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National and State libraries may be missing some issues of Australian newspapers, particularly those published before the introduction of Legal Deposit legislation in 1968.

Do you know the whereabouts of a missing newspaper?

The list of significant missing newspapers reads like a social atlas of Australia. Some mastheads were published to serve the needs of transient populations that waxed and waned with the fortunes of, for example, Australia's goldfields. Some of the country's rarest newspapers were published in towns which have all but disappeared. An example is the Palmer Chronicle, published at Maytown on the Palmer River goldfield in far north Queensland in the 1870s. Little trace remains of what was once a brawling, roistering, township and even less of the newspaper. No copies of the first editions (1908-1911) of the Blyth Agriculturist, a mid-north South Australian newspaper, were known to have survived until a brittle bundle of them was discovered in the offices of the Northern Argus newspaper in 2006. Recognising their significance from the list of missing newspapers that the State Library of South Australia maintains through the Australian Newspaper Plan, the Clare Regional History Group donated them to the Library for preservation.

Picture of restored Blyth Agriculturist

Blyth Agriculturist: The pages of the 1908 issues were in brittle fragments and before the Library’s reformatting staff could microfilm them for ANPlan, conservation staff humidified the fragments to remove creases, painstakingly reassembled them and adhered them to acid-free backing tissue with wheat starch. Photo courtesy of the State Library of South Australia.

Similar discoveries may be waiting in other states. Tell us if you have a story like this!

Here are some of Australia's most wanted missing newspaper titles/issues:

New South Wales

  • Acropolis (Enmore) 1979-81
  • Advertiser (Maitland) 1953-Dec. 1979
  • Advertiser (Woolgoolga) 1987- July 19, 1993
  • Advocate (Coffs Harbour) Wed & Sat. editions 1991-1995
  • Aeroplane press (Burwood) Jan-June 1956
  • Aeroplane press (Sydney) 1936-Oct 1958
  • Akhbar-e-watan Mar.-May 1993
  • Albury advertiser 1864-
  • Albury herald 1898
  • An Nahar (Homebush) Sept. 1978-Mar. 1992
  • Ardlethan Beckomm times (Temora) 1918-Aug. 1956
  • Area News (Griffith) Mar. 1923-Mar. 1925
  • Area News (Griffith) Apr. 1927-July 1949
  • Argus (Ashfield) All
  • Al-Bairak 1986--Sept 1991
  • Ballina pilot 1955-July 1956
  • Ballina pilot and Richmond River Pilot All
  • Balmain observer and western suburbs advertiser [1880]-Aug. 1884; 1907-1915; 1919;  1921-1927; 1957; 1965-1968; 1982
  • Barellan leader [1924]-Aug. 1956
  • Berrigan advocate 1905-Feb. 1970
  • Bingera telegraph and Warialda gazette All - only 2 issues held
  • The Blayney argus All - only 3 issues held
  • Cootamundra liberal 1882-1887; 1898
  • Hawkesbury herald April 1902; July 1904-June 1945
  • Hoju dong-a 1990-Oct. 1992; 1994-June 1997
  • Indian down under Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1987)
  • Inverell times 1908-May 1909
  • Macleay argus Oct. 1888-June 1888;1908;1911;1914;1916-17
  • Moruya examiner Feb 18, Mar. 18, 1998
  • Myall Coast nota [1985]-Aug. 2000
  • Nambucca Valley guardian 3 May1991; 25 June 1991; 1 Nov. 1991;Jan.-June 1993
  • New England Democrat All issues
  • Northern champion 1913-1961
  • Sing tao jih pao 2nd Jan-Feb. 1982
  • St. George & Sutherland Shire Leader (Sutherland edition) Jan. 9, 2007 (Sutherland ed.)
  • Sydney Morning Herald Feb. 26, 1966
  • Tilighraf (Marrickville) Nov. 1986-1987
  • Top weekly Mar. 21, 1991-Aug. 1996
  • Uralla and Walcha times 1876-1894
  • Uralla times and people's advocate 1897
  • Uralla times and district advocate 1907-1914
  • Western times 1981-2004

