National Library of Australia

Australian Capital Territory

The National Library of Australia and the ACT Heritage Library work cooperatively to ensure the preservation of newspaper titles published in the Australian Capital Territory.

Under the Australian Newspaper Plan the National Library of Australia also has responsibility for five national newspaper titles:

  • The Australian
  • Australian Financial Review
  • National Times (later titles National times on Sunday and Times on Sunday)
  • National Review (later title Nation)
  • Independent Monthly (later title Independent: Australia's National Quality Monthly; ceased 1996)

Accessing newspapers at the National Library of Australia

Information about accessing newspapers is available at:

Accessing newspapers at the ACT Heritage Library

Information about accessing newspapers is available at:

Newspaper titles recently microfilmed

Retrospective ACT titles microfilmed in 2007/8:

  • Northside Chronicle (2000- ; 2 reels)
  • Southside Chronicle (1990-1996; 18 reels)

Missing newspapers

An up-to-date list of missing newspapers is available on this website.

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Last updated 13/8/09

Accessing newspapers at the National Library of Australia

Accessing newspapers at the ACT Heritage Library

Newspaper titles recently microfilmed

Missing newspapers