An exciting new website was launched in July by the National Library of Australia. In collaboration with the Australian State and Territory libraries, they have commenced a program to digitise out of copyright newspapers. The
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project will include newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, when copyright applies. The first Australian newspaper, published in Sydney in 1803, is included in the Program.
Even though this is still a beta version I have already located a few death notices and been able to add some new names to the family tree. The papers available include The Argus, The Brisbane Courier & Courier-Mail, The Canberra Times, The Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser, The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser and the Hobart Town Gazette. Additional pages are being added each week, basic and advanced search facilities are available and titles can be browsed by title, state and date.
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