Queensland

  • Advocate (Ayr) 25 Apr 1980 (?); 27 Jun 1980; 26 Dec 1980 (?); 17 Apr 1992 (?); 7 Dec 1994; 20 Dec 1995; 27 Dec 1995
  • Allora Advertiser 8 Jul 1954; 15 Jul 1954; 22 Jul 1954; 7 Feb 1957; 4 Dec 1958; 30 Jul 1964; 7 Jan 1993; 14 Jan 1993; 29 Dec 1993; 10 Dec 1998
  • Aramac Mail 1879-1882
  • Beaudesert Times Jan 1968-Aug 1985; 4 Mar 1938; 8 Mar 1940; 13 Sep 1940; 20 Feb 1942; 5 Jan 1994
  • Bowen Independent Aug 1941-Mar 1949; 10 Apr 1917; 2 Apr 1918; 28 Dec 1918; 31 Dec 1918; 18 Mar 1919; 7 Feb 1920; 18 Apr 1922; 19 May 1925; 12 Dec 1925; 6 Apr 1926; 10 Aug 1926; 29 Nov 1927; 24 Dec 1927; 27 Dec 1927; 19 Jun 1928; 12 Feb 1929; 19 Mar 1929; 23 Apr 1929; 24 Aug 1929; 28 Dec 1929; 4 Jan 1930; 7 Jan 1930; 14 Jun 1930; 17 Jun 1930;12 Aug 1930; 18 Nov 1930; 15 Dec 1931; 20 Jan 1942; 1 Jan 1943; 16 Jun 1993; 14 Jul 1993; 29 Dec 1993; 13 Mar 1995; selected pages in other issues.
  • Bundaberg News-Mail 17 May 1979; 26 Jun 1979; selected pagesinother issues.
  • Cairns Advocate 1897-1900
  • Cairns Post 17 Apr 1992; 17 & 23 Mar 1993; 16 Apr 1993; 13 May 1993; 8 May 1997 TV Guide; 20 Nov 1997 TV Guide; 2 Apr 1998 TV Guide; 13 Aug 1998 TV Guide; 17 Dec 1998 TV Guide; 14 Jan 1999 TV Guide; 28 Jan 1999 TV Guide; 29 Apr 1999 TV Guide; 11 May 2000 TV Guide; 13 Jun 2002 TV Guide; 18 Jul 2002 TV Guide; 24 Aug 2002 TV Guide; 26 Sep 2002 TV Guide; 1 Jan 2004 TV Extra; 17/18 Jan 2004 Cars Guide & Your Home Supplement; 29 Jan 2004 TV Extra; 3/4 Jul 2004 Cars Guide; 24 Mar 2005 TV Extra; 23 June 2005 TV Extra; selected pages in other issues.
  • Central Free Press and Peak Downs Advocate 1876-1877
  • Central & North Burnett Times (Mundubbera) 30 Apr 1992; 24 Dec 1992; 31 Dec 1992; 7 Jan 1993; 2 Dec 1993; 9 Dec 1993; 16 Dec 1993; 23 Dec 1993; 30 Dec 1993; 6 Feb 1997
  • Central Qld News (Emerald) 15 Jul 1938; 22 Jul 1938; 29 Jul 1938; 5 Aug 1939; 3 Sep 1942; 10 Sep 1942; 17 Sep 1942; 18 Feb 1943; 1 Apr 1943; 8 Apr 1943; 9 Mar 1944; 20 Apr 1944; 27 Apr 1944; 21 Sep 1944; 5 Oct 1944; 19 Oct 1944; 9 Nov 1944; 20 Apr 1945; 13 Sep 1945; 4 Oct 1945; 29 Nov 1945; 6 Jun 1946; 27 Jun 1946; 1 Aug 1946; 26 Sep 1946; 14 Nov 1946; 14 Nov 1946; 17 Jun 1965; 17 Apr 1969; 19 Feb 1988; 23 Mar 1988; 21 Mar 1992; 17 Apr 1992 (Good Friday ? not published); 9 Apr 1993 (Good Friday ? not published); 14 Sep 1994; 9 Aug 1995; 7 Dec 2001 – Rural Weekly Supplement.
  • Chinchilla News & Murilla Advertiser Jan-Dec 1948; Jan-Dec 1949; 6 Jan 1950-3 Mar 1950; 2 Jan 1931; 5 Jun 1931; 31 Jul 1931; 4 Sep 1931; 26 Feb 1932; 4 Mar 1932; 17 Jun 1932; 24 Jun 1932; 2 Sep 1932; 16 Sep 1932; 23 Sep 2932; 21 Oct 1932; 4 Nov 1932; 11 Nov 1932; 9 Dec 1932; 31 Mar 1933; 7 Apr 1933; 19 Jan 1934; 27 Apr 1934; 25 May 1934; 16 Nov 1934; 28 Dec 1934; 22 Mar 1935; 4 Oct 1935; 11 Oct 1935; 28 Feb 1936; 24 Apr 1936 26 Jun 1936; 4 Dec 1936 1 Jan 1937; 5 Feb 1937; 30 Apr 1937; 23 Jul 1937; 13 Aug 1937; 27 Aug 1937; 30 Dec 1938; 27 Jan 1939; 3 Feb 1939; 21 Apr 1939; 12 May 1939; 23 Jun 1939; 1 Sep 1939; 15 Sep 1939; 29 Dec 1939; 5 Apr 1940; 17 May 1940; 4 Oct 1940; 27 Dec 1940; 27 Jun 1941; 1 Aug 1941; 7 Nov 1941; 14 Nov 1941; 13 Feb 1942; 6 Mar 1942; 27 Mar 1942; 10 Apr 1942; 7 Aug 1942; 27 