For almost 100 years, The Canberra Times has been serving the national city as the source Canberrans trust when it comes to the news that matters. Since starting as a small family run newspaper, we have grown with the city, telling the stories of the capital, its people and their interests.
The close-knit family of Shakespeares, originally from Penrith, ran The Canberra Times as a family business for 38 years before selling it to the Fairfax family. It is now owned by Australian Community Media.
Thomas Shakespeare was an advocate of developing a national capital while others were wary. He attended the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924, when he bought the block at the corner of Mort and Cooyong Streets. Federal Capital Press of Australia was registered on the Sydney stock exchange the next year.
