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.
In 1859 it merged with The Hobart Town Daily Mercury.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.
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.