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

For a time the Chronicle published an edition for the south east districts of South Australia.

This was a supplement to the Daily Commercial News, a newspaper covering national shipping. For a time the newspaper was published in Adelaide.

This newspaper covered Edwardstown and Cumberland Park. It was continued as Southern Suburbs Community News.

This newspaper was published by the Croydon Park Ratepayers' Association.

This was the newspaper of the Ukranian community on South Australia. Its Ukranian title is Yednist.

This newspaper was published by the Blackwood Progress Association.

This newspaper was published by Riverton accountant Harold Du Rieu. It reflected the concerns of the local farming community. Together with articles about 'Wether hoggets' and the Rev JA Allen's 'Think it over' column, are advertisements for tractors and separators, and detailed descriptions of local weddings and debutante balls. From 1950 photographs of political figures, film stars and sporting heroes appear, with fewer news items and an increased preoccupation with 'Macarthyism'.
The newspaper covered the districts of Riverton, Tarlee, Rhynie and Saddleworth.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

In 1923 the weekday publishing rights of both the Express and the rival Journal were purchased by the newly established News. However, the separately published Saturday Express continued until 1929, when it merged with the Register’s Saturday Journal to become the Express and Journal.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

This newspaper was a continuation of the long-running Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser.

This newspaper seems to have been published as a supplement to the Ukranian community's Yednist newspaper. Its aim was to expose the 'dangers' of Communism, particularly as this existed in the Soviet Union at this period.

This newspaper was aimed at readers at Port Adelaide and Woodville.

This began as a community magazine for Woomera residents.

This newspaper records news for the seaside suburb in the years when it was still more of a community than a suburb. The newspaper reflects preoccupations specific to this community, such as the, ‘entire absence of modesty’ of a group of young men and women playing leap-frog (together) in 1915, a councillor's complaints about organised sport on Sundays in 1945, and a local optician warning that wearing sunglasses inside might be injurious to the eyes in 1955. More general issues included the Conscription debate during the First World War. This newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press in 1964, becoming the Guardian Messenger.

Under various titles the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party and its predecessors have published a newspaper since 1894.

This was a Ukranian community newspaper. Its title translates as 'concord'.

Kangaroo Island's first newspaper was published at Glenelg by the Glenelg Guardian.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was Kangaroo Island's first newspaper. It was taken over by the Glenelg Guardian in 1951.

The Kapunda Herald was founded by Charles Barton of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung. Two months later he sold to the printers James Elliott and James Scandrett. For almost 90 years the Kapunda Herald was a quality country newspaper, printing news reports from the myriad of tiny settlements stretching across the lower and mid-north of South Australia. It also published interesting political commentary. Until 1918 when the Angaston Leader began, it was the only English language newspaper for the Barossa Valley and Murray flats. Between 1903 and 1911, the Herald was also unique as a country newspaper with a pictorial supplement. In 1951 the newspaper was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald.

The Kingston Traders' Association established this short-lived newspaper. The aim was to 'record faithfully the growing needs of the district in business as well as pleasure' (5 July 1946, p. 1). By early 1947 the publishers were finding it difficult to continue, and the newspaper was taken over by a group of local businessmen. The newspaper was full of local news and the doings of residents. Plenty of space was dedicated to local sport. There were also social notes, the activities of the local Country Women's Association and the Primary Producers' group, as well as historical articles. Closure was forced by 'lack of support and continually rising costs'. (23 March 1951, p.3)

This newspaper covered a wide geographical area. In 1948 it was merged with three other country newspapers to become the new Northern Review.

This was the first English-language newspaper covering any part of the Barossa Valley, apart from the Kapunda Herald. Its geographical coverage included Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood and Gumeracha.

The Local was one of many suburban newspapers which sprang up following the Second World War. It was initially published by the Findon and Flinders Park sub-branch of the R.S.L. The editor was WM Wicks. In 1948 publication was taken over by the Beverley Ward Progress Association. In 1954, when the title changed to Western Districts Local, the editor was RR Cox.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was founded in 1912 by Clarence Moody. By 1923 it had been purchased by News Limited. It developed a strong sporting focus, with an emphasis on football and horse-racing. In 1923 it was bought by News Ltd and moved to North Terrace. The popular ‘Possum’s pages’ began in 1921, followed in 1924 by the first children’s comic, May Gibbs’ ‘Bib and Bub’. After the Second World War, the Mail developed into the newspaper with which we are now familiar. Its circulation increased from an original 15,000, to 213,000 by 1962. Until 1972 the Sunday Mail was printed on Saturday nights.

This newspaper covered news for the towns of the central and northern Yorke Peninsula. In particular it covered Maitland, Ardrossan, Port Victoria, Arthurton and Urania. In 1969 it was merged with the SYP Pioneer to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

This Mannum newspaper was published, edited and printed by Mr CL Mines. As a young man he had been a printer at the Mannum Mercury. It was published with support from the Angaston Leader newspaper.

Port Adelaide courier, Roger Baynes, took over the free magazine newspaper of the Largs North Progressive Association and converted it into the first free Port Adelaide Messenger in 1951. With partner Len Craker, the company continued to acquire suburban newspapers and turn them into Messenger titles, funding the venture by selling shares to the Advertiser. By 1964, there was a free Messenger Press paper being delivered to every home in suburban Adelaide.

This was a newspaper for radio enthusiasts and listeners.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

The Pioneer began in 1892 as a hand-written chromograph publication under the editorship of Arthur Pitman Corrie, with cartoons by the local Methodist minister, John Jenkin. The following year Corrie purchased a printing press, and in 1895 Sydney Browne took over the Pioneer. In 1905 it was purchased by Harry Taylor. Taylor had been involved in the New Australia migration to Paraguay in the 1890s. He turned the newspaper into a progressive and vigorous journal with a strong community focus. It also became well-known for its practical agricultural advice. The Taylor family have owned the newspaper ever since. In recent decades the Taylors have progressively purchased five other country newspapers. All are printed at Renmark.

This is Murray Bridge's oldest newspaper. It replaced the 'Murray Bridge Advertiser' reports in the pages of the Mount Barker Courier. Originally weekly, the Standard experimented with publishing twice weekly in 1973. It has regularly published on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 1981. Over the years the newspaper has had a strong focus on reporting about local people and their lives, with interviews, news reports, biographical sketches and obituaries. Matters relating to the River Murray have naturally featured also. Concerns about water flow have been voiced in its pages since 1939. Sports coverage became a main feature following the Second World War. Football received the most detailed coverage, but other sports, in particular rowing, were included. Murray Bridge was the centre of a busy agricultural district and the newspaper reflects this with agricultural articles, reports of agricultural associations and advertisements for agricultural equipment and products. The Standard has also devoted plenty of space to local government matters, freely voicing both Council and community opinions on a range of issues. Rural Press bought shares in the newspaper in 1986, taking over full control in December 1994. Rural Press merged with Fairfax Media in 2006.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This newspaper was published for the Polish community of Adelaide. It was begun by Zygmunt Posluszny and supported by the Polish Caritas Society. Publication ceased when then editor Dr JZ Sobolewski was appointed to a position at the University of London.

This was Adelaide’s signature evening newspaper. The tabloid was founded by James Edward Davidson in 1923 through the merging two old titles, the Express and the Journal. The News was popular from the start, with a strong initial circulation. By 1953 the circulation was 160,000. After Davidson’s sudden death in London in 1930, Keith Murdoch, already owner of the Advertiser, joined the News’ Board. By 1949 he had secured a major personal share of the newspaper. His son, Rupert, joined the News in 1952. He became publisher and managing director, before selling the title to Northern Star Holdings in 1987. When it closed in 1992, the News was the last metropolitan afternoon newspaper in Australia. Many prominent journalists cut their teeth on the News.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

This newspaper was formed by an early amalgamation of three country newspapers in the mid north. By 1948 these three were all owned by Lester Judell: Agriculturist and Review (Jamestown), Areas Express (Gladstone) and Laura Standard (Laura). Following the Second World War country populations continued to decline, bringing a consequent decline in the country press. In 1970 the Northern Review was combined with the Times (Peterborough) to become the Review Times. This eventually became part of Flinders News.