Nov 1942; 10 Apr 1942; 7 Aug 1942; 27 Nov 1942; 11 Dec 1942; 26 Mar 1943; 16 Apr 1943; 23 Apr 1943 (Good Friday ? no publication); 7 May 1943; 9 Jul 1943; 16 Jul 1943; 13 Aug 1943; 20 Aug 1943; 5 Nov 1943; 19 Aug 1943; 31 Dec 1943; 14 Apr 1944; 2 Jun 1944; 30 Jun 1944; 30 June 1944; 6 Oct 1944; 6 Apr 1945; 13 Jul 1945; 1 Mar 1946; 15 Mar 1946; 12 Apr 1946; 3 May 1946; 18 Oct 1946; 15 Nov 1946; 7 Feb 1947; 13 Jun 1947; 25 Jul 1947; 24 Oct 1947; 31 Mar 1950; 11 Aug 1950; 29 Dec 1950; 31 Dec 1954; 5 Sep 1963; 23 Jan 1964; 20 Jul 1978; 31 Dec 1981; 30 Dec 1982; 27 Dec 1984; 26 Dec 1985 (Boxing Day ? no publication); 1 Jan 1987; 31 Dec 1987; 29 Dec 1988; 28 Dec 1989; 27 Dec 1990; 26 Dec 1991 (Boxing Day ? no publication); 4 Jun 1992; 18 Mar 1993; 7 Mar 2002 – Chilla Chat Supplement; selected pages in other issues.
  • Copperfield Advocate 1878-1879
  • Croydon Miner 1887-1888
  • Daily Mail (Brisbane) All issues prior to Jul 1922.
  • Daily Mercury (Mackay) Jan 1971-Jun 1872; Jan 1874-Dec 1875; Oct 1915-Mar 1922; 19 Apr 1946 (Good Friday ? no publication); 14 Dec 1946; 18 Dec 1947; 21 Mar 1947; 18 Oct 1948; 27 Jul 1949; 24 Dec 1953; 4 Apr 1956; 19 Nov 1956; 4 Mar 1957; 26 May 1958; 27 May 1958; 23 Jan 1960; 3 Feb 1960; 22 Feb 1961; 13 Jul 1963; 12 Dec 1964; 3 Jun 1968; 13 Apr 1970; 29&30 Sep 1972; 7 Jan 1980; 8 Dec 1980; 17 Apr 1992 (Good Friday ? no publication); 29 Apr 1992; 19 May 1992; 4&19 Jun 1993; 26 Aug 1993; 19 Oct 1993; 13 Nov 1993; 9 Apr 1998 TV Guide; 14 Apr 2005 TV Guide; selected pages in other issues.
  • Dalby Herald 9 Aug 1932; 27 Dec 1932; 27 Dec 1938; 21 Jun 1940; 15 Jan 1942; 12 Jun 1942; 3 Jul 1942; 23 Feb 1945; 5 Aug 1947; 14&17 Feb 1950; 28 Apr 1950; 2 Nov 1956; 19 Jan 1957; 14 Apr 1961; 25 Aug 1964; 8 Dec 1964; 16 Apr 1965 (Good Friday ? no publication); 2 Mar 1993.
  • Evening Advocate (Innisfail) 13 Nov 1950; 2&26 Dec 1950 (Christmas Day & Boxing Day ? no publication).
  • Fraser Coast Chronicle 4,18&23 Oct 1993; 2&8 Nov 1993.
  • Fraser Coast Chronicle (Hervey Bay Edition) Feb 1997 Stay Tuned Guide
  • Gladstone Observer (1st) 1868-1872
  • Gold Coast Bulletin (Southport) 11 Feb 1969; 16 Nov 1992; 9 Apr 1993 (Good Friday ? no publication); 11 Dec 1997 TV Guide; 20 Dec 1997 Ray White Real Estate; selected pages in other issues.
  • Golden Age 1876-1877
  • Goondiwindi Argus Jan-Dec 1938; 30 Jan 1931; 6 Feb 1931; 24 Apr 1941; 8 May 1931; 5 Jun 1931; 4&8 Nov 1931; 10 Mar 1933; 28 Apr 1933; 7 Jul 1933; 11 Aug 1933; 15 Sep 1933; 9 May 1934; 22 Mar 1935; 12&19 Nov 1937; 3 Dec 1937; 5 Mar 1943; 11 Jun 1943; 10 Dec 1943; 28 Dec 1945 (? No publication); 4,11 & 18 Jan 1952; 31 Dec 1954; 30 Dec 1955 (? No publication); 27 Jan 1956; 28 Dec 1956 (? No publication); 27 Dec 1957 (? No publication); 26 Dec 1958 (? No publication); 6 May 1959; 13, 20 & 27 Nov 1959; 1 Jan 1960 (? No publication); 30 Dec 1960 (?); 20 Oct 1961; 29 Dec 1961 (?); 28 Dec 1962 (?); 29 Dec 1966 (?); 28 Dec 1967 (?) 12 Oct 1972; 11 Dec 1974; 29 Dec 1976 (?); 28 Dec 1977 (?); 27 Dec 1978 (?); 20 Jun 1979; 26 Dec 1979 ?); 31 Dec 1980 (?); 18 Aug 1993; 27 Oct 1993; 3 Jan 2002 North West Magazine; 9 Jan 2002 North West Magazine; 17 Dec 2003;selected pages in other issues.
