Südaustralische Zeitung

The Süd Australische Zeitung was a German language newspaper published in Tanunda, South Australia from late 1849 to December 1874. It was succeeded immediately by the Australische Zeitung which ceased publication in 1916. The long history of German language Australian newspapers reflects the considerable German-speaking population which settled in South Australia in the nineteenth century.

Die Deutsche Post, first published c. 6 January 1848, and still appearing every Thursday in 1850, was most likely the first German-language newspaper published in South Australia, and possibly in Australia.

The Suedaustralische Zeitung was first published in Adelaide late 1849 by Otto Schomburgk and Carl Muecke and by Gustav Droege, who also acted as editor. It was remarkable in its day for being printed in Roman type (and replacing umlauts with their two-letter equivalents) "as if to indicate its rejection of tradition" (or perhaps being the only type available), and was radical in its political views. The following year it was printed in traditional black letter type as Südaustralische Zeitung, and the editor's name written as Gustav Dröge. The paper was initially printed by Andrew Murray in Adelaide, and had sales outlets in Tanunda, Lyndoch, Hahndorf, Lobethal, Burra Burra, and Macclesfield.

The paper was taken over by Wilhem Eggers in September 1851 and published at the offices of the South Australian Register. Production ceased for a few years due to the Victorian gold rush, then resumed under separate owners.

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