The National Library of Australia’s digitisation of historical Australian newspapers has to one of the most important resources that is available online, and even better that it is FREE!!
As you can understand this is a work-in-progress, but I can tell you that they don’t look like slowing down any time soon!! Yay, and I KNOW I’m not alone on that one!!!
In fact they’ve just released their 2011-2012 schedule, which includes over 100 different newspapers around Australia.
| State | Title | Date Range |
|---|---|---|
| National | The Australian Abo Call | 1938 |
| National | The Dawn | 1888 – 1905 |
| ACT | Federal Capital Pioneer | 1924 – 1926 |
| ACT | Canberra illustrated: a quarterly magazine | 1925 |
| ACT | The Federal capital pioneer magazine | 1926 – 1927 |
| ACT | Canberra community news | 1927 – 1927 |
| NSW | Australian band of hope journal | 1857 – 1857 |
| NSW | The Australian band of hope review, and children’s friend | 1856 |
| NSW | The Australian home companion and band of hope journal | 1859 – 1861 |
| NSW | The Band of hope journal and Australian home companion | 1858 |
| NSW | Australian Town and Country Journal | 1870 – 1900 |
| NSW | The Castlereagh | 1905 – 1907 |
| NSW | Dubbo Liberal & Daily Advocate | 1892 – 1900 |
| NSW | The Australian, Windsor, Richmond, and Hawkesbury advertiser | 1873 – 1899 |
| NSW | Hawkesbury Chronicle and Farmers Advocate | 1881 – 1888 |
| NSW | Hawkesbury Courier and Agricultural and General Advertiser | 1881 – 1888 |
| NSW | Hawkesbury Advocate | 1899 – 1900 |
| NSW | Hawkesbury Herald | 1902 – 1945 |
| NSW | Windsor and Richmond Gazette | 1888 – 1921 |
| NSW | Windsor Express and Richmond Advertiser | 1843 – 1844 |
| NSW | Liverpool Herald | 1897 – 1907 |
| NSW | Liverpool Leader | 1946 – 1949 |
| NSW | Liverpool news | 1837 – 1941 |
| NSW | Northern Star | 1876 – 1954 |
| QLD | The Capricornian | 1875 – 1929 |
| QLD | The Central Queensland herald | :1930 – 1939 |
| QLD | Worker | 1890 – 1955 |
| SA | Adelaide Morning Chronicle | 1852 – 1853 |
| SA | South Australian | 1844 – 1851 |
| SA | Southern Australian | 1838 – 1844 |
| TAS | Advocate | 1890 – 1954 |
| TAS | The Cornwall Chronicle | 1835 – 1880 |
| VIC | Advertiser | 1922 – 1939 |
| VIC | Alexandra and Yea Standard, Thornton, Gobur and Acheron Express | 1877 |
| VIC | Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express | 1877 – 1908 |
| VIC | Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express | 1908 – 1949 |
| VIC | Alexandra Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton, Taggerty and Acheron Express | 1949 – 1954 |
| VIC | Alexandra Times | 1868 – 1877 |
| VIC | The Argus | 1848 – 1954 |
| VIC | The Australian News for Home Readers | 1864 – 1867 |
| VIC | Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers | 1867 – 1875 |
| VIC | Illustrated Australian News | 1876 – 1889 |
| VIC | The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil | 1873 – 1889 |
| VIC | Illustrated Australian News and Musical Times | 1889 – 1890 |
| VIC | Illustrated Australian News | 1890 – 1896 |
| VIC | The Star | 1855 – 1864 |
| VIC | The Ballarat star | 1865 |
| VIC | The Benalla ensign and farmer’s and squatter’s journal | 1872 – 1872 |
| VIC | The North Eastern ensign | 1872 – 1938 |
| VIC | Benalla Ensign | 1938 – 1954 |
| VIC | The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times | 1891 |
| VIC | The Broadford Courier | 1891 – 1893 |
| VIC | The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times | 1893 – 1916 |
| VIC | The Broadford Courier | 1916 – 1920 |
| VIC | Camperdown Chronicle | 1877 – 1954 |
| VIC | The Coburg leader | 1890 – 1913 |