  • Gympie Times Jan 1915-Apr 1923; 5 May 1923; 8 Nov 1923; 3 Jan 1924; 9 Feb 1924; 28 Apr 1924; 28 Apr 1925; 22 Jan 1927; 6 Mar 1928; 10 Mar 1928; 5 Mar 1931; 4 & 21 Apr 1931; 27 May 1933; 20 Feb 1934; 18 Aug 1934; 30 Apr 1935; 25 Jun 1935; 15 Oct 1935; 10 Jun 1937; 8 Jan 1938; 6 Oct 1938; 28 Feb 1939; 1 Aug 1940; 10 Apr 1941; 31 May 1941; 24 Dec 1942; 8 Jul 1943; 7 & 28 Sep 1943; 5 Aug 1944; 19 Jun 1945; 8 Sep 1945; 29 Mar 1975 (?); 5 Aug 1978; 17 Apr 1992 (?); 25 Apr 1992 (?); 2 May 1992; 13 Feb 1992; 19 Dec 1995; 24 May 2002 TV Guide; 26 Sep 2003 TV Guide; 4 Mar 2005 Leisure Time; 15 Apr 2005 Leisure Time and Cooloola Property Supplement; 22 Apr 2005 Leisure Time and Cooloola Property Supplement; 20 Aug 2005 Cooloola Property Supplement; 26 Aug 2005 Leisure Time; 31 March 2006 Leisure Time; selected pages from other issues.
  • Herbert River Express (Ingham) 26 & 30 Jan 1911; 2 Jan-10 Feb 1913; 29 Jan 1914; 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21 Jan 1915; 3, 6, 10, 13 Jan 1916; 4 Jan 1917; 29 Jul 1918; 19 Aug 1918; 2 Sep 1918; 3, 7, 14 Oct 1918; 11 & 18 Nov 1918; 20 & 23 Dec 1920; 10, 14, 17, 21, 24 Jan 1924; 2-5 & 7 Jan 1925; 22 Sep 1926; 1 & 3 Jan 1930; 11 Nov 1930; 7 Apr 1931; 2 Jun 1931; 9 Jun 1932; 15 Feb 1934; 7 Apr 1934; 7, 9 & 16 Jun 1934; 2 Mar 1934; 28 May 1938; 11 Jul 1939; 30 Dec 1939; 5 May 1942; 4 Jun 1942; 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20 & 22 May 1943; 30 Sep 1944; 10 Jan 1946; 18 Dec 1954; 7 Jan 1956; 27 Sep 1956; 28 Oct 1958; 21 Nov 1959; 24 Dec 1960; 28 Nov 1961; 27 Feb 1962; 14 Mar 1963; 28 May 1963; 1 Jun 1965; 24 Feb 1969; 20 May 1969; 17 Mar 1970; 12 May 1970; 28 May 1970; 4 Jun 1970; 24 Sep 1970; 15 Jul 1971; 30 Jan 1979; 26, 27 & 28 Dec 1991; 26; 27; 28 & 29 Dec 1992; 20 Apr 1993;18 Dec 1993; 14 Sep 1996; selected pages from other issues.
  • Longreach Leader Mar 2000; 24 Sep 1993; 14 Jan 1994; 18 Feb 2000; 25 Feb 2000; 7 Apr 2000.
  • Maryborough Chronicle 12 Apr 1901
  • Mitchell and Gregory Mail 1881-1885
  • Morning  Bulletin (Rockhampton) 1 Jul 1902-31 Dec 1902; Jul 1914-Dec 1914; Jan 1916-Mar 1916; Jul 1919-Sep 1919; 22 & 31 Dec 1900; 1 & 2 Jul 1901; 28, 30 & 31 Dec 1901; 3 Apr 1902; 29 Sep 1904; 1, 2, 4, 5, 67 7 Jan 1901; 25 Jun 1910; 1 Jul 1911; 7 May 1912; 1 Jun 1912; 30 & 31 Dec 1912; 1, 2 & 3 Apr 1914; 2 Apr 1915; 25 Dec 1915 (?); 30 Jan 1920; 29 Apr 1920; 4, 5, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17 & 21 May 1920; 6 & 26 Apr 1921; 31 Dec 1921; 31 Mar 1922; 13, 14, 15 & 26 Apr 1922; 25 Dec 1923 (?); 25 Dec 1924 (?); 20 Apr 1926; 28, 29 & 30 Oct 1941; 13 Apr 1942; 7 Aug 1943; 30 Sep 1943; 26 Nov 1943; 10 Aug 1944; 29 Jan 1945; selected pages from other issues
  • Mundic Miner and Etheridge Gazette 1889-1917
  • Nambour & District Chronicle Oct 1983-Mar 1987; 22 Apr 1992; 24 Jun 1992; 29 Dec 1994; selected pages from other issues.
  • North Queensland Register (Townsville) Dec 1945; Jan-16 Mar 1946; 28 Oct 1939; 5 Oct 1940; 3, 10 & 24 Nov 1945; 30 Mar 1946; 11 May 1946; 8 Mar 1947; 10 Feb 1951; 19 & 26 Apr 1958; 8 Apr 1961; 19 Aug 1972; 30 Sep 1972; 7 Jan 1978 (?); 31 Dec 1992 (?); 11 Mar 1993; 2 Jun 1994; 7 Aug 2003 Friday Supplement; selected pages from other issues.
