The Adelaide Observer The newspaper was founded on 1 July 1843 by
John Stephens, its sole proprietor, as a replacement for
George Dehane's
Examiner, which ran from 25 November 1841 to 24 June 1843. Both were printed by Dehane at his establishment on
Morphett Street adjacent
Trinity Church. In 1845 Stephens purchased another local newspaper, the
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". In February 1931, the ailing
Depression-hit newspaper, along with
The Register and other sister publications, was taken over by
The Advertiser and shut down. ==References==