This was a free suburban newspaper.

This community newspaper was published in a magazine format.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

This newspaper was founded by the Letheby family. It was a successful competitor with the older Pinaroo Country News, which was forced to close in 1922. The title changed to Border Times from 1987. In 2005 the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer bought the newspaper.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and later became the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. For thirty years an opposition newspaper, the Clarion, existed.

This community newspaper covered the suburbs around Warradale and Seacombe Gardens.

This newspaper was founded by Maurice Hill and Ken Robertson. As with several country newspapers, publishing ceased for some years during the Second World War. Since its early years there was been much coverage given to agriculture and sport. By the 1960s the Hill family had given the newspaper the look of a city newspaper, with big front page headlines, sport action photographs and large advertisements. In 1990 the newspaper was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

In 1903 James Walker established the forerunner to the Plains Producer, which he named the Central Advocate. In 1926 this was purchased by Amy Henstridge of the Stanley Herald at Snowtown. At this time the newspaper was named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. The newspaper was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends from Snowtown in the north, to Virginia in the south.

The Progressive Times began as the organ of the Largs North Progress Association. By 1951 it was the official organ of the Taperoo and District Progressive Association, and the Ozone Kine Club for Port Adelaide, Semaphore and Alberton. It took the format of a 'magazine paper'. It was taken over in 1951 as the basis for the first Messenger newspaper.

The Mercury was founded by Robert Osborne as an adjunct to the Petersburg Times. Initially it was a simple four page spread. Local advertisements were on the front page, local news on the back, while the two inside pages consisted of syndicated articles and stories. In the 19th century, correspondents from a myriad of settlements around Quorn forwarded news items to the newspaper. However news from Quorn, Peterborough and Port Pirie featured. In 1922 news items began appearing on the front page, instead of the usual advertising, beginning with that season's football reports. (The innovation of front page news did not reach the city newspapers for another 20 years.) When Frank Pitman took over in 1923 more prominence was given to local Quorn news. In 1945 the newspaper was obtained by the Transcontinental (Port Augusta). The Mercury ceased in 1956, replaced by a Quorn column in the Transcontinental.

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Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder when it was bought by JE Davidson. Davidson was later the founder of the News. In 1971 the Recorder was briefly merged with the Transcontinental and became the Northern Observer. The move was not popular, and the two titles resumed separate publication. In 1991 it was sold to Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

The River News was begun by Colin Hetzel of the Waikerie Printing House with his wife Meg. It was founded as a direct result of the 1956 Murray River floods. The newspaper was sold to the Murray Pioneer in 1962 and remains in the ownership of the Taylor family of Renmark.

Roma was a short-lived Italian language community newspaper. Only four issues were published.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was founded in 1912 by Clarence Moody. By 1923 it had been purchased by News Limited. It developed a strong sporting focus, with an emphasis on football and horse-racing. The popular ‘Possum’s pages’ began in 1921, followed in 1924 by the first children’s comic, May Gibbs’ ‘Bib and Bub’. After the Second World War, the Mail developed into the newspaper we are now familiar with. Its circulation had increased from an original 15,000, to 213,000 by 1962. Until 1972 the Sunday Mail was printed on Saturday nights.

This was Salisbury's first newspaper. It ceased when the Messenger Press began publishing a newspaper for the district.

A small newspaper for Port Adelaide, Semaphore and parts of Woodville. It contained snippets of local news and advertisements. There are many references to the visit of the young Queen Elizabeth to Adelaide in 1954.

The Seasider newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press to become the Southern Times.

For some time the South Australian Country Women's Association was given news coverage in the Rural Review. But from March 1953 this newspaper was itself incorporated within the pages of the new weekly, the South Australian Countrywoman. The newspaper reported activities of the Association both locally and further afield. Recipes, knitting patterns and other handicraft articles, gardening notes and a questions and answers column also featured. The format changed in September 1971 to a monthly magazine, with some of its previous coverage taken over by the Farmer and Grazier newspaper.

This newspaper under various titles traces its beginnings back to the Wallaroo Times in 1865. It continues today as the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was the journal of the South Australian Methodist church. Through changes in format and title, this has been published continuously since 1864. Its current title is New Times. As well as religious topics. the newspaper has always had strong discussions on social issues ranging through being pro-Conscription during the First World War, supporting conscientious objection during the Second World War, and discussing homosexuality and the church in the 1990s.

This agricultural newspaper was a precursor to the Farmer and Grazier newspaper.

This was the official Labor Party newspaper following the closure of the Daily Herald.

This newspaper was founded by farmer turned storekeeper Ronald Campbell . He was previously the Robe correspondent for the Border Watch. The newspaper began as a sideline to Campbell’s store and was originally named the Millicent Times. With his farming background the editor/owner gave the Times a strong agricultural focus. He sold to his brother Donald Campbell in 1894, who introduced a stronger political focus prior to entering Parliament in 1905. In 2006 the South Eastern Times was taken over by the Border Watch as part of the Allan Scott company.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

This was one of the earliest Messenger Press titles. The newspaper began as the Warradale News Review, before being taken over by Messenger Press.

This began as a community newspaper for Unley and Mitcham, which was taken over by the Messenger Press.

This newspaper was previously titled the Community News, and later returned to that title. It was published by the Edwardstown District Community Centre. It was taken over by Messenger Press in 1962.

Initially the Sport covered a variety of sporting events, but after the Second World war it concentrated on horse racing. Early issues contain photographs of teams and events. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1946 due to the effects of the war. For a time from 1938 the newspaper was published by Sport Radio Press. Between 1924 and 1931 the Northern Sportsman was published as an edition of the newspaper for readers in Golden Grove, Port Augusta, Kadina, etc.

The Stanley Herald was one of several newspapers produced by James Barclay. The newspaper was based in Snowtown, but its coverage included such places as Brinkworth, Bute and Port Broughton. Later the newspaper was run by LF Henstridge and his wife. Publication was suspended between 1941 and 1947 due to labour shortages during the Second World War.

From October 1953 the Advertiser published a Sunday edition. Eventually it was merged with the older Sunday Mail. The coverage was similar to that of the Sunday Mail, with plenty of space given to sport, sections on gardening, social pages (including several pages of photographs), a children's page, and comics. Max Fatchen wrote a column for the back page.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was established by Clarence Moody, in conjunction with the Sporting Mail and Saturday Mail. In May 1923 News Ltd purchased the Mail and moved the newspaper to North Terrace. The Mail had a strong sporting focus, publishing week-end sporting results. Motoring was a feature of the newspaper from the 1920s, as was the advent of commercial radio and aviation. An early focus was given to football and horse-racing, with many fine sporting photographs and articles. 'Possum's Pages' began in 1921, with the first children's comic, May Gibbs' Bib and Bub, added in 1924. This was joined by Ginger Meggs in 1932. Although published as a newspaper for Sunday reading, the Mail was actually printed on Saturday nights until Sunday 5 November 1972. Initially two editions were published, a 'street' edition at 7 pm, followed by a midnight edition which was sold later in the evening and distributed throughout the state on Sunday mornings. Until 1957 the State Library collected only the midnight edition. Country and other sporting results typically appear in the midnight or 'state' edition.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

The Transcontinental was founded by James Barclay of Wilmington. After two issues Barclay sold to Maurice Hill and John Edwards, previously employed at the Port Augusta Dispatch as a printer and a journalist. Port Augusta at this time was about to be developed by the Federal government as an important point in the building of the Trans-Australian railway, hence the title.