  • North West Star (Mt Isa) 12 Oct 1967; 30 Oct 1969; 4 Dec 1969; 14 Mar 1970; 6 Aug 1975 Supplement; 4 Aug 1976; 9 Jun 1987; 23 & 24 Nov 1992; 3 May 1993; 21 Jul 1993; 6 Oct 1993; 17 Dec 1993; 6 Jan 1994; 1 Feb 1994; 2 May 1994; 16 & 23 May 1995; 9 & 10 Oct 1995; 28 Dec 1995; selected pages from other issues.
  • Northside Chronicle (Brisbane) 12 Jan 1994; 31 Dec 1997; 22 Dec 1999; 29 Dec 1999 (?); 12 Jan 1994; 31 Dec 1997; 22 Dec 1999; 29 Dec 1999; 26 Nov 2003 Car Guide Supplement; 29 Sep 2004 Car Guide Supplement; 10 Nov 2004 Car Guide Supplement; selected pages in other issues.
  • Palmer Chronicle 1877-1891
  • Proserpine Guardian Jan-Dec 1952; 9 Mar 1935; 1 May 1937; 12 Mar 1938; 25 Feb 1939; 4 Mar 1939; 26 Feb 1943; 23 Jul 1943; 27 Aug 1943; 3 Sep 1943; 17 Dec 1943; 4 Feb 1993; 2 Jun 1994; 23 Jun 2004 Whitsunday Show Supplement; selected pages in other issues.
  • Queensland Times (Ipswich) 24 May 1909; 22 Nov 1909; 3, 28, 29, 30 & 31 Dec 1909; 1 & 6 Jan 1910; 20 Jun 1910; 1 Jul 1910; 26, 30 & 31 Dec 1910; 14 Apr 1911 (?); 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 Jun 1911; 5 Apr 1912 (?); 1, 2, 3, 22 & 25 Jan 1913; 21 Mar 1913 (?); 7 Jun 1913; 21 Nov 1913; 23 & 28 Jan 1914; 12 Mar 1914; 10 Apr 1914 (?); 17 Jun 1914; 26, 28, 29, 30 & 31 Dec 1914; 1 Jan 1915; 30 Jun 1915; 1 & 2 Jul 1915; 16 Oct 1915; 21 Apr 1916 (?); 1 Jan 1917; 6 Apr 1917; 3 & 26 Apr 1918; 9, 26, 27, 28 & 31 Oct 1918; 1, 5, 7-12, 14, 17-19, 21-24, 26, 28-31 Dec 1918; 30 Jun 1921; 2 Oct 1922; 1 Jan 1923; 1 Jan 1925; 1, 2 & 3 Jul 1925; 26, 28-31 Dec 1925; 1 Jan 1926; 28 May 1930; 24 & 29 Sep 1931; 7 Jan 1932; 29 Sep 1931; 26 Dec 1932 (?); 5 Jul 1933; 26 May 1934; 20 & 27 Sep 1935; 30 Oct 1935; 10 Jul 1936; 22 Jun 1937; 16 Aug 1937; 1 Jan 1938; 4 Jan 1939; 11 & 25 May 1939; 3 Aug 1939; 24 May 1940; 17 Sep 1940; 8 Oct 1940; 14 Jan 1941; 11-12 Apr 1941; 29 Sep 1941; 8 Dec 1942; 5 Feb 1943; 7 Apr 1943; 18 Jun 1943; 3 Sep 1943; 2 Dec 1943; 28 Apr 1944; 24 Jul 1944; 1 Sep 1944; 19 Dec 1944; 18 Jan 1945; 6 & 20 Feb 1945; 29 Jan 1946; 24 May 1947; 1 & 3 Nov 1947; 28 Jan 1948; 25 Jan 1949; 23 & 25 Feb 1949; 15 Jul 1949; 31 Aug 1949; 1 Dec 1950; 16 Apr 1951; 21 Aug 1951; 12 Nov 1951; 15 Dec 1951; 13 May 1952; 30 Jun 1953; 20 Jul 1953; 17 Nov 1953; 13 Jan 1954; 19 Aug 1954; 6 Nov 1954; 31 Jan 1955; 23 Feb 1955; 5 May 1958; 11 Oct 1958; 10 Dec 1958; 31 Oct 1959; 8 Oct 1960; 16 Jun 1961; 7 Aug 1961; 17 Oct 1963;26 Aug 1964; 18 Nov 1964; 1 Jun 1970; selected pages in other issues.
  • Queensland Times,  Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser 18 Aug 1863; 15 Sep 1863; 13 Oct 1863; 3 & 12 Dec 1863; 23 Jan 1864; 2 Jul 1864; 25 Aug 1864; 6 Sep 1864; 4 Oct 1864; 31 Dec 1864; 3 Jan 1865; 7 Jun 1865; 4 Nov 1865; 23 Dec 1865; 2 Jan 1866; 24 Mar 1866; 20 Jul 1867; 13 Aug 1867; 9 Jan 1869; 13 Feb 1869; 16 Feb 1869; 1 Apr 1871; 27 Jul 1871; 22 & 31 Aug 1871; 21 & 26 Sep 1871; 10 & 24 Oct 1871; 28 Jul 1873; 21 Oct 1873; 11 Dec 1873; 13 Jan 1876; 15 Feb 1876; 29 Apr 1876; 29 Apr 1876; 9 Sep 1876; 3 Oct 1876; 7 Jun 1877; 18 Sep 1877; 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26 & 29 Jan 1878; 1 & 3 Jul 1878; 