Australian Newspaper Plan
Preserving for permanent access
Annual Report 2006/7
PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to describe progress made with the Australian
Newspaper Plan (ANPlan). The objectives set out in ANPlan’s five year plan (20052010) have been used to evaluate progress.
BACKGROUND
Since it was established in 1992, the Australian Newspaper Plan (formerly known
as the National Plan for Australian Newspapers) has aimed to preserve all
Australian newspapers and ensure that the public has adequate access to them.
The first Five Year Plan (http://www.nla.gov.au/anplan/about/), developed by all
ANPlan libraries, was endorsed by NSLA in November 2005. It addressed, in
particular, actions relating to key ‘at risk’ newspapers.
While microfilming has traditionally been accepted as the preferred preservation
strategy for Australian newspapers, with the rapid changes in digital technologies,
ANPlan libraries have been considering how these new technologies will affect how
they will meet their objectives. Following a workshop on the implications of digital
technology for newspaper preservation and access, held at the National Library of
Australia in June 2007, further actions were incorporated into the Five Year Plan.
The revised Five Year Plan which incorporates a strategy which will assist ANPlan
libraries to meet their obligations in the digital age is attached as Appendix D to
this report.
PROGRESS
Five year plan (July 2005 - June 2010)
Below is a report on progress in the year July 2006-June 2007 against the Five
Year Plan goals. Additional national goals which appear in the revised Five Year
Plan will be reported on for the first time next year.
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National Goals
A. Collecting
1. To find, acquire and preserve access to nationally significant missing newspaper
titles/issues
During 2006/7 missing issues of the Blyth Agriculturist (SLSA), the Brisbane
Courier (SLQ), the North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (SLT) and the
Talbot Leader (SLV) were found. Further details of these newspapers are provided
in Appendix A.
In preparation for the planned ‘search and rescue’ campaign to recover missing
newspapers/issues, many of the ANPlan libraries have added greatly to their lists
of missing newspapers/issues. A newly revised list which includes some 238
missing newspaper titles is available at: www.nla.gov.au/anplan/about/collect/.
B. Microfilming
2. To preserve access to nationally significant ‘at risk’ newspaper titles
The following titles in this category have been microfilmed to preservation
standards:
Advertiser 1923-1959 (SLSA) Refilming has been completed to the end of 1939.
Evening Star (Boulder) 1900-21 (SLWA)
Register 1836-1931 (SLSA) Refilming has been completed to the end of 1846. To
date, this title has been simultaneously refilmed and digitised from the hardcopy.
South Bourke and Mornington Journal 1921-1927 (SLV) Microfilming completed for
1923-Aug 1927; 1921-22 not completed.
Wangaratta Chronicle 1938-1960 (SLV)
Western Argus 1915-1938 (SLWA) Microfilmed up to 1918, 1918-1938 to be
filmed.
Western Mail July 1926-1940 (SLWA)
Winner (Melbourne) 1914-1918 (SLV)
In summary, to date, 8 of the 12 nominated nationally significant ‘at risk’ titles
have been preserved through reformatting—4 for the full date-range and 4 for a
portion of the date-range nominated.
3. Re-film nationally significant newspapers to a quality which will support
subsequent digitisation
The following nationally significant newspapers have been re-filmed:
Advertiser 1923-1959 (SLSA) Refilming has been completed to the end of 1939.
Albany Advertiser 1897-1950; 1897-1901; 1902-1950 (SLWA) 1897-1901 refilmed
to required standard, 1902-1950 to be refilmed
Bunbury Herald 1892-1929; 1892-1902; 1903-1929 (SLWA) 1892-1902 refilmed
to required standard, 1903 –1929 to be refilmed
Coolgardie Miner 1894-1918; 1935-1950; 1894-1915; 1910; 1915-1917; 19351950 (SLWA) 1894 –1911, 1913-1917, 1935-1950 refilmed to required standard,
1911-1913, and 1918-1935 to be filmed
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Daily News 1882-1950 (SLWA) Filming in progress
Eastern Districts Chronicle 1877-1926; 1877-1905; 1905-1926 (SLWA)
Geraldton Guardian 1906-1950 (SLWA)
Kalgoorlie Miner 1895-1950 (SLWA)
Northern Times 1905-1950 (SLWA)
Pilbarra Goldfields News 1897-1923; 1897; 1898-1923 (SLWA)
Register 1847-1931 (SLSA) refilming complete to end of 1846
South Western News 1903-1949 (SLWA)
Southern Times 1888-1916 (SLWA) 1888 – Apr 1892 filmed to required standard,
May 1892-1916 to be refilmed to required standard
Sunday Times 1897-1950; 1897-1945; 1946-1950 (SLWA)
Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser (SLNSW) filmed up to 1836
Western Australian Times 1874-1879 (SLWA)
Western Mail 1885-1950; 1885-1920; 1921-1950 (SLWA)
In summary, 17 of the 22 newspapers nominated have been either re-filmed or refilmed for a portion of the date range specified in the five year plan.
