National Library of Australia

For researchers

The Australian Newspaper Plan recognises that newspapers are a rich source of Australia's documentary heritage.

  • Snippets from the archive. Have a look at what was making news on this day by viewing digitised historic Australian newspapers on the Australian Newspapers Beta homepage or look at selected snippets from one hundred years ago (1906 - 1908).
  • History of Australian Newspapers - Read about the development of newspaper publishing in Australia.
  • Newspaper chronology - Find out what was happening in the world of Australian newspapers from 1802 - 2005 in Rod Kirkpatrick's Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2005.

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