Australian Newspapers

Use this guide to find newspapers published in Australia.

Introduction

The Library has the largest collection of Australian and overseas newspapers in print, microform and electronic formats.

The Library collects:

  • Australian newspapers—capital city dailies, major regional city newspapers, a range of other country town newspapers, newspapers published by ethnic groups and political organisations, and newspapers representing special interests.
  • Digitised Australian newspapers including the first newspaper published in Australia, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, are freely available through Trove
  • Newspapers can be found in the National Library of Australia's Catalogue.

National, State and Territory libraries provide 24/7 online access to eresources for registered users.

The National, State and Territory libraries provide 24/7 online access to eresources for registered users.

Free access to:

  • local and international newspapers
  • full-text articles and journal databases
  • health, genealogy and business information
  • ebooks

and much more...

Select your closest library to register and browse available eresources

Libraries ACT

LINC Tasmania

National Library of Australia

National Library of New Zealand

Northern Territory Library

State Library of New South Wales

State Library of Queensland

State Library of South Australia

State Library of Victoria

State Library of Western Australia