Between March 1961 and January 1963 the newspaper was published twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday. For a time between July and September 1971, the Transcontinental was combined with the Port Pirie Recorder as the Northern Observer. The move was not popular and the two titles reverted to separate publication. In 1991 the Transcontinental became part of Rural Press, which later joined with Fairfax Media.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

This newspaper was founded by HG Butler, a well-known journalist, and one-time editor of the Port Lincoln Times. In 1962 the newspaper became part of the Messenger Press group. Its current title is Eastern Courier Messenger.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

The Warradale News Review was an early Messenger Press title.

The Weekly Times began as the Woodville Times in 1954 It became part of the Messenger Press.

The West Coast Sentinel began at Streaky Bay. News coverage extended to Kimba, Port Kenny, Minnipa, Penong and Elliston. In 1990 it was taken over by Rural Press, now a subsidiary of Fairfax Media.

This newspaper began as a small production of the Findon and Flinders Park RSL sub-branch. Its geographical coverage was the western suburbs of Adelaide, in particular Findon, Beverley and Flinders Park.

This grew out of a Woodville Council newsletter named Topical Tabs. Eventually this newspaper was taken over by Messenger Press.

The Workers' Weekly Herald was the newspaper of the South Australian Labor movement. It has existed under various titles at different times.

This was a free community newspaper covering Norwood, Unley and North Adelaide.

The Adelaide City Reporter was published to coincide with the 1984 Adelaide Festival of Arts. It's main intention was to provide information about the city for tourists and to generally promote Australian tourism. An interesting feature of the latter issues is a cartoon strip by Bob Dickenberg, depicting local radio personalities Barry Ion and Tony Pilkington ('Bazz and Pilko').

This is an early version of the long running classified advertisement newspaper. The newspaper ceased in 2009 due to the rise of Internet advertising.

Adelaide Review was founded by Mark Jamieson, with Gina Roncondi as editor. From the third issue, Christopher Pearson, the Advertiser arts editor, joined the team. He became editor in July. Under his leadership, the circulation quickly rose to 20,000 and the Review became a free newspaper. Contributors in this period included Peter Ward, Peter Goldsworthy, Lance Campbell, Michael Vanstone, John Bray, and later Federal politicians, Malcolm Latham and Tony Abbott. Restaurant reviews were contributed by Howard Twelftree. In 2003 the Spanish media entrepreneur, Javier Moll, took over Adelaide Review. In 2004 it became a fortnightly publication. From 2008 it returned to monthly publication. Margie Budich joined the Adelaide Review as an executive director in 2007, with Lachlan Colquhoun as editor.

The early Adelaide Stock and Station Journal concentrated on market reports and advertising. It later changed its title to Stock Journal. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes.

This was the earliest in a series of newspapers containing only classified advertisements. It was published under various titles until 2009, when its advertising role was superseded by the Internet.

The Adelaider post was the short-lived South Australian edition of the Sydney-based German language newspaper, Die Woche in Australien. The editor was Hans Flessner. The newspaper described itself as an 'independent Australian German weekly newspaper'. Its reporting included both local and world news, taking a German/Austrian slant in its overseas news reporting. Social, religious, sporting news and films are covered in its columns. General news stories ranged from a report of compensation being paid to Jewish families by the Krupp steel company to an article about nudist skaters (7 January 1960, p.8).

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

The Arab orient was produced for the South Australian Arabic community. Initially printed in Arabic, it was decided to change to English as an attempt to seek a wider readership, and also to 'halt the distortion in Australia about the Middle-East' (6 June 1979, p. 6). Largely devoted to world news, particularly focussing on news of the Arab nations, coverage was also given to local events and politics, particularly those issues which directly affected the local Arabic community.

This newspaper was for a short time a competitor with the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

From 1995 publication moved to Sydney and Melbourne. From 2007 this newspaper became available online through the muslimsaustralia web-site.

Since 1954 the students of the Adelaide University have published a satirical newspaper for Prosh Week. The title and format have varied, and since 1993 the newspaper has been produced as an issue of the student newspaper, On dit. The 1965 Prosh Week newspaper contains humorous references to political figures of the day including Don Dunstan, Sir Robert Menzies and the South Australian governor Sir Edric Bastyan and his wife.

This newspaper continued two older newspapers, the Barossa News and the Kapunda Herald. Early issues contain interesting local advertisements. There are also many references to post-war issues including security loans and national service. Obituaries of local identities, church news and weddings receive detailed coverage in this period. By the 1960s agricultural matters were given more space, particularly the district's distinctive wine industry. Sport was also given prominence.The newspaper was taken over by the Rural Press in the 1990s and is now part of the Fairfax Media group. Since 2005 the title has been shortened to Herald.

This community newspaper concentrated on news from Berri, Glossop, Monash and Winkie. It later shortened its title to the Berri News.

This newspaper concentrated on news from Berri, Glossop, Monash and Winkie. It began as the Berri Community News.

This is a free monthly newspaper distributed in Belair, Bellevue Heights, Blackwood, Eden Hills, Coromandel Valley, Glenalta, Hawthorndene, Blackwood Park, Upper Sturt, Aberfoyle Park and Flagstaff Hill.

The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper in 1908. It ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and the nearby towns and districts. The earliest issues of the newspaper had not survived, but in 2006 there was some excitement when the Clare Regional History Group donated fragments from some of the earliest issues of the Blyth Agriculturist. These were painstakingly pieced together by State Library Preservation staff, and subsequently microfilmed.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Pinnaroo and Border Times was founded by John Letheby in 1911. In 2005 it was purchased by the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Record was the Kooringa (Burra) newspaper. In 1878 it was purchased by local schoolmaster turned storekeeper, Frederick Holder. Holder was later to become Premier of South Australia. Initially the newspaper was run by a committee. The Burra Record continued until March 1977 when, with the Orroroo Enterprise, it was taken over by the Port Pirie Recorder and became the Review-Times-Record.

The Central Times was the title used during the 1970s by South Australia's oldest religious newspaper. This was established in 1864 as the South Australian Wesleyan Magazine. It was published by members of the Wesleyan Church, which later became the Methodist Church. In 1977 the Methodist Church joined with most Presbyterian and Congregational churches to become the Uniting Church of Australia. The historic event is recorded in this newspaper.

The Chronicle newspaper (originally South Australian Weekly Chronicle) was established in 1858 by John Barrow as an adjunct to the Advertiser and competitor to the Adelaide Observer. It was originally intended as weekend reading, but after the Second World War focused increasingly on rural readers and agricultural topics. The women's pages of the twentieth century, written by Eleanor Barbour and Mary Broughton, were especially popular with readers. From 1902 a four-page photographic supplement was included. Photographic supplements were included intermittently from October 1895.

For a time the Chronicle published an edition for the south east districts of South Australia.

This Messenger Press title covers the Adelaide Central business area. Early journalists such as 'Ray Light' made this perhaps one of the company's more provocative titles at the time of its establishment.

This newspaper was published by the Adelaide City Council.

This newspaper was published by Messenger Press, in a slightly different format to their usual productions.

The Adelaide City Reporter was published to coincide with the 1984 Adelaide Festival of Arts. It's main intention was to provide information about the city for tourists and to generally promote Australian tourism. An interesting feature of the latter issues is a cartoon strip by Bob Dickenberg, depicting local radio personalities Barry Ion and Tony Pilkington ('Bazz and Pilko').

This newspaper was published by Adelaide members of the Australian Journalists' Association.

This was a supplement to the Daily Commercial News, a newspaper covering national shipping. For a time the newspaper was published in Adelaide.

This was the Messenger Press newspaper for Mitcham and Unley. It became the Courier Messenger.

This community newspaper had previously been titled Southern Suburbs Community News. It was taken over by Messenger Press in 1962. The newspaper covered the Marion and Mitcham areas.

This title began as a newsletter. After some financial difficulties it was bought by the editor, Margaret McKay in 2007, and its circulation tripled.

This newspaper was published by the Blackwood Progress Association.

This was a country version of the Adelaide Trading Post. It had a number of titles at differing periods.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, it was not until 1880 that the town had its own newspaper. Charles Dumas founded the Mount Barker Courier out of his printing business. The geographical coverage was from Murray Bridge and Meningie, to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the beginning, especially cricket and horse racing. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting.