State/Territory Goals
1. Checking condition of masters
Several libraries have carried out special projects to check the condition of their
newspaper microfilm masters.
This year, the SLSA completed the replacement, by duplication, of all newspapers
on cellulose acetate microfilm base with polyester base microfilm. The replacement
program began in 2002 and has involved the creation of master negatives and
direct duplicates of 4 971 acetate reels in total. The final 993 acetate reels were
replaced in 2006/7. The polyester microfilm master negative replacements are held
in the NLA’s cold store.
The SLNSW surveyed the condition of the microfilm of the Sydney Gazette & New
South Wales Advertiser last year and, as a result, is currently refilming it to
complete and improve the quality of the master. The Northern Territory Library has
been checking the condition of master microfilm of the Northern Territory Times
and Gazette which is now scheduled for re-filming. The initial filming took place in
the 1970s and was not considered suitable for digitising purposes.
The SLWA carries out annual checking of existing microfilm.
2. Microfilming
For a list of titles filmed in 2006/7, see Appendix B.
Cooperative Newspaper Microfilming
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In 2006/7, the NLA provided a total of approximately $294 000 (GST inclusive) to
state/territory libraries through cooperative newspaper microfilming funding.
Newspapers filmed under this program included those designated as being
‘nationally significant at risk’ in the ANPlan five year plan and those that will
support the national newspaper digitisation program.
For 2007/8, $362 200 (GST inclusive) has been offered to the State Libraries of
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia and
the Northern Territory Library.
The quality of filming required for subsequent digitisation has been an important
consideration for ANPlan libraries.
3. Improvement of storage arrangements for newspapers and preservation
masters
Several libraries have relocated their newspapers or microfilm holdings during
2006/7.
SLQ relocated its holdings of Queensland newspapers from the Dutton Park facility
to the recently redeveloped sites of Cannon Hill and South Bank. Capital works
were completed to provide purpose built compactus systems for the broadsheet
newspaper holdings.
Construction of new cool and cold storage facilities at the Swanston Street Library
building of the SLV proceeded during 2006-7. These facilities, when completed in
2007, will allow storage to archival standard of microfilm user copies and
preservation masters.
Newspapers that have been microfilmed by the National Library have now been
moved off site to the Hume Repository into the ‘preservation vault’. This vault has
24 hour temperature and humidity control and is an improvement on the
conditions in which the newspapers were previously stored. The temperature is
maintained at 15 ± 2 ºC and the humidity at 35 ± 5% RH.
Several of the state/territory libraries house their newspaper microfilm in the
National Library’s cold store. The NTL is currently working with the National Library
of Australia to arrange cold storage for the NTL preservation masters in this
facility. The printing masters have been moved to better storage facilities at the
NTL’s Winnellie site.
The SLWA will be investigating off-site storage to mitigate risks as part of activities
associated with meeting disaster planning requirements.
During 2006-2007, the SLSA initiated a project ‘Documenting alternative editions
of South Australian newspapers’ that will inform future reformatting programs and
facilitate, in the medium-term, improved storage arrangements for hard copy
newspapers. Since 1957 the Advertiser, News, Sunday Mail and Chronicle (South
East Edition) have usually published more than one edition of a day’s newspaper.
The names of alternative editions are numerous and change relatively frequently.
The lack of comprehensive information about alternative editions causes many
problems for researchers, desk staff, retrieval staff, stacks management and
preservation reformatting activities. Most alternative editions are not represented
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on microfilm, except the Advertiser since 2000, and are not catalogued, except the
Sunday Mail.
The pilot phase of the project in 2006-2007 examined ten years of the Advertiser,
1948-1958 to identify the alternative editions held by SLSA for that period, both in
hard copy and on microfilm.
4. Reviewing custody arrangements of preservation masters
Libraries are doing this as the need arises or opportunity presents. SLQ has
successfully negotiated with the University of Queensland (St Lucia) for the
transfer of their major holdings of preservation master microfilm of Queensland
newspapers to SLQ. SLQ will carry out the standards assessment of these
microfilm reels and where indicated, will deposit into the cold store at Queensland
State Archives.
5. Cataloguing microfilm on the national database
Access to microform copies of Australian newspapers through Libraries Australia is
critically dependent upon standardised ways for libraries to record information
about their microform holdings. A discussion between cataloguing staff from all
state/territory libraries in September 2006 has enabled a detailed consideration of
changes to cataloguing policy resulting in revised microform cataloguing
guidelines. These are available through the Libraries Australia descriptive
cataloguing policy web page at:
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/descriptive_cat_pol.html#ch11.
