Our newspaper collections include digitised historic and modern newspapers accessible online, as well as newspapers in microform and paper formats.

Black and white photo of Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch announces newspaper mergers during a media conference

Photograph by Bruce Postle in Melbourne, 8 October 1990
Headlines for December 7, 1956 issue of The Sun news-pictorial

The Sun news-pictorial

Newspaper's coverage of the water polo match between Hungary and Russia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1956
A group of men holding newspapers in front of airplane

Arrival of the first newspapers to go by air to Normanton

Part of collection: E.A. Crome collection of photographs on aviation
Front page of The China press on February 14, 1932

The China press = Ta-lu pao.

Page from The China press February 14, 1932

Our newspaper collections include digitised historic and modern newspapers accessible online, as well as newspapers in microform and paper formats. We collect:

  • 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. Our Library cooperates with the state and territory libraries through the Australian Newspaper Plan to collect, preserve and provide access to Australian newspapers, with each library taking responsibility for newspapers published in their jurisdiction.
  • Digitised Australian newspapers including the first newspaper published in Australia, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, are freely available through Trove
  • Overseas newspapers—we have the largest collection of overseas newspapers in Australia. Our newspaper collections from Asia and the Pacific region are particularly strong.
  • Online versions of overseas and Australian newspapers through major full-text databases such as the Times Digital Archive and many more - are available to registered users of the Library.

How the collection is arranged

All of our newspapers and newspaper indexes may be found in our catalogue.

Our Australian Newspapers and Overseas Newspapers Research Guides provide further information on locating newspapers and indexes.

The Print and microfilm newspapers can be accessed in our reading room. Some Australian and overseas newspapers are available online to registered users through databases that the Library subscribes to. Trove provides freely available access to our digitised historic Australian newspapers.

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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