| VIC | The Elsternwick leader and Caulfield and Balaclava guardian | 1887 |
| VIC | Elsternwick leader and East Brighton, South Brighton, Cheltenham, Mentone, Mordialloc, Oakleigh, Sandringham, Balaclava & Caulfield Record | 1887 |
| VIC | The Elsternwick leader and district record | 1887 – 1888 |
| VIC | The Elsternwick leader | 1888 |
| VIC | The Caulfield and Elsternwick leader. | 1888 – 1902 |
| VIC | Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser | 1940 – 1942 |
| VIC | Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate | 1917 – 1922 |
| VIC | Euroa Advertiser | 1884 – 1920 |
| VIC | Euroa and Violet Town, Longwood, Avenel, Strathbogie, Balmattam and Miepoll Gazette | 1884 |
| VIC | Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record | 1902 – 1917 |
| VIC | Evelyn Observer, and South and East Bourke Record | 1882 – 1902 |
| VIC | Fitzroy City Press | 1881 – 1920 |
| VIC | Gippsland Times | 1861 – 1954 |
| VIC | Healesville Guardian | 1893 – 1898 |
| VIC | Healesville Guardian and Yarra Glen Advocate | 1898 |
| VIC | Healesville Guardian and Yarra Glen Guardian | 1898 – 1900 |
| VIC | Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian | 1900 – 1942 |
| VIC | Healesville Guardian | 1942 – 1954 |
| VIC | The Kerang times | 1890 – 1890 |
| VIC | Kerang times and Swan Hill gazette | 1877 – 1889 |
| VIC | Kilmore Free Press | 1870 – 1954 |
| VIC | Kilmore Free Press and Bourke and Dalhousie Advertiser | 1865 |
| VIC | Kilmore Free Press and Counties of Bourke and Dalhousie Advertiser | 1865 – 1868 |
| VIC | Kyabram union | 1886 – 1894 |
| VIC | The Kyabram union and Rodney Shire advocate | 1894 – 1894 |
| VIC | The Maffra spectator | 1920 – 1920 |
| VIC | Malvern and Caulfield Standard | 1906 |
| VIC | Malvern Standard | 1906 – 1931 |
| VIC | Mercury | 1875 – 1877 |
| VIC | Mercury and Weekly Courier | 1878 – 1903 |
| VIC | Morwell Advertiser | 1888 – 1954 |
| VIC | Mornington standard | 1889 – 1908 |
| VIC | Mornington and Dromana standard | 1908 – 1911 |
| VIC | Mornington Standard | 1911 – 1920 |
| VIC | The North Eastern ensign | 1872 – 1938 |
| VIC | North Melbourne Advertiser | 1873 – 1894 |
| VIC | Oakleigh Leader and District Record | 1887 – 1888 |
| VIC | Oakleigh Leader | 1888 – 1902 |
| VIC | Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser | 1842 – 1876 |
| VIC | Portland Guardian | 1876 – 1953 |
| VIC | South Bourke Standard | 1861 – 1873 |
| VIC | South Bourke and Mornington journal | 1872 – 1920 |
| VIC | Sunbury news | 1892 |
| VIC | Sunbury news and Bulla and Melton advertiser | 1892 – 1900 |
| VIC | Sunbury news | 1900 – 1910 |
| VIC | Traralgon Record | 1886 – 1932 |
| VIC | Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate | 1879 – 1894 |
| VIC | Warragul Guardian and West Gippsland Advertiser | 1894 |
| VIC | Warragul Guardian | 1895 – 1900 |
| VIC | West Gippsland Gazette | 1898 – 1930 |
| VIC | Yea Chronicle | 1891 – 1920 |
| VIC | Williamstown Chronicle | 1954 – 1954 |
| VIC | Williamstown trade circular | 1856 |
| VIC | Wodonga and Towong sentinel | 1885 – 1954 |
| WA | Albany Advertiser | 1897 – 1950 |
| WA | Geraldton Guardian | 1906 – 1928 |
| WA | Geraldton Guardian and Express | 1929 – 1947 |
| WA | Geraldton Guardian | 1948 – 1950 |
| WA | Inquirer | 1840 – 1855 |
| WA | The Inquirer & Commercial News | 1855 – 1901 |
If the paper you’re after isn’t here, sit tight, it will in time … in the meantime simply look at the millions that have already been digitised and are online. They certainly make fascinating reading for anyone.
You can view the currently available historical Australian newspapers online here.