This Messenger title covers Unley, Mitcham and Edwardstown.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

Shipping lists containing both names of travellers and details of cargoes were printed in the local newspapers from the establishment of the Australian colonies. From the end of the nineteenth century specialised newspapers containing greater details were compiled. These were sometimes published as national newspapers, containing shipping details for each state.

This newspaper was produced by the Flinders Travel Service of Port Pirie in conjunction with the Commonwealth Railways. It was aimed at travellers aboard the Indian-Pacific, Trans-Australian and Ghan rail services. Largely containing articles promoting tourism, the newspaper also chronicled the restoration and re-opening of the historic Pichi Richi Railway in 1974.

This short lived newspaper was published for the Greek Pontian community in Adelaide. Its Greek title means ‘voice of Pontus’.

The Eastern Courier Messenger was formed by a merger of the Courier Messenger and the Eastern Suburbs Messenger.

This newspaper had a series of title changes. It later merged with the Courier Messenger to become the Eastern Courier Messenger.

This was a short-lived weekly newspaper. The editor was an experienced journalist, Dick Wordley. The content included discussion of local issues, social photographs, and regular fishing, gardening and entertainment sections. There was also extensive local sports coverage. An interesting column by the State Ombudsman (Bob Bakewell) answered queries connected with his area of expertise. Based at Christies Beach, the geographical coverage spread southwards from Lonsdale to Noarlunga and Willunga.

This was the second of three newspaper titles published in competition with the Messenger Press. The other titles were the Gully Gazette and the Para Gazette.

This was the second of three newspaper titles published in competition with the Messenger Press. The other titles were the Gully Gazette and the Para Gazette.

This was a long running Greek community newspaper.

Ellenike Paroikia was the newspaper of the Adelaide Greek community in the early 1980s.

This free newspaper appears to have been published by the Port Lincoln Times, in conjunction with the West Coast Sentinel. A sister publication was the Peninsula Farmer. The intended readership was farming families of the Eyre Peninsula.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

The Flinders News originated with the formation of the Review-Times in 1970. The Review-Times was formed by the merger of several struggling mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Peterborough Times, Orroroo Enterprise, Areas Express (Gladstone) and Crystal Brook Courier. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News. It is now part of the Fairfax Media group.

This newspaper was published during the football season for the South Australian National Football League, by Messenger Press. The first editor was Ashley Hornsey.

This was the South Australian edition of a Melbourne-based football newspaper.

This began as a community magazine for Woomera residents.

This newspaper records news for the seaside suburb in the years when it was still more of a community than a suburb. The newspaper reflects preoccupations specific to this community, such as the, ‘entire absence of modesty’ of a group of young men and women playing leap-frog (together) in 1915, a councillor's complaints about organised sport on Sundays in 1945, and a local optician warning that wearing sunglasses inside might be injurious to the eyes in 1955. More general issues included the Conscription debate during the First World War. This newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press in 1964, becoming the Guardian Messenger.

The free Glenelg News Pictorial took a ‘breezy’ approach to local news. It published plenty of photographs of local views, businesses, and pretty girls. It also aimed for items of interest to ‘the younger generation.’ Storm damage to the North Esplanade (21 July 1964, pp. 1-2) and discussion about whether television was causing a downturn in library membership (18 August 1964, pp. 1) were among the headline topics. A women's page compiled by Rae Pretty included recipes, advice and wedding photographs. The newspaper was distributed fortnightly in Glenelg, Marion and Brighton, but concentrated on Glenelg news. Only nine issues appear to have been published.

This was a free newspaper published by the Victor Harbour Times covering the whole of the Fleurieu Peninsula.

This was a long running Greek community newspaper. Its Greek title was Ellenika Nea.

This was a country version of the Adelaide Trading Post. It had various titles at differing periods.

This Messenger Press newspaper began as the Glenelg Guardian.

This is the Messenger Press newspaper covering Glenelg and the surrounding beach suburbs.

This newspaper was published by Gazette Newspapers, a free suburban newspaper publisher. For a time the publisher produced newspapers in opposition to the Messenger Press.

Ellenike Paroikia was the newspaper of the Adelaide Greek community in the early 1980s.

Under various titles the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party and its predecessors have published a newspaper since 1894.

The Kangaroo Island newspaper was begun by Neville Cordes in a newsletter format. It was established in competition to the Kangaroo Island Courier, which was actually published at Glenelg.

The Islander was founded as a newsletter in 1967. It has had two title changes. The newspaper was sold to Rural Press (now Fairfax Media) in 1995.

The Islander was founded as a newsletter in 1967, in competition to the existing Kangaroo Island Courier newspaper which was published at Glenelg. The Islander has had two title changes. The newspaper was sold to Rural Press (now Fairfax Media) in 1995.

Kangaroo Island's first newspaper was published at Glenelg by the Glenelg Guardian.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

Despite two pre-existing newspapers in the district, the Wallaroo Times gained an advantage by publishing more frequently at twice weekly. In 1888 the newspaper moved to Kadina. Reporting covered Kadina and Wallaroo, and to a lesser extent also Moonta. Initially the newspaper was outspoken, advocating free trade and independence from Britain. Its low opinion of politicians caused a Parliamentary debate about the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' (18 June 1870, p. 3-4) It became more conservative under editor David Bews, but supported votes for women. (25 July 1885, p. 2) The newspaper gave much space to mining, including the 1865, 1874 and 1891/92 miners’ strikes. Local Methodism was reflected strongly, but space was also given to Roman Catholic news. Early issues occasionally contained articles in the Welsh language. (19 July 1865, p. 3, and 16 October 1867, p. 3) In 1963 the newspaper was taken over by the (Moonta) People's Weekly and eventually became part of the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This is the official newspaper of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

This Meningie newspaper is published in a magazine format. Its geographical coverage includes Tailem Bend, Salt Creek, Narrung, Coonalpyn and Tintinara.

This was the first English-language newspaper covering any part of the Barossa Valley, apart from the Kapunda Herald. Its geographical coverage included Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood and Gumeracha.

This was a country edition of the popular Adelaide Trading Post.

This was the Mount Gambier version of the popular Adelaide Trading Post.

Jack Irving, publisher of the Loxton Clarion in the 1920s, came out of retirement to found the Loxton News. This newspaper incorporated the Loxton Community Newsletter published between 1956 and 1960. In 1964 it was sold to the Murray Pioneer. The newspaper has won many Country Press SA awards.

This newspaper covered news for the towns of the central and northern Yorke Peninsula. In particular it covered Maitland, Ardrossan, Port Victoria, Arthurton and Urania. In 1969 it was merged with the SYP Pioneer to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

This Mannum newspaper was published, edited and printed by Mr CL Mines. As a young man he had been a printer at the Mannum Mercury. It was published with support from the Angaston Leader newspaper.

Port Adelaide courier, Roger Baynes, took over the free magazine newspaper of the Largs North Progressive Association and converted it into the first free Port Adelaide Messenger in 1951. With partner Len Craker, the company continued to acquire suburban newspapers and turn them into Messenger titles, funding the venture by selling shares to the Advertiser. By 1964, there was a free Messenger Press paper being delivered to every home in suburban Adelaide.

This single issue newspaper from 1965 reads like a Prosh magazine, making fun of various situations and individuals in Adelaide. It contains mostly articles discussing music in a tongue-in-cheek manner. A front page 'article' describes Adelaide being sold to President Soekarno [sic] for a private holiday resort.

This newspaper began in 1890 as the Peoples’ Weekly.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, the town did not have its own newspaper until 1880. It was founded by printer Charles Dumas. In the nineteenth century the geographical coverage included Murray Bridge and Meningie, down to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the founding of the newspaper. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting. Since 1952 the newspaper has been owned by the Marston family.

