Research Guides: How to find newspapers: Rest of Australia

National

You can find a full listing of all current and historic newspapers under the A-Z databases page. Below are some of the highlights.

ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from The Australian from 1996 onwards and ABC news program transcripts. Text only.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Australian Financial Review- Sep 2, 2013- present. Text only, no tables/ share prices or pictures or ads.
Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Access digitised historic Australian newspapers, plus The Australian Women's Weekly from 1933 to 1982.
PressReader (current 3 months)
View the complete content of over 6000 current newspapers and popular magazines from 97 countries, including ads, images and tables.
Please note: The title was formerly known as PressDisplay. The Library Card Sign In feature is not available on the State Library's subscription.

A.C.T

Canberra Times up to 1986 is available on Trove, as well as seven other ACT titles.

Newspapers on microfilm. Includes Canberra Times from 1926. Onsite access only. Interstate newspapers on microfilm are kept in storage and can be ordered daily between 10.00 and 5.30. Items will be delivered to the Collection Point in 30 minutes.

ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Canberra Times from Sep 4, 1996 - present, some exceptions.

New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald Archive (1955–95)
Search every edition of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald from 1955 to February 1995, including ads and images. See Ancestry entry below also.
Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Digital Editions (2006— )
Browse the newspapers’ complete content including ads and images, usually up to today’s edition. Select the 'Click here for direct access' link.
Ancestry Library Edition
The Sydney Morning Herald and the Sydney Mail is available through Ancestry.com via Australian Vital Notices 1841-2001. Go to Ancestry> 'Search' > 'Card catalog' from the drop down menu> Type vital notices in the Title search. Ancestry is only available within the Library.
Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Contains over four hundred NSW titles prior to 1955.
Google News Archive
Search selected content from The Sydney Morning Herald, 1831–1989, and the Sydney Mail, 1807-1938. Content has not been added since 2011.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Contains over 150 full text NSW titles, including The Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph,Illawarra Mercury, Newcastle Herald, Sportsman, and ABC news program transcripts. Text only, no pictures or ads.
PressReader (current 3 months)
View the complete recent content of over forty current NSW titles and around 4000 newspapers and popular magazines from 97 countries, including ads, images and tables. Please note: The title was formerly known as PressDisplay. The Library Card Sign In feature is not available on the State Library's subscription. Archive can vary from three months to a decade depending on the publication.
Australian Periodical Publications (1840-45)
View scanned pages of over 70 early Australian newspapers and journals in PDF format. The database has no general keyword searching function. Users must browse each page.

Newspapers on microfilm.
Includes many NSW titles- onsite access only. Interstate newspapers on microfilm are kept in storage and can be ordered daily between 10.00 and 5.30. Items will be delivered to the Collection Point in 30 minutes..
Koori Mail
Fortnightly newspaper that has reported the stories of Aboriginal Australia since 1992. All but the most recent issues are free to browse or search online at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) website.

Northern Territory

Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Contains eight NT titles prior to 1955.

Northern Territory News- full text, in colour PDF's from 2009 until two months from now. Tip- once you select a date, scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose 'complete paper'.
Sunday Territorian- full text, in colour PDF's from 2010 until three months from now. Tip- once you select a date, scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose 'complete paper'.

ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, including The Northern Territory News, Katherine Times and the Darwin Palmerston Sun and ABC news program transcripts. Text only, no pictures or ads.

Queensland

Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Contains nearly four million pages of Queensland titles prior to 1955.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, including The Courier Mail, Cairns Post, Gold Coast Sun,Townsville Bulletin and ABC news program transcripts. Text only, no pictures or ads.
PressReader (current 3 months)
View the complete content of over fifty current Queensland titles and around 4000 current newspapers and popular magazines from 97 countries, including ads, images and tables. Please note: The title was formerly known as PressDisplay. The Library Card Sign In feature is not available on the State Library's subscription.

