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The Courier is a newspaper founded in 1827 in Hobart, Tasmania, as The Hobart Town Courier. It changed its name to The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser in 1839, settling on The Courier in 1840.

By 1830 the newspaper was printing 750 copies per issue.^[1]

In 1859 it merged with The Hobart Town Daily Mercury.^[2] The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd, part of News Corp Australia and News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called Mercury on Saturday and Sunday Tasmanian.

Title- The Hobart Town Mercury [electronic resource].
Publisher- John Davies, 1857.
Description- Digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers service which allows access to historic Australian newspapers.

Also available on microfilm. Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T., : National Library of Australia, 2008–2009 (Australian newspapers). Vol. 4, no. 379 (Feb. 2, 1857)-v. 6, no. 640 (Dec. 28, 1857). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Continues: Hobarton Mercury; with issue for Aug. 24, 1857, absorbed: Colonial Times.

Life dates- Vol. 4, no. 379 (Feb. 2, 1857)-v. 6, no. 640 (Dec. 28, 1857).3 v.
Later title- Hobart Town Daily Mercury 1835-6729
Former title- Hobarton Mercury 1835-6710, Colonial Times (Hobart, Tasmania) 1835-4734
Place-Australia Tasmania Hobart.^[3]

References

History of the Mercury from the Mercury Print Museum.

External links

[1] West, John (1852), The History of Tasmania, Vol I, Launceston, p.126

[2] Kirkpatrick, Rod. Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1851–1900

[3] "The Hobart Town Mercury (Tas. : 1857)".

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 '''''The Courier''''' is a newspaper founded in 1827 in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], as '''''The Hobart Town Courier'''''. It changed its name to '''''The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser''''' in 1839, settling on ''The Courier'' in 1840.
-By 1830 the newspaper was printing 750 copies per issue.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FskRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=“John+west”+history+of+tasmania&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTlZaii7HjAhUIT30KHdL6CigQ6AEIJzAA#v=snippet&q=Newspaper&f=false West, John (1852), The History of Tasmania, Vol I, Launceston, p.126]</ref>
+By 1830 the newspaper was printing 750 copies per issue.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FskRAAAAYAAJ&q=Newspaper West, John (1852), The History of Tasmania, Vol I, Launceston, p.126]</ref>
 In 1859 it merged with ''[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Hobart Town Daily Mercury]]''.<ref>Kirkpatrick, Rod. [http://www.nla.gov.au/anplan/heritage/1851-1900.html''Select chronology of significant Australian press events from 1851–1900'']</ref> ''[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]'' is a daily newspaper, published in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], Australia, by [[Davies Brothers Pty Ltd]], part of News Corp Australia and [[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp]]. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''[[Mercury on Saturday]]'' and ''[[Sunday Tasmanian]]''.
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 *Later title- ''[[Hobart Town Daily Mercury]]'' 1835-6729
 *Former title- ''[[Hobarton Mercury]]'' 1835-6710, ''[[Colonial Times]]'' ([[Hobart, Tasmania]]) 1835-4734
-*Place-Australia [[Tasmania]] [[Hobart]].<ref>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title32</ref>
+*Place-Australia [[Tasmania]] [[Hobart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title32|title = The Hobart Town Mercury (Tas. : 1857)}}</ref>
 ==References==
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-*''[https://archive.is/20050616155857/http://ink.iim.uts.edu.au/mercury/print_museum/merc_history.htm History of the Mercury]'' from the Mercury Print Museum.
+*''[https://archive.today/20050616155857/http://ink.iim.uts.edu.au/mercury/print_museum/merc_history.htm History of the Mercury]'' from the Mercury Print Museum.
 ==External links==
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