The Pioneer began in 1892 as a hand-written chromograph publication under the editorship of Arthur Pitman Corrie, with cartoons by the local Methodist minister, John Jenkin. The following year Corrie purchased a printing press, and in 1895 Sydney Browne took over the Pioneer. In 1905 it was purchased by Harry Taylor. Taylor had been involved in the New Australia migration to Paraguay in the 1890s. He turned the newspaper into a progressive and vigorous journal with a strong community focus. It also became well-known for its practical agricultural advice. The Taylor family have owned the newspaper ever since. In recent decades the Taylors have progressively purchased five other country newspapers. All are printed at Renmark.

This Mannum newspaper was published, edited and printed by CL Mines. As a young man he had been a printer at the Mannum Mercury. It was published with support from the Angaston Leader newspaper.

This is Murray Bridge's oldest newspaper. It replaced the 'Murray Bridge Advertiser' reports in the pages of the Mount Barker Courier. Originally weekly, the Standard experimented with publishing twice weekly in 1973. It has regularly published on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 1981. Over the years the newspaper has had a strong focus on reporting about local people and their lives, with interviews, news reports, biographical sketches and obituaries. Matters relating to the River Murray have naturally featured also. Concerns about water flow have been voiced in its pages since 1939. Sports coverage became a main feature following the Second World War. Football received the most detailed coverage, but other sports, in particular rowing, were included. Murray Bridge was the centre of a busy agricultural district and the newspaper reflects this with agricultural articles, reports of agricultural associations and advertisements for agricultural equipment and products. The Standard has also devoted plenty of space to local government matters, freely voicing both Council and community opinions on a range of issues. Rural Press bought shares in the newspaper in 1986, taking over full control in December 1994. Rural Press merged with Fairfax Media in 2006.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This newspaper was published for the Polish community of Adelaide. It was begun by Zygmunt Posluszny and supported by the Polish Caritas Society. Publication ceased when then editor Dr JZ Sobolewski was appointed to a position at the University of London.

This newspaper was published for the Arabic speaking community of Adelaide. Only a handful of issues are held by the State Library.

Nea Estia (or New Hestia) was a short-lived Greek community newspaper.

This is a bi-weekly German-language newspaper published for nine years at Salisbury.

This is the newspaper of the Uniting Church in South Australia. Through changes in format and title, this has been published continuously since 1864. It began as the journal of the Wesleyan Church prior to the formation of the Methodist Church, which in 1977 became part of the Uniting Church. Its current title is New Times. As well as religious topics. the newspaper has always had strong discussions on social issues ranging through being pro-Conscription during the First World War, supporting conscientious objection during the Second World War, and discussing homosexuality and the church in the 1990s.

This was Adelaide’s signature evening newspaper. The tabloid was founded by James Edward Davidson in 1923 through the merging two old titles, the Express and the Journal. The News was popular from the start, with a strong initial circulation. By 1953 the circulation was 160,000. After Davidson’s sudden death in London in 1930, Keith Murdoch, already owner of the Advertiser, joined the News’ Board. By 1949 he had secured a major personal share of the newspaper. His son, Rupert, joined the News in 1952. He became publisher and managing director, before selling the title to Northern Star Holdings in 1987. When it closed in 1992, the News was the last metropolitan afternoon newspaper in Australia. Many prominent journalists cut their teeth on the News.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

This was one of a handful of free newspapers published during the 1980s by Gazette Newspapers, in opposition to the Messenger Press.

This newspaper was a trial merging of the Recorder (Port Pirie) and Transcontinental (Port Augusta). However the two month experiment was not popular with newspaper readers in the two towns, and the status quo was resumed.

This newspaper was formed by an early amalgamation of three country newspapers in the mid north. By 1948 these three were all owned by Lester Judell: Agriculturist and Review (Jamestown), Areas Express (Gladstone) and Laura Standard (Laura). Following the Second World War country populations continued to decline, bringing a consequent decline in the country press. In 1970 the Northern Review was combined with the Times (Peterborough) to become the Review Times. This eventually became part of Flinders News.

This was a free suburban newspaper published in a magazine format. It covered the suburbs around Northfield, including Clearview, Hillcrest, Broadview, Klemzig, Gilles Plains and Tea Tree Gully. The editor was NA Taylor.

The Northern Sun replaced the earlier Dam News newsletter. It was the first newspaper for the mining camp of Olympic Dam. Since 2002 the newspaper has been titled Roxby Downs Sun, and the town re-named Roxby Downs. It is published by the Transcontinental at Port Augusta. It was taken over by Rural Press in 1991, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This small newspaper covers the Fleurieu Peninsula.

The Orroroo Enterprise was founded by Joseph Pengelley. He first ran the Terowie Enterprise, but transferred the newspaper to the more centrally located town of Orroroo four years later. Renamed the Orroroo Enterprise, the focus was predominantly on agricultural matters and local news. Reports include the activities of clubs, council meetings, local events and sport.

This news magazine was published at Glenelg under various titles between 1968 and 1970. Its other titles were the Times and Times News Magazine.

This newspaper was the first of three titles published in competition with the Messenger Press by Gazette Newspapers. It was a free newspaper.

This newspaper was the first of three titles published in competition with the Messenger Press. It was a free newspaper.

This newspaper was the first of three titles published by Mike Denny in competition with the Messenger Press. It was a free newspaper.

This is the current Greek community newspaper for South Australia.

The People’s Weekly served the largest Yorke Peninsula town, Moonta, for almost 80 years. It included coverage for surrounding towns, but concentrated mainly on the activities and interests of the people of Moonta. Throughout its life, the newspaper reflected the importance of the copper mining industry, providing detailed mining reports and covering industrial activity. In 1891, the title claimed the largest circulation on the Peninsula, with 1,000 subscribers in Moonta alone.

This short lived newspaper was published for the Greek Pontian community in Adelaide. Its Greek title means ‘voice of Pontus’.

This newspaper was founded by the Letheby family. It was a successful competitor with the older Pinaroo Country News, which was forced to close in 1922. The title changed to Border Times from 1987. In 2005 the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer bought the newspaper.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson in Yorketown in 1898. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, and later became the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial. For thirty years an opposition newspaper, the Clarion, existed.

This community newspaper covered the suburbs around Warradale and Seacombe Gardens.

In 1903 James Walker established the forerunner to the current Plains Producer, which he named the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, formerly of the Stanley Herald, Snowtown. At this time the newspaper was named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. The newspaper was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

This newspaper was founded by Maurice Hill and Ken Robertson. As with several country newspapers, publishing ceased for some years during the Second World War. Since its early years there was been much coverage given to agriculture and sport. By the 1960s the Hill family had given the newspaper the look of a city newspaper, with big front page headlines, sport action photographs and large advertisements. In 1990 the newspaper was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This was a short-lived independent newspaper published in competition to the Recorder.

In 1903 James Walker established the forerunner to the Plains Producer, which he named the Central Advocate. In 1926 this was purchased by Amy Henstridge of the Stanley Herald at Snowtown. At this time the newspaper was named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. The newspaper was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends from Snowtown in the north, to Virginia in the south.

Port Pirie's longest running newspaper was founded by Albert South and Charles Meyrick in 1898 as a merger of their respective newspapers, the Port Pirie Advocate and Port Pirie Standard. It has been a daily since 1914. In 1919 the title was shortened to simply the Recorder when it was bought by JE Davidson. Davidson was later the founder of the News. In 1971 the Recorder was briefly merged with the Transcontinental and became the Northern Observer. The move was not popular, and the two titles resumed separate publication. In 1991 it was sold to Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This title continued the Southern News Review.

The Review-Times was formed by the merger of three mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Times (Peterborough), and Orroroo Enterprise. During the second half of 1972 two editions were published, a city edition and a country edition. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News.

The Review-Times was formed by the merger of three mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Times (Peterborough), and Orroroo Enterprise. During the second half of 1972 two editions were published, a city edition and a country edition. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News.

The Review-Times was formed by the merger of three mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Times (Peterborough), and Orroroo Enterprise. During the second half of 1972 two editions were published, a city edition and a country edition. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News.