26, 28, 31 Dec 1878; 25, 27 & 29 Jan 1881; 1, 3, 5 & 8 Feb 1881; 2 May 1882; 29 Aug 1882; 31 Oct 1882; 14 Apr 1883; 1 & 3 Jan 1885; 5 Mar 1885; 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26 & 29 Dec 1885; 25 Mar 1886; 1 Jun 1886; 25 Sep 1886; 15 Mar 1887; 3, 6 & 13 Oct 1887; 3 Jan 1888; 1 & 12 Jun 1888; 28 Aug 1888; 1, 3 & 9 Jan 1889; 3 Oct 1889; 10 & 31 Dec 1889; 2 & 4 Jan 1890; 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 Jan 1891; 18 Mar 1891; 22, 24, 29 & 31 Dec 1891; 2, 5 & 7 Jan 1892; 29 & 31 Dec 1892; 3, 5, 7, 10 & 14 Jan 1893; 2, 13, 22 & 27 Jan 1894; 1, 8 & 17 May 1894; 18 Aug 1894; 15 Dec 1894; 1 & 3 Jan 1895; 2 Jan 1896; 1, 24, 29 & 31 Dec 1896, 12 & 16 Jan 1897; 14 Sep 1897; 12 & 28 Oct 1897; 28 & 30 Dec 1897; 1, 4, 6 & 18 Jan 1898; 21 Jul 1898; 16 Aug 1898; 24, 27, 29 & 31 Dec 1898; 3 & 5 Jan 1899; 18, 20 Apr 1899; 2, 18, 23 & 30 Jan 1900; 6, 13, 15, 22 & 24 Feb 1900; 3 & 22 Mar 1900; 26 Jun 1900; 3, 5, 10, 14, 17, 21 & 24 Jul 1900; 7 & 21 Aug 1900; 2 Oct 1900; 8 & 13 Nov 1900; 25, 27 & 29 Dec 1900; 8 Jan 1901; 30 Mar 1901; 2 Apr 1901; 2, 4, 7, 9, 11 & 14 Jan 1902; 20, 23, 27 & 30 Dec 1902; 30 Jul 1903; 2, 5 & 7 Jan 1904; 10 Nov 1904; 27, 29 & 31 Dec 1904; 3, 5 & 7 Jan 1905; 19, 21, 23, 28 & 30 Dec 1905; 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16 & 18 Jan 1906; 1 & 5 Jan 1907; 2, 4, 6 & 9 Jul 1907; 2 Jul 1908, selected pages from other issues.
  • South Burnett Times (Kingaroy) Feb 1942-Feb 1950; May 1992; 9 Jun 1939; 3 & 10 May 1940; 12 Jun 1941; 4 Dec 1941; 8 & 15 Jan 1942; 22 Jun 1950; 13 Apr 1961; 4 May 1966; 7 Jan 1994; 27 Dec 1994; 16 Jul 1996; 27 Dec 1996; 23 Nov 2001; selected pages from other issues.
  • Sunday Edition – Daily Mail 1914-1920 inclusive
  • Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 30 Nov 1930; 2 Jan 1938; 8 Jun 1941; selected pages from other issues.
  • Sunshine Coast Daily 1 Aug 2003 Entertainer Supplement; 31 October 2003 Entertainer Supplement; 1 May 2005 On TV Supplement; selected pages from other issues.
  • Toowoomba Chronicle Jan-Dec 1880; 26 Dec 1960 (?); 29 Apr 1967; selected pages from other issues.
  • Torres News 9 Apr 1957; 21 May 1957; 2 Jul 1957; 15 & 22 Oct 1957; 3 Jul 1973; 2 Sep 1975; 18 Nov 1975; 13 Jan 1976; 18 May 1976; 21 Sep 1976; 22 Mar 1977; 27 Dec 1977; 21 Mar 1978; 21 Nov 1978; 2 Jan 1979; 8 Apr 1980; 21 Dec 1982; 3 Jun 1986; 14 Apr 1987; 28 Jul 1987; 13 Jan 1976; 18 May 1976; 21 Sep 1976; 14 Jul 1995; 12 Jan 2001; 29 Aug 2003; selected pages from other issues.
  • Townsville Bulletin 2 Mar 1993; 9 Apr 1993 (?); 3 May 1993; 22 Oct 1993; 24 Apr 1993; 11 Sep 1997 TV Guide; 18 Sep 1997 TV Guide; 25 Sep 1997 TV Guide, In Print; 18 Dec 2003 TV Guide; 3 Mar 2004 Weight Solutions for Teens Supplement; selected pages from other issues.
  • Townsville Daily Bulletin Apr 1909-Dec 1911.
  • Warwick Daily News Jan 1919; 10 Oct 1919; 2-6 Jan 1920; 14 Oct 1921; 29 Sep 1922; 21 Oct 1922; 2, 3, 4, & 5 Jan 1929; 17 Mar 1938; 17 Aug 1938; 27 Oct 1938; 20 Apr 1940; 23 & 29 Jul 1940; 27 Aug 1941; 22 May 1943; 11 Nov 1943; 6 Jul 1945; 23 Oct 1945; 23 Nov 1945; 8 Feb 1946; 26 Feb 1947; 20 Jun 1947; 16 Mar 1949; selected pages from other issues.

