It had previously been published as The Northern Times.
[1] In 1918 the Times was purchased by Sir Hugh Denison, publisher of The Sun who changed the name to The Newcastle Sun.
[2] The Newcastle Sun was acquired by Newcastle Morning Herald in 1936 and continued until 1980 when it ceased publication.
[3] A newspaper named The Northern Times (with the alternative title Northern Times and Newcastle Telegraph) had previously been published in Maitland from 1857-1860.
[6][5] The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.