The Review-Times was formed by the merger of three mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Times (Peterborough), and Orroroo Enterprise. During the second half of 1972 two editions were published, a city edition and a country edition. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News.

The Review-Times was formed by the merger of three mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Times (Peterborough), and Orroroo Enterprise. During the second half of 1972 two editions were published, a city edition and a country edition. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News.

The Review-Times was formed by the merger of three mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Times (Peterborough), and Orroroo Enterprise. During the second half of 1972 two editions were published, a city edition and a country edition. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News.

The River News was begun by Colin Hetzel of the Waikerie Printing House with his wife Meg. It was founded as a direct result of the 1956 Murray River floods. The newspaper was sold to the Murray Pioneer in 1962 and remains in the ownership of the Taylor family of Renmark.

This was the country version of the popular Adelaide Trading Post. It had various titles at different times.

This was a newspaper for Adelaide's Scottish community.

This agricultural newspaper was a precursor to the Farmer and Grazier newspaper.

This was a country version of the popular Adelaide Trading Post.

This was a free newspaper produced for a short period for distribution in the Salisbury Council district. Doug Gatford was managing editor, with Mrs T. Hartley as ‘social editress’. The newspaper mostly contained Council news, social notes and sport, as well as advertising for local businesses. It records the opening of major local developments including the Salisbury Woolworths, Salisbury East High School and the Para Hills Club. The newspaper seems to have ceased without notice in November 1966.

Scope was a monthly regional magazine in newspaper format published by the Willson family of the Whyalla News. It was issued as an insert to six local newspapers: the Recorder (Port Pirie), Transcontinental (Port Augusta), Eyre Peninsula Tribune (Cleve), Port Lincoln Times, West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay) and Northern Argus (Clare). Scope had a strong agricultural focus.

The Seasider newspaper was taken over by the Messenger Press to become the Southern Times.

This newspaper was published by the Councils of Brighton, Marion, Willunga and Noarlunga.

For some time the South Australian Country Women's Association was given news coverage in the Rural Review. But from March 1953 this newspaper was itself incorporated within the pages of the new weekly, the South Australian Countrywoman. The newspaper reported activities of the Association both locally and further afield. Recipes, knitting patterns and other handicraft articles, gardening notes and a questions and answers column also featured. The format changed in September 1971 to a monthly magazine, with some of its previous coverage taken over by the Farmer and Grazier newspaper.

This newspaper under various titles traces its beginnings back to the Wallaroo Times in 1865. It continues today as the Yorke Peninsula Country Times.

This was the journal of the South Australian Methodist church. Through changes in format and title, this has been published continuously since 1864. Its current title is New Times. As well as religious topics. the newspaper has always had strong discussions on social issues ranging through being pro-Conscription during the First World War, supporting conscientious objection during the Second World War, and discussing homosexuality and the church in the 1990s.

This agricultural newspaper was a precursor to the Farmer and Grazier newspaper.

This was a newspaper for Adelaide's Scottish community.

Only four issues are known to have been published of this short-lived newspaper. The State Library holds issues 2 to 4.

This short-lived newspaper included the reporting of local sporting expert Ian Everett.

This newspaper was founded by farmer turned storekeeper Ronald Campbell . He was previously the Robe correspondent for the Border Watch. The newspaper began as a sideline to Campbell’s store and was originally named the Millicent Times. With his farming background the editor/owner gave the Times a strong agricultural focus. He sold to his brother Donald Campbell in 1894, who introduced a stronger political focus prior to entering Parliament in 1905. In 2006 the South Eastern Times was taken over by the Border Watch as part of the Allan Scott company.

This is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, and one of the few still privately owned. For 140 years it has been run by the Elliott and Jones families. Geographical coverage has mostly concentrated on Strathalbyn and surrounding districts. In the nineteenth century the newspaper covered a broad area between Murray Bridge and Victor Harbour, which diminished as newspapers were established in these latter places. The Argus editors have not expressed strong political opinions except on rare occasions such as early moves towards a White Australia policy in 1893, comparing talk of banning ‘Asiatic’ hawkers as worthy of despotic Russia. (13 July 1893, p. 2) Country readers tended to be conservative voters, and reports of the ubiquitous Liberal Union branches are reported from 1911. Although the Argus supported Conscription during the First World War, it was more low-key than some sections of the country press. Issues relating to the River Murray featured from the start, through reports of the riverboats in the 1860s, the building of the locks from 1914 and Goolwa barrages in 1934, to the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from 1993. In 1930, 1981 and in 2001 concern was voiced about water levels, salt, and the future of the river, concerns that have been expressed by those living on the lower reaches of the River Murray since first settlement.

This long running Catholic newspaper was instigated by Archbishop Reynolds. James O'Loughlin MP, former editor of the Terowie Enterprise, was first editor. He was assisted by Mr JF Murphy of the Broken Hill Argus. The newspaper absorbed the older Catholic Record. The printer was Tom Carey who was also printer of the Methodist Journal. The Aunt Eily column written by Mrs AM Ryan is thought to be the first children's column in an Australian Catholic newspaper. The writer Alice Grant Rosman was an early contributor.

This was printed at Murray Bridge as a supplement to five country newspapers: Murray Valley Standard, Southern Argus, Victor Harbour Times, Pinnaroo & Border Times, and the Islander.

This began as a community newspaper for Unley and Mitcham, which was taken over by the Messenger Press.

This newspaper was previously titled the Community News, and later returned to that title. It was published by the Edwardstown District Community Centre. It was taken over by Messenger Press in 1962.

The Southern Times began as the Seasider newspaper at Christies Beach in 1953. It was taken over by the Messenger Press.

The Southern Times began as the Seasider newspaper at Christies Beach in 1953. It was taken over by the Messenger Press.

Only one issue of this Adelaide Hills newspaper is known to have been published.

The Stock Journal began in 1904 as the Adelaide Stock and Station Journal. It concentrated on market reports and advertising. During the 1920s the journal expanded its coverage to include some political and social comment, as well as agricultural subjects. It was in this period that a series of articles about ‘Pastoral Pioneers’ was contributed by the Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, which were later published in two volumes. The Stock Journal is now owned by Fairfax Media.

This was a free community newspaper published by the Box Factory for Adelaide residents.

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) was established by Clarence Moody, in conjunction with the Sporting Mail and Saturday Mail. In May 1923 News Ltd purchased the Mail and moved the newspaper to North Terrace. The Mail had a strong sporting focus, publishing week-end sporting results. Motoring was a feature of the newspaper from the 1920s, as was the advent of commercial radio and aviation. An early focus was given to football and horse-racing, with many fine sporting photographs and articles. 'Possum's Pages' began in 1921, with the first children's comic, May Gibbs' Bib and Bub, added in 1924. This was joined by Ginger Meggs in 1932. Although published as a newspaper for Sunday reading, the Mail was actually printed on Saturday nights until Sunday 5 November 1972. Initially two editions were published, a 'street' edition at 7 pm, followed by a midnight edition which was sold later in the evening and distributed throughout the state on Sunday mornings. Until 1957 the State Library collected only the midnight edition. Country and other sporting results typically appear in the midnight or 'state' edition.

The Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer (shortened to SYP Pioneer) was established by Ben Wilkinson. He was later joined by his brother Richard. The newspaper absorbed the Maitland Watch in 1969, becoming the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

This was Adelaide's longest running Greek community newspaper.