Newspapers on microfilm.
Includes many Queensland titles- onsite access only. Interstate newspapers on microfilm are kept in storage and can be ordered daily between 10.00 and 5.30. Items will be delivered to the Collection Point in 30 minutes..

South Australia

Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Contains approximately 100 titles of South Australian newspapers prior to 1955.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, and over thirty South Australian titles including The Advertiser, Border Chronicle, Port Lincoln Times and ABC news program transcripts. Text only, no pictures or ads.

Newspapers on microfilm
Includes many SA titles- onsite access only. Interstate newspapers on microfilm are kept in storage and can be ordered daily between 10.00 and 5.30. Items will be delivered to the Collection Point in 30 minutes..

Tasmania

Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Contains approximately 100 titles of Tasmanian Australian newspapers prior to 1955.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, including Tasmanian Country, Examiner, Advocate, Derwent Valley Gazette. Text only, no pictures or ads.

Tasmanian Newspapers and Indexes (1816–2010)
Includes full text of the Tasmanian Mail and Weekly Courier and indexes to an array of Tasmanian newspapers including the Mercury, The Examiner, The Advocate and many more.
Newspapers on microfilm
Includes titles from Currie, Hobart and Launceston. Onsite access only. Interstate newspapers on microfilm are kept in storage and be ordered daily between 10.00 and 5.30, daily. Items will be delivered to the Collection Point in 30 minutes..

West Australia

The West Australian Digital Editions (2004— )
Read the complete content of Perth's main daily newspaper right up to today’s edition. The Sunday Times is included from 20 November 2016.
Historic Australian newspapers (Trove) (1803–1954)
Contains approximately 100 titles of Western Australian newspapers prior to 1955.
PressReader (current 3 months)
View the complete content of over forty current WA titles and around 4000 popular newspapers and magazines from 97 countries, including ads, images and tables. Please note: The title was formerly known as PressDisplay. The Library Card Sign In feature is not available on the State Library's subscription.

Newspapers on microfilm
Includes papers from Coolgardie, Cue, Geraldton and Perth. Onsite access only. Interstate newspapers on microfilm are kept in storage and can be ordered daily between 10.00 and 5.30. Items will be delivered to the Collection Point in 30 minutes..

Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald is mostly all available online.
1842-1954 is on Trove
1955-1995 (Feb) is on the Sydney Morning Herald Archive
1996 Aug 1: Proquest Newsstream (articles only; not classifieds, BDMs or images)
1996-2006: for full text/ images use SLV microfilm
2006- today: Sydney Morning Herald Digital Editions

Th current three months of the hard copy is available in the Newspapers and Family History and Reading Rooms (Newspapers & Family History Reading RoomsR)

Locating newspapers on Trove

Tim Sherratt has developed a map which pinpoints newspaper titles that have been digitized on Trove. It's very handy to see what areas and time periods have been covered across Australia.

Newspaper circulation in Australia

Newspaper circulation in Australia, 1932-1977 provides figures and tables covering newspaper ownership, market shares, circulation and prices for all of Australia, spanning 1933-1976.

Australia's press: control and circulation, 1974-75 includes capital city newspaper and magazine circulation, a listing of who owns which publications and a table of advertising expenditure.

Australian newspaper history

You can find lots of information about Australian newspapers through the work of the Australian Newspaper History Group. You can view the some of the results of their research online including:

Australian Newspaper History bibliography
Australian press timeline, 1802-2011

In these resources, you can find out more about newspapers and their staff over the decades.

Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history/ Victor Isaacs and Rod Kirkpatrick
This digitised booklet offers an overview of the history of Sydney newspapers and includes circulation comparisons, timelines and an extensive bibliography.

News websites

Guide to Australian newspapers
Victorian Country Press Association
World newspapers
News Link - newspapers of the world
Wikipedia's list of online newspaper archives

List of free and pay per view online newspaper archives from around the world