title: Bell's Life
text: # Bell's Life
  
  Bell's Life... was a group of newspapers produced in Australia in the mid-nineteenth century based upon the English publication Bell's Life in London.
  
  Most publications lasted a short duration. The subtitles were usually sporting chronicle.
  
  The Sydney and Melbourne papers were precursors of the Australasian Post.
  
  ## Sydney
  
  In Sydney, New South Wales it was known as Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer and had a longer publication run of 1845 to 1872. Stories and articles from the Sydney paper were carried by other newspapers.
  
  ## Hobart
  
  In Tasmania, the subtitle was the more extensive sporting chronicle, agricultural gazette and country journal.
  
  ## Melbourne
  
  In Melbourne, Victoria the publication was titled "Victoria", rather than the city name.
  
  ## Adelaide
  
  In Adelaide, South Australia, the publication lasted for less than a year.
  
  ## Perth
  
  The publication in Perth, Western Australia came later than other Australian versions in the 1890s, with an added phrase in the subtitle of society journal.
  
  