This news magazine was published at Glenelg under various titles between 1968 and 1970. Its other titles were Times News Magazine, and Pageant Pictorial.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

The Petersburg Times began in 1887 with the specific aim to counter moves to have the Great Northern Railway diverted through Terowie. In fact Peterborough became the major railway junction. The newspaper included news from more than 70 towns and localities. Coverage was concentrated on Peterborough, Terowie, Nackara, Dawson, Yunta, Yongala, Quorn and Orroroo. Much space was given to church news, particularly the local Catholic and Baptist churches. Syndicated material was freely used, a common but criticised practice. From 1910 there emerged more chatty social articles and increasing articles and advertisements relating to agriculture. Both World Wars brought a strong focus on the conflict. The government ruled that German-sounding 'Petersburg' must become 'Peterborough' and the newspaper became The Times and Northern Advertiser. Sports reports were dominated by football, reaching a peak in the years before the First World War. From 1919 a 'Times Medal' was created, awarded annually to the most popular local footballer. Photographs began appearing in 1896. The Times was one of a handful of South Australian country newspapers which commissioned a coloured lithographic supplement by FW Niven, included with the issue of 15 December 1893.

This news magazine was published at Glenelg under various titles between 1968 and 1970. Titles included: Times, and Pageant Pictorial.

The Transcontinental was founded by James Barclay of Wilmington. After two issues Barclay sold to Maurice Hill and John Edwards, previously employed at the Port Augusta Dispatch as a printer and a journalist. Port Augusta at this time was about to be developed by the Federal government as an important point in the building of the Trans-Australian railway, hence the title.

Between March 1961 and January 1963 the newspaper was published twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday. For a time between July and September 1971, the Transcontinental was combined with the Port Pirie Recorder as the Northern Observer. The move was not popular and the two titles reverted to separate publication. In 1991 the Transcontinental became part of Rural Press, which later joined with Fairfax Media.

Truth was composed largely of grisly and sensational tales sifted from court rooms and police stations. Descriptions of murders and seductions filed its pages. It also gave good coverage to horse racing. It went through various incarnations from the first Adelaide edition published by Joseph Wharton in 1890. Issues of the Melbourne Truth marked 'Adelaide edition' exist for 1916 and 1917. These issues were published by Harold Gray for John Norton of the Sydney Truth. All the advertisements in the Adelaide editions are for Melbourne businesses. Similarly, almost all of the news content is Melbourne-based. In 1925 a 'South Australian edition' of Truth was published by Joseph Aloysius Patrick Hayes for Norton's company. A single 1934 issue of Truth names the publisher as James Glennon Geohagen, for Truth and Sportsman, Melbourne. The longest continuous run of a South Australian edition of Truth covers the Second World War and post war period. The newspaper was still published by James Geohagen as an off-shoot of the Melbourne Truth. It also was filled with scandal and horse racing. Towards the end of its life the South Australian Truth gave more space to stories of the rich and famous, and enlarged its coverage of local horse racing and football. The Truth at this time became popular for its bikini girl photographs. The Melbourne Truth finally finished in 1994, thirty years after the last South Australian edition was published.

The Venture was published as a supplement to 17 South Australian country newspapers.

Victor Harbor's own newspaper began as an off-shoot of the Southern Argus. Herbert ('Peter') Milnes, a Southern Argus printer moved to the newspaper in 1917 and in 1922 purchased the Times from the Elliot family. The Times has largely reflected Victor Harbour’s role as a popular holiday place, as well as recording life in a country community. As for most country newspapers, local sport is a major feature of the paper. The spelling of ‘harbour’ varied within the town on signs, clubs in the masthead of its local newspaper. (The spelling ‘harbor’ is based on an archaic English spelling.)In 1985 the newspaper was sold to SA Regional Media Ltd, the parent company of the Whyalla News. They in turn sold to Rural Press Ltd, which merged with the Fairfax group in 2007.

This short lived newspaper was published for the Greek Pontian community in Adelaide. Its Greek title is E Phone Toy Pontoy.

The Weekly Times began as the Woodville Times in 1954 It became part of the Messenger Press.

The Weekly Times Messenger began as the Woodville Times in 1954. It became part of the Messenger Press.

The Weekly Trading Post, under various titles, was a popular source of classified advertisements, concentrating on secondhand goods, for forty years. It was overtaken by the Internet.

The West Coast Sentinel began at Streaky Bay. News coverage extended to Kimba, Port Kenny, Minnipa, Penong and Elliston. In 1990 it was taken over by Rural Press, now a subsidiary of Fairfax Media.

Adelaide Review was founded by Mark Jamieson, with Gina Roncondi as editor. From the third issue, Christopher Pearson, the Advertiser arts editor, joined the team. He became editor in July. Under his leadership, the circulation quickly rose to 20,000 and the Review became a free newspaper. Contributors in this period included Peter Ward, Peter Goldsworthy, Lance Campbell, Michael Vanstone, John Bray, and later Federal politicians, Malcolm Latham and Tony Abbott. Restaurant reviews were contributed by Howard Twelftree. In 2003 the Spanish media entrepreneur, Javier Moll, took over Adelaide Review. In 2004 it became a fortnightly publication. From 2008 it returned to monthly publication. Margie Budich joined the Adelaide Review as an executive director in 2007, with Lachlan Colquhoun as editor.

The South Australian Advertiser was founded by the Rev. John Henry Barrow, a pastor and politician. The earliest issues were four-page productions with a large advertising content. John Langdon Bonython joined the Advertiser in the 1870s and in a short time rose to editor, and in 1893 sole proprietor of the newspaper. Through the 19th century the Advertiser and Register were major competitors. Researchers would find it useful to check reports of the same events in both titles, because there are often interesting variations. Both newspaper companies published a weekly version. The Advertiser’s weekly was the Chronicle. In 1863 the Advertiser purchased the evening Telegraph, which was renamed the Express and became the Advertiser’s afternoon tabloid. Both the Advertiser and the Register companies were sold to a consortium led by Keith Murdoch of the Melbourne Herald in 1929. In 1983 the Advertiser took control of the suburban Messenger Newspapers. The Advertiser on-line news site is Adelaide Now.

This newspaper continued two older newspapers, the Barossa News and the Kapunda Herald. Early issues contain interesting local advertisements. There are also many references to post-war issues including security loans and national service. Obituaries of local identities, church news and weddings receive detailed coverage in this period. By the 1960s agricultural matters were given more space, particularly the district's distinctive wine industry. Sport was also given prominence.The newspaper was taken over by the Rural Press in the 1990s and is now part of the Fairfax Media group. Since 2005 the title has been shortened to Herald.

The Border Chronicle was founded by Leslie Duncan, and initially run in conjunction with his Kaniva (Victoria) newspaper. From 1927 the Border Chronicle included coverage of Lawloit and other Victorian towns. From 2005 the newspaper was owned by the Naracoorte Herald. In 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

The Pinnaroo and Border Times was founded by John Letheby in 1911. In 2005 it was purchased by the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

The Border Watch is South Australia's oldest country newspaper still in publication. It was also the first newspaper in South Australia run by a woman, being established in 1861 by Janet Laurie, with her teenage sons Andrew and James. The poet Adam Lindsay Gordon was a friend of the first editor, John Watson, and Gordon's poems appeared in early issues. The Border Watch contained an impressive political commentary throughout Watson’s editorship in the nineteenth century. Three generations of the Laurie and Watson families had run the newspaper at the time that the firm was sold to the South East Telecasters company in 1977. In recent years the newspaper received some publicity through being purchased by millionaire truck driver Allan Scott. Scott died in 2009.

In 1861 a group of local men formed the 'Gawler Humbug Society' and in 1863 one of these, Dr George Nott, with William Barnet, published a newsletter for the group. This was named the 'Bunyip'. The publication aimed to lampoon and deflate perceived forms of humbug, such as the 'humbug' produced in South Australian Parliament. Initially published monthly, by January 1866 the title had evolved into Gawler's weekly newspaper. For several generations the Barnet family ran the newspaper, until in 2003 it was sold to the Taylor family of the Murray Pioneer.

This Messenger Press title covers the Adelaide Central business area. Early journalists such as 'Ray Light' made this perhaps one of the company's more provocative titles at the time of its establishment.

This is a continuation of the South East Kingston Leader. The newspaper was purchased by Richard Peake of the Narracoorte Herald, and in 2010 both newspapers were sold to Fairfax Media.

This title began as a newsletter. After some financial difficulties it was bought by the editor, Margaret McKay in 2007, and its circulation tripled.

