Hamilton Spectator (Australia)

The Hamilton Spectator, is a weekly tabloid newspaper, serving the Victorian regional city of Hamilton and serving the towns and settlements in the Southern Grampians Shire.

Hamilton Spectator

Type	Weekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner	SA Today Pty Ltd
Publisher	Star Media Group
Founded	1859 (1859)
Headquarters	84 Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Price	$4
Sister newspapers	Portland Observer
Website	hamiltonspectator.com.au

The Spectator for 164 years was published and printed in Hamilton, but after the former owners, Richard Leopold and Jacobus Beks, sold the masthead, the former building which housed the production of the newspaper was sold and the printing presses were demolished.^[1]

Since January, 2025, the Spectator is now published at a News Corp Australia printing press in Melbourne, Victoria.

The former Hamilton-based owner sold The Spectator has been owned by the Star News Group.

Since January 2025, the Spectator now has a new website and now has a digital edition of the newspaper.