At the SLSA, between March and June 2007 a special project was undertaken to
upgrade and create catalogue records (334 in all) for SA newspapers on microfilm.
Records were enhanced with 007 MARC control fields containing coded data
relating to each generation of microfilm, and holdings information pertaining to
preservation and printing masters for each title was added to Libraries Australia
and Millennium. Where necessary other bibliographic data was added and/or
upgraded to bring the catalogue records to the highest standard.
At the SLV and NLA, all newspaper titles, including hard copies, microfilm titles,
and first generation masters, printing masters, and user copies, are added to the
National Bibliographic Database according to the new guidelines.
In some of the other ANPlan libraries, work on implementing the new cataloguing
guidelines is currently in progress. The NTL has completed updating their catalogue
records to include details of the three generations of microfilm for 25% of records.
At the SLNSW, a project is now in place to ensure that all retrospective records will
be reviewed and new records for microfilm masters will be consistent with the new
guidelines. At the SLQ, implementation of new guidelines for microfilm cataloguing
will be programmed into workflows in 2007-08. As a result of the discussions with
NLA and ANPlan partners, the SLWA is presently reviewing its policy and
procedures in this area with a view to cataloguing microfilm copies on separate
bibliographic records.
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At the SLT, masters and sub-master microfilms are currently not catalogued to the
National Bibliographic Database. Duplicate copy microfilm holdings and hard copy
newspapers are catalogued to the National Bibliographic Database.
6. Digitisation
The NLA’s Newspapers Digitisation Program (NDP), carried out in cooperation with
the state/territory libraries is a major undertaking which will provide free online
access to Australian newspapers from the first newspaper published in 1803
through to 1954. This program supports the goals of ANPlan. The National Library
of Australia is developing software and infrastructure to support this mass
digitisation program.
In addition to involvement in the NDP, the SLSA has continued the in-house
project to re-film and digitise South Australia’s first newspaper, the Register
(1836-1931). The two-year pilot (2005-2007) has allowed SLSA to gain insight
into the process and has clearly demonstrated the inefficiencies of simultaneous
microfilming and digitisation. The SLSA will separate the processes in future.
The digitisation of three Victorian regional newspapers is currently in a testing
stage. The titles are:
Gippsland Times (Sale) 1861-1971
Bendigonian (Bendigo) 1895-1920
Portland Guardian 1842-1979
7. Promotion of the Australian Newspaper Plan
Following discussions in early 2007, the NSLA Public Programs and
Communications Working Group decided to launch a ‘Search and Rescue’ campaign
for missing newspapers during the second half of 2007. State/territory libraries are
actively involved in developing promotional materials, with the National Library
providing artwork and a fact-sheet. It is planned to celebrate and publicise
achievements during Library Week in 2008.
Fundamental to raising the profile of ANPlan has been the ongoing redevelopment
of the ANPlan website (www.nla.gov.au/anplan).
Many of the ANPlan libraries have promoted ANPlan and the value of newspaper
collections in public talks, tours and through websites.
NTL Update featured an article on the proposed refilming of the Northern Territory
Times and Gazette which included an overview of ANPlan and the Cooperative
Newspaper Microfilming funding provided by the NLA for 2007/2008.
A significant promotional opportunity for the preservation of newspapers was the
donation to the SLSA of a missing newspaper, the Blyth Agriculturist. At the hand
over ceremony, SLSA preservation staff demonstrated to the invited guests,
including media, the techniques used to preserve and reconstruct fragile
newspapers. At a morning tea to mark the occasion the Director spoke to the
invited guests who included representatives from the current publishers of the
Northern Argus and members of the Clare Regional History Group, highlighting the
value to the SLSA of newspaper collections and the role all newspapers have in
documenting local history.
An article about the work of ANPlan libraries in preserving and providing access to
newspapers through the Australian Newspaper Plan was published in the
September 2006 issue of National Library of Australia News
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(http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2006/sep06/sep06news.html). This article
used stories and images from the state libraries of New South Wales, Victoria,
South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and the National Library.
The Australian Newspaper Plan was the focus of an interview on ABC Radio
National’s Media Report, originally aired in November 2006. This interview resulted
in a number of responses from members of the public.
New in Newspapers: the NPLAN website
(http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/issues/84/intro.html), published in the
December 2006 issues of Gateways, describes changes to the website of the
Australian Newspaper Plan, designed to highlight the three strands of the ANPlan
program: locating missing newspapers, preserving newspapers, and accessing
newspaper content. A new feature of the website, snippets from newspapers of
one hundred years ago, compiled by Allan Rice, a volunteer at the National Library,
is also highlighted in this article.