See also: Wanted: Queensland's missing newspapers

South Australia

  • Adelaide Advertiser 1840-1841
  • Adelaide and Port Adelaide Land Agent 1877-
  • Adelaide Argus 1866
  • Adelaide Commercial Advertiser 1850-1851
  • Adelaide Echo 1877
  • Adelaide Electric Tramways Journal 1911
  • Adelaide Examiner 1841-1843
  • Adelaide Express no. 1 and no. 2 (1863)
  • Adelaide General Advertiser and Port Lincoln Herald 1840
  • Adelaide Guardian 1839
  • Adelaide Morning Chronicle 1851-1853
  • Adelaide Post 1870
  • Adelaide Punch 1868-1869
  • Adelaide Railway Times 1849
  • Adelaide Sports, Pastime and Theatrical Journal 1906
  • Adelaide Stock and Station Journal 1904-1906
  • Adelaide Times 1848-1858
  • Adelaide Truth (any dates)
  • Adelaider Deustche Zeitung pre-1860 ; 1927-1929
  • Adelaider Post 1957-1959
  • Arab Orient June-July 1979
  • Australian Mail 1859-1860
  • Australian record 1841-1844
  • Australian Sporting News and Dramatic and Musical Critic 1893-1894
  • Australian Standard & Port Adelaide Intelligencer 1950
  • Australiana 1845
  • Australijos Lietuvis 1955-
  • Blyth Agriculturist November 1908-January 1909
  • British Sentinel 1917-1920 (previously titled: All British Sentinel)
  • Charlick’s messenger 1893-1897
  • Colonial magazine 1842-1845
  • Der Hausfreund 1876-
  • Deutsche Post 1848-1850
  • Deutsche Zeitung 1851
  • Direct Action 1928-1930
  • East Torrens Eagle 1893-1894 (later title: Eagle)
  • Eastern star 1937
  • Eclipse 1899
  • Egotist 1839
  • Ellinika Nea pre-1979
  • Emigration gazette 1841-1844
  • Evening journal July-December 1883
  • Exchange 1893-1894
  • Exchange (Mt Gambier) 1902-1912
  • Farmers Weekly Messenger 1874-1878
  • Free press 1841
  • Free Press (Adelaide) 1894
  • Free Press and eastern suburban recorder 1885-1887
  • Gawler standard 1883
  • Gumeracha guardian 1870
  • Hamley Bridge express 1908
  • Illustrated Adelaide Post no. 1 and no. 2 1867
  • Industrial solidarity 1920
  • Irish harp and farmers herald 1869
  • Kirchen und Missions Zeitung 1888-1902
  • Labor advocate 1931
  • Latvis (Australian Latvian news bulletin) 1949-1950
  • Maitland Mail 1920
  • The Mercury and South Australian sporting chronicle 1849-1851
  • Mining review and investors guide 1896-
  • Mining standard 1900-1904
  • Monthly times 1850s
  • Neue Deutsche Zeitung fur Australien 1876
  • Norwood standard 1908
  • Okeanis 1914–August 1915 
  • People’s journal 1857
  • Pharos 1936-
  • Port Adelaide gazette 1928-1930
  • Port Adelaide news 1904-1913
  • Port Lincoln herald 1839-1840
  • Port Pirie advocate no. 1 (21 March 1885)
  • Quilp 1891
  • Port Wakefield times 1876
  • Quorn mercury 1939-1940
  • Renmark pioneer 1893-1895; 1908; 1911
  • Retailer and southern review 1960-1964
  • Roughshod 1891
  • Saturday journal 1916
  • Smith’s weekly (SA edition) pre July 1923, 1925, 1928
  • South Australian 1840-1843
  • South Australian Chronicle and gold mining reporter 1853
  • South Australian free press 1853-1854
  • South Australian Pilot 1882-1883
  • South Australian satirist 1867-1868
  • South Australian Sporting News 1892-1893
  • South Australian sportsman 1880
  • Southern banner 1866
  • Southern cross 1840s
  • Southern freeman 1889-1890
  • Southern news review June-July 1954, Sept 1954, Sept-Oct 1959
  • Southern review 1932
  • Southern star 1842
  • Southern star 1894
  • Southern Yorke Peninsula pioneer 1969-1970
  • Speedster 1929
  • Sport 1910; 1942-1948
  • Sporting Bulletin 1898-1899 (previously titled: South Australian Bulletin)
  • Sporting life pre 1905
  • Standard 1893; 1896-1901
  • Sud Australische Zeitung any dates 1851-1862
  • Sunday times 1905-1907
  • Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung various issues 1863-1868
  • Teetulpa News 1886-1887
  • Telegraphic News 1888
  • Tennant Creek Kronikle (North Adelaide)
  • Traders Courier and freelance 1878-1879
  • Tribune (Communist Party) 1940-1952
  • Truth pre-1941
  • Unley Times 1933
  • Weekly despatch 1848
  • Weekly mail 1864-1865
  • Weekly news and sports record 1902-1905
  • West Coaster (Elliston) 1888
  • Yorke’s Peninsula plain dealer 1894-1895

