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Northern Territory Library

Northern Territory Library

The Northern Territory Library preserves both current and retrospective newspaper titles. It is currently engaged in a cooperative microfilming project with the National Library of Australia and the State Library of South Australia to re-microfilm the Northern Territory Times (1891-1932) to a standard suitable for subsequent digitisation.

Accessing newspapers at the Northern Territory Library

Newspaper titles recently microfilmed

Retrospective newspaper titles recently filmed:

  • Jungle Juice: Nov 1976-Dec 1980

The following newspapers on acetate have been recently duplicated to the more stable polyester film:

  • Centralian Advocate: Jan 1980-Sep 1985; Jul 1992-Apr 1996
  • Katherine Advertiser: Apr 1979-Jul 1989
  • Katherine Times: 16 Jun 1983-Dec 1995

Regional titles routinely microfilmed are: Alice Springs News, Centralian Advocate, Katherine Times, Northern Territory News and the Sunday Territorian.

Missing Titles

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 Newspaper Plan Contact

Northern Territory Library
Diana Richards
Manager, Collections
Northern Territory Library
Department of Local Government, Housing and Sport

phone +61 (0)8 8999 7435 | fax +61 (0)8 8999 6920
email diana.richards@nt.gov.au
web www.ntl.nt.gov.au

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Last updated 27/2/08

Accessing newspapers at the Northern Territory Library

Newspaper titles recently microfilmed

Missing Titles

Australian Newspaper Plan Contact