- Read all about the 30 lives lost when SS Cheviot hit rocks en route to Sydney’s Customs House as reported in the October 21, 1887 Argus.
- See if any of your relatives were among the list of runaway convicts on Page 1 of the January 3, 1833Sydney Gazette.
- Read why, in 1926, the Brisbane Courier described Annette Kellerman as having ‘beautiful proportions’.
- See the political leaders of the day standing proudly across Page 1 of the first Canberra Times on September 3, 1926, along with the story, Woman’s Throat Cut, and details of a grazier’s will. (Published every Thursday at 3d a copy).
- Read all about the dress that also doubled as a ‘handy beach tent’ in the November 23, 1950 Argus.
It’s all in a new display, Read All About It: Australian Newspapers 1803-1954, now on show at the National Library of Australia. The display celebrates the National Library’s Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project. In 2007, the National Library began to digitise out-of-copyright newspapers, in collaboration with state and territory libraries. The aim was to ensure this important window into our history was available to everyone, now and into the future. See the early newspapers online at http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/