This title began as a newsletter. After some financial difficulties it was bought by the editor, Margaret McKay in 2007, and its circulation tripled.

Although the Mount Barker district was first settled in the 1840s, it was not until 1880 that the town had its own newspaper. Charles Dumas founded the Mount Barker Courier out of his printing business. The geographical coverage was from Murray Bridge and Meningie, to Victor Harbour, across to Clarendon, and up to Lobethal. Murray Bridge was particularly well reported until its own newspaper was founded in 1934. Sport was a strong focus from the beginning, especially cricket and horse racing. Politically, the Courier supported protectionism and tariffs, as well as compulsory voting.

The Eastern Courier Messenger was formed by a merger of the Courier Messenger and the Eastern Suburbs Messenger.

The Eyre's Peninsula Tribune was established in 1910 to serve the towns of Cowell, Cleve, Franklin Harbour and Arno Bay. It outlived smaller newspapers in the district, absorbing the Kimba Dispatch, before being merged with the Port Lincoln Times and Areas Express. In 1982 it was taken over by Northern Newspapers Pty Ltd, but is now part of Fairfax Media. In the 1970s the title changed slightly to become the Eyre Peninsula Tribune.

This was the newspaper of the Adelaide Filipino community.

The Flinders News originated with the formation of the Review-Times in 1970. The Review-Times was formed by the merger of several struggling mid-northern newspapers including: Northern Review (Jamestown), Peterborough Times, Orroroo Enterprise, Areas Express (Gladstone) and Crystal Brook Courier. The title changed to Review-Times-Record in 1977 when the Burra Record also became part of the proprietary. In 1989 the title became Flinders News. It is now part of the Fairfax Media group.

This began as a community magazine for Woomera residents.

This is the Messenger Press newspaper covering Glenelg and the surrounding beach suburbs.

The Barossa and Light Herald was formed by the merger of the Barossa News and the Kapunda Herald. In 2012 the Herald boasted the largest circulation for a country newspaper in South Australia at 21,400 copies distributed free, weekly. In the 1990s the newspaper became part of the Rural Press group, now Fairfax Media.

The Independent Weekly was founded as an alternative news source to South Australia's Murdoch-owned press. Alex Kennedy was the inaugural editor. The newspaper took a strong arts focus. Since 2011 it has been published as on-line version only, Indaily.

The Islander was founded as a newsletter in 1967. It has had two title changes. The newspaper was sold to Rural Press (now Fairfax Media) in 1995.

This is the official newspaper of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

This Meningie newspaper is published in a magazine format. Its geographical coverage includes Tailem Bend, Salt Creek, Narrung, Coonalpyn and Tintinara.

This was the first English-language newspaper covering any part of the Barossa Valley, apart from the Kapunda Herald. Its geographical coverage included Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood and Gumeracha.

Jack Irving, publisher of the Loxton Clarion in the 1920s, came out of retirement to found the Loxton News. This newspaper incorporated the Loxton Community Newsletter published between 1956 and 1960. In 1964 it was sold to the Murray Pioneer. The newspaper has won many Country Press SA awards.

This newspaper was owned by the Taylor group based at the Murray Pioneer. Its geographical coverage included the towns of Burra, Eudunda, Jamestown and Peterborough.

The Pioneer began in 1892 as a hand-written chromograph publication under the editorship of Arthur Pitman Corrie, with cartoons by the local Methodist minister, John Jenkin. The following year Corrie purchased a printing press, and in 1895 Sydney Browne took over the Pioneer. In 1905 it was purchased by Harry Taylor. Taylor had been involved in the New Australia migration to Paraguay in the 1890s. He turned the newspaper into a progressive and vigorous journal with a strong community focus. It also became well-known for its practical agricultural advice. The Taylor family have owned the newspaper ever since. In recent decades the Taylors have progressively purchased five other country newspapers. All are printed at Renmark.

This is Murray Bridge's oldest newspaper. It replaced the 'Murray Bridge Advertiser' reports in the pages of the Mount Barker Courier. Originally weekly, the Standard experimented with publishing twice weekly in 1973. It has regularly published on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 1981. Over the years the newspaper has had a strong focus on reporting about local people and their lives, with interviews, news reports, biographical sketches and obituaries. Matters relating to the River Murray have naturally featured also. Concerns about water flow have been voiced in its pages since 1939. Sports coverage became a main feature following the Second World War. Football received the most detailed coverage, but other sports, in particular rowing, were included. Murray Bridge was the centre of a busy agricultural district and the newspaper reflects this with agricultural articles, reports of agricultural associations and advertisements for agricultural equipment and products. The Standard has also devoted plenty of space to local government matters, freely voicing both Council and community opinions on a range of issues. Rural Press bought shares in the newspaper in 1986, taking over full control in December 1994. Rural Press merged with Fairfax Media in 2006.

This newspaper was founded by the proprietors of the Border Watch. In 1880 it was purchased by George Ash and John Mather, the editor and the printer. The two were bankrupt through the costs of a libel case brought against the newspaper by William Hutchison MP in 1889. During the 1980s the newspaper came to be run in association with the Border Chronicle and the Coastal Leader. All three newspapers were taken over by Fairfax Media in 2010, which currently owns the majority of Australia's country newspapers.

This is the newspaper of the Uniting Church in South Australia. Through changes in format and title, this has been published continuously since 1864. It began as the journal of the Wesleyan Church prior to the formation of the Methodist Church, which in 1977 became part of the Uniting Church. Its current title is New Times. As well as religious topics. the newspaper has always had strong discussions on social issues ranging through being pro-Conscription during the First World War, supporting conscientious objection during the Second World War, and discussing homosexuality and the church in the 1990s.

For 127 years this newspaper was run by the Tilbrook family. Brothers Henry and Alfred Tilbrook first worked at the Register newspaper before founding the Argus with partner Alfred Clode. The Northern Argus gave the usual coverage to local news and sports, and included city and interstate news. From 1874 to 1891 the newspaper was printed twice weekly. At this time it contained large amounts of syndicated material - both literary and news items. While many country newspapers were forced to close, the Argus was fortunate that Clare remained an important country centre. The newspaper has outlasted many of its neighbours and for this reason its geographical coverage has steadily increased. In 1996 the Tilbrook family sold to Rural Press, based in New South Wales. It became part of Fairfax Holdings in 2006.

The Northern Sun replaced the earlier Dam News newsletter. It was the first newspaper for the mining camp of Olympic Dam. Since 2002 the newspaper has been titled Roxby Downs Sun, and the town re-named Roxby Downs. It is published by the Transcontinental at Port Augusta. It was taken over by Rural Press in 1991, which is now part of Fairfax Media.

This small newspaper covers the Fleurieu Peninsula.

The Peterborough Times was a short-lived attempt to re-start a newspaper at Peterborough. However in 2006 it was absorbed into the new Mid North Broadcaster, together with neighbouring newspapers the Burra Broadcaster, and the Eudunda Observer.

In 1903 James Walker established the forerunner to the current Plains Producer, which he named the Central Advocate. In 1926 it was purchased by Amy Henstridge, formerly of the Stanley Herald, Snowtown. At this time the newspaper was named the Wooroora Producer, and later became simply The Producer. The newspaper was suspended during the Second World War, but reopened in 1946. Roger Manuel and his wife Margaret purchased the newspaper in 1983. In 1992 it was renamed the Plains Producer. The newspaper has won the BankSA Award for the best newspaper with a circulation under 5,000 in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. Its area of coverage extends form Snowtown in the north to Virginia in the south.

This newspaper was founded by Maurice Hill and Ken Robertson. As with several country newspapers, publishing ceased for some years during the Second World War. Since its early years there was been much coverage given to agriculture and sport. By the 1960s the Hill family had given the newspaper the look of a city newspaper, with big front page headlines, sport action photographs and large advertisements. In 1990 the newspaper was taken over by Rural Press, which is now part of Fairfax Media.