National Library of Australia

The Australian Newspaper Plan

newspapersThe Australian Newspaper Plan is an ambitious, ongoing project designed to collect and preserve every newspaper published in Australia, guaranteeing public access to these important historical records. There are similar plans for New Zealand's newspapers.

Collect

Do you know the whereabouts of a missing newspaper?

Preserve

The overall aim of the ANPlan project is to preserve all Australian newspapers and to give the public access to them.

Access

ANPlan lets you access our newspaper heritage.

Partners

  • National Library of Australia
  • State Library of Queensland
  • State Library of New South Wales
  • State Library of Victoria
  • State Library of Tasmania
  • State Library of South Australia
  • State Library of Western Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory Heritage Library
  • Northern Territory Library

The National Library of New Zealand is a full member of the Australian Newspaper Plan with observer status.

What's new

Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program

Digital Action Plan

From the from IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2008

Snippets from the archive

Have a look at what was making news 100 years ago and find out about the history of Australian newspapers.

Newspaper chronology

Find out what was happening in the world of newspapers from 1802 to 2005 by looking at the Newspaper Chronology.