Tasmania

  • Advocate, Sept 1976 - Dec 1979
  • Advocate Annual (any issues)
  • Butterfly, 1869-1870
  • Catholic Standard (Hobart), 1937-1940
  • Colonial Record, 1839
  • Colonial Times, 1825-1857
  • Cornwall Chronicle, 1835-1880
  • Derwent star and Van Diemen's Land intelligencer 1810
  • Emu Bay Times and North West & West Coast Advocate, 1897-1899
  • Examiner Annual (any issues)
  • Hobart Town gazette, and Southern reporter 1820
  • HobartTown Courier, 1827-1859
  • HobartTown Punch, 1867-1868
  • Huon Times, 1913-1916
  • Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, 1921-1935
  • Illustrated Tasmanian News, 1873-1877
  • King Island News, 1912-1935
  • Monitor, 1834-1923
  • Morning Star, 1891-1894
  • North Western Advocate (Devonport) and the Emu Bay times (Burnie) Tasmania, 1899-1918
  • Tasmanian 1827-
  • Tasmanian Punch, 1866-1878
  • Tasmanian Punch Review, 1866-1878
  • Van Diemen's Land gazette and general advertiser 1814
  • Weekly Courier, 1901-1935

Victoria

  • Bendigo Advertiser, 1853-1856
  • English and Chinese Advertiser Ballarat, 1856-1858?

Western Australia

  • Bulong Bulletin and Mining Register 1897 various issues
  • Evening Star (Boulder) 1919
  • Geraldton Express 1916
  • Northam Courier 1915
  • Perth Gazette, and Independent Journal of Politics and News 1855-1857 various issues
  • Pilbarra Goldfields News 1901
  • Swan Express 1916
  • Swan River Guardian 1836 and 1838 various issues

Northern Territory

Some issues are held for all the following papers but each title does have issues that are missing or in poor condition.

  • Army News Oct 1941-1945
  • Centralian Advocate 24 May 1947-1954
  • Dead Heart Aug 1946-Mar 1947
  • Inlander 1914-1954
  • North Australian 1883-1890
  • Northern Standard 19 Feb 1921-1955
  • Northern Territory News 8 Feb 1952-1954
  • Northern Territory Times and Gazette 1873-1932
  • Tennant Creek Times 1955-1957

Australian Capital Territory

  • The Belconnen Courier 1972: Dec 28; 1973: Jan 3, Apr 27 p 3-4
  • Canberra Chronicle 1983: Sep 21, Vol. 2 No.100  p 9-12; 1986: Jun 25, Vol. 5 No. 234, p 15-18
  • Canberra Guardian 1979 Vol. 2 No. 1 June 23 and 30 ?
  • Canberra Post 1968:Nov, Dec
  • The Canberra Standard 1983: Vol. 4 No. 50, Vol 4 No. 52-54; 1984: Vol 5 No. 2, Vol 5 No. 23, Vol. 5 No. 17-18
  • Canberra Standard Northern edition 1982: Vol. 3, No. 1-2
  • Canberra Sunday Post 1969: 9 Nov, Dec (6 Dec onwards); 1970: Jan, Feb 8-15, March 1, March 22 p5-6, Oct 25 p17-24, Dec 6; 1974: Apr 14?
  • Canberra Weekender 1986: Mar 14 No. 1 p. 14, Apr 11 No. 5
  • Chinese Canberra Post 1998: Apr 10
  • The Chronicle 1988: Sep 20, Oct 18; 1989: May 9
  • The Courier 1972: Aug 10, 1973: Mar 8 p17-20, Mar 22 p15-18, May 10, p17-20
  • The New Canberra Weekend 1978: Dec9, Dec 23, Dec 30-Jan 6 1979; 1979: Jan 20, Mar 23.
  • Northside Chronicle 1990: Mar 27 Vol. 388, Apr 24 Vol. 392, May 8 Vol. 394, Jun 5 Vol. 398, Jul 17 Vol. 404; 1991: Jan  22 Vol. 428, May 21 Vol. 445, Jul 17 Vol. 453, Aug 7 Vol. 456; 1992: Mar 18 Vol. 10, May 18, Vol. 10, May 25 Vol. 10, Dec - all issues; 1993: Jan - all issues, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15; Mar 15 Vol. 11, Mar 29 Vol. 11, Apr 19, Vol. 11, May 3 Vol. 11, May 31 Vol. 11, Jul. 19 Vol. 11; 1999: Apr 27 Vol. 17, May 4 Vol. 17, May 11, Vol. 17.
  • Southside Chronicle 1990: Apr 3, Apr 10, May 22.
  • Tuggeranong Valley View 1987: No. 1, 2, 4-13, 16; 1988: Jan 6 – 13 No. 21-22, Feb 3 No. 25 p. 1- 2, Mar 16 No. 31; 1989: Jan 20-Aug 2 No. 74-102, Aug 16 No. 104, Aug  30 No. 106, Sep 6, No. 107, Sep 13 No. 108, Sep 20 No. 109, Nov 1 No. 115, Nov 8 No. 116
  • The Valley View 1995: Dec 6, No. 420; 1996: Jun 26, No. 447; 1997: Jan No. 473
  • The Woden-Weston Courier 1972: Dec 28; 1973: Jan 5, Apr 27, p 3-4
  • selected issues are missing from other ACT titles - see list of newspaper holdings at the ACT Library

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