# The Observer (Adelaide)

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Newspaper published in Adelaide, Australia

***The Observer***, previously ***The Adelaide Observer***, was a Saturday newspaper published in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) from July 1843 to February 1931. Virtually every issue of the newspaper (under both titles) has been digitised and is available online through the [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia)'s [Trove](/source/Trove) archive service.[1]

## History

The Adelaide Observer masthead in 1897

The masthead after the paper was renamed

### *The Adelaide Observer*

The newspaper was founded on 1 July 1843[2] by [John Stephens](/source/John_Stephens_(editor)), its sole proprietor, as a replacement for [George Dehane](/source/George_Dehane)'s *Examiner*, which ran from 25 November 1841 to 24 June 1843.[3] Both were printed by Dehane at his establishment on [Morphett Street](/source/Morphett_Street%2C_Adelaide)[4] adjacent [Trinity Church](/source/Holy_Trinity_Church%2C_Adelaide).

In 1845 Stephens purchased another local newspaper, the *[South Australian Register](/source/South_Australian_Register)*.

### *The Observer*

On 7 January 1905, the newspaper was renamed *The Observer*, whose masthead later proclaimed "The Observer. News of the world, politics, agriculture, mining, literature, sport and society. Established 1843".[5] In February 1931, the ailing [Depression](/source/Great_Depression)-hit newspaper, along with *[The Register](/source/The_Register_(Adelaide))* and other sister publications, was taken over by *[The Advertiser](/source/The_Advertiser_(Adelaide))* and shut down.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-title_1-0)** ["Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905–1931)"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title823). Retrieved 30 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Advertising"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158917178). *[Adelaide Observer](/source/Adelaide_Observer)*. 1 July 1843. p. 1. Retrieved 9 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["To Our Readers"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263775457). *The Examiner*. Vol. 2, no. CXII. South Australia. 24 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 17 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Facetiae"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158917172). *The Adelaide Observer*. Vol. I, no. 1. South Australia. 1 July 1843. p. 8. Retrieved 9 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["(Masthead)"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19117827). *Observer*. Adelaide. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2018 – via Trove.

## External links

- [*Observer* (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931)](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title823) at [Trove](/source/Trove)

v t e Adelaide newspapers ~1850 South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (1836–1839) Southern Australian (1838–1844) Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser (1839–1840) South Australian Register (1839–1845; 1852–1900) Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Literary Record (1840–1842) Adelaide Observer (1843–1904) South Australian (1844–1851) South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (1845–1847) South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (1847–1852) Adelaide Times (1848–1858) 1851–1900 Suedaustralische Zeitung (1850–1851) Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung (1851–1862) South Australian Register (1839–1845; 1852–1900) Adelaide Morning Chronicle (1852–1853) South Australian Weekly Chronicle (1858–1867; 1881–1889) South Australian Advertiser (1858–1889) Süd Australische Zeitung (1860–1874) Adelaide Telegraph (1862–1864) Adelaide Express (1863–1866) Daily Telegraph (1864–1865) Weekly Mail (1864–1865) Express and Telegraph (1867–1922) South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (1868–1881) Evening Journal (1869–1912) Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald (1869–1873) Portonian (1871–1879) Harp and Southern Cross (1873–1875) Methodist Journal (1874–1881) Australische Zeitung (1875–1916) Illustrated Adelaide News (1875–1880) Port Adelaide Post Shipping Gazette, Farmers and Commercial Register (1876) Christian Colonist (1878–1894) Frearson's Weekly Illustrated (1878–1884) Port Adelaide News and Commercial and Shipping Gazette (1878) Port Adelaide News (1878-1883; 1904; 1913–1933) Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News (1880–1884) Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (1883–1897) Australian Christian world (1885–1953) Pictorial Australian (1885–1895) South Australian Chronicle (1889–1895) Southern Cross (1889–1954) Weekly Herald (1894–1898) Chronicle (1895–1954) Critic (1897–1924) Quiz (1889–1890; 1900–1914) Quiz and the Lantern (1890–1900) Critic (1897–1924) Herald (1899–1910) 1901–1950 Australian Christian Commonwealth (1901–1940) The Register (1901–1929) Adelaide Stock and Station Journal (1904-1967) Mining Standard (1904–1909) Weekly News (1904–1918) Observer (1905–1931) Gadfly (1906–1909) Patriot (1907–1968) Daily Herald (1910–1924) Sport (1911–1948) Journal (1912–1923) Sporting Mail (1912–1914) Saturday Mail (1912–1917) Mail (1912–1954) Glenelg Guardian (1914–1964) Quiz and the Sporting Life (1914–1930) South Australian Truth (1916–1962) Daylight (1919–1928) People's Advocate (1921–1950) Country News (1922–1935) Express (1922–1923) News (1923–1992) Saturday Journal (1923–1929) Varsity Ragge (1928–1931) The Register News-Pictorial (1929–1931) Port Adelaide Gazette (1930) Advertiser and Register (1931) Workers Weekly Herald (1935–1948) Radio Call (1937–1957) South Australian Methodist (1940–1970) Gateway (Port Adelaide & Woodville) (1946) Herald (1949–1994) Progressive Times (Largs North) (1949–1951) 1951–present Nasza Droga (Polish) (1952–1981) Port Adelaide District Pictorial (1952–1954) Sunday Advertiser (1953–1958) Seaport News Review (1954) SA Sunday Mail (1954–1955) Central Times (1971–1982) Football Times (1976–1992) The Adelaide Private Trader (1978–1985) Ellēnika Nea (Greek) (1978–1996) Adelaide Trading Post (1985–1993) Weekly Trading Post (1993–2004) Independent Weekly (2004–2010) Trading Post (2004–2009) Current South Australian Government Gazette (1839–) Advertiser (1889–1931; 1931–) On Dit (1932–) Messenger Newspapers (1951–) Stock Journal (1967-) Sunday Mail (1955–) New Times (1982–) Blackwood Times (1994–) InDaily (2010–)

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