ISSUES
Developing a strategic approach to the preservation of and access to Australian
newspapers in the digital era
A major focus of attention for ANPlan in 2006/7 has been the consideration of the
effect of digital technologies on preserving and providing access to Australian
newspapers. In October 2006, the National Library issued a discussion paper
drafted by Colin Webb entitled, Roles of digitisation and microfilming in newspaper
preservation. Following comment on this paper from all ANPlan libraries, a
workshop was held at the National Library in June 2007 to develop an action plan
to help ANPlan libraries to address these issues (see Appendix D: Five Year Plan
(2005-2010)). This action plan will help ANPlan libraries to make progress in the
areas of:
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digitisation and maintaining access to digital versions of newspapers;
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maintaining access to microfilm and microfilming facilities;
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costing different reformatting approaches;
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researching issues associated with collecting, managing and providing
access to online newspapers and pre-press digital versions; and
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reviewing the impact of the digital environment on ANPlan roles and
responsibilities, particularly the provision of support for newspaper
digitisation by local community groups and public libraries.
Communication between ANPlan partners
ANPlan partners met three times in 2006/7—by teleconference in November 2006
and March 2007 and in Canberra in June 2007. These meetings, in addition to the
ANPlan discussion list, and a members’ working area on the Internet, have
facilitated joint planning and sharing of information. ANPlan partners continue to
express their appreciation of the opportunity to meet regularly, particularly faceto-face.
New name for the Australian Newspaper Plan
In response to a request from NSLA, the newspaper initiative formerly known as
NPLAN, was re-named Australian Newspaper Plan: preserving for ongoing access.
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ACTIONS
That the report be noted and that NSLA endorse the revised Five Year Plan (20052010) in Appendix D.
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Appendix A
Titles identified in the Five Year Plan as missing which have been found
Blyth Agriculturist (1908-1911). In late 2006, missing issues of the newspaper
were discovered in the offices of the Northern Argus newspaper. Recognising their
significance from the list of missing newspapers that SLSA maintains through
ANPlan, the Clare Regional History Group donated them to the library for
preservation. The pages of the 1908 issues were in brittle fragments and before
the Library’s reformatting staff could microfilm them for ANPlan, conservation staff
humidified the fragments to remove creases, painstakingly reassembled them and
adhered them to acid-free backing tissue with wheat starch. The 1908-1909 issues
will remain on the list of missing titles in case more complete copies can be found
(SLSA).
Titles newly identified as missing which have been found
Brisbane Courier (1865-1931; later title change to Courier Mail) was retrieved from
the Brisbane City Council. A major current project is to assess all issues against
the SLQ’s holdings, retaining best copies and filling the many existing missing
issues/pages (SLQ).
North western advocate and the Emu Bay times (assorted issues Jun 1914-Jul
1915). These issues are not known to be held anywhere else in the country and
were acquired due to a fire at the Advocate office. The newspapers are in very
poor condition. The Archives Office of Tasmania Conservator is currently working
to stabilise them in preparation for microfilming and/or digitisation (SLT).
Talbot Leader (1879-1881). A number of volumes of this paper were identified
within the Central Highlands Regional Library at Ballarat. These volumes were
loaned to the State Library of Victoria and microfilmed (SLV).
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Appendix B
Newspaper Microfilming in 2006/7
Details of titles filmed are provided in Appendix C.
National Library of Australia
The NLA microfilmed 5 retrospective ACT titles on 31 reels (17 517 frames).
Northern Territory Library
The NTL microfilmed 1 retrospective title (1 reel) and duplicated 3 retrospective
titles (83 reels) which were on acetate. The NTL also provides microfilm of 5
regional titles to NT public libraries.
State Library of New South Wales
In addition to the current newspaper microfilming program where all current New
South Wales newspapers are microfilmed systematically as each volume is
completed, two retrospective newspaper titles were acquired and filmed.
In total, 1 066 358 pages (5 447 reels) were filmed in 2006/7. This figure includes
first generation masters, printing masters and service copies.
State Library of Queensland
The SLQ microfilmed 30 titles, 275 reels in-house, 131 reels by contract; total 406
reels (214 311 frames).
State Library of South Australia
In total SLSA filmed 475 reels (448 606 frames) during 2006-2007, setting a new
record for microfilming capacity at SLSA. These filmings include retrospective
cooperative microfilming projects and filming of current metropolitan and regional
newspapers.
State Library of Tasmania
The SLT commissioned the microfilming of 3 major Tasmanian newspapers (41
reels 44 525 frames) and 18 regional titles (20 reels; 9 031 frames) in 2006/7
(total: 61 reels; 53 556 frames).
State Library of Victoria
The SLV commissioned the microfilming of 5 significant retrospective titles (107
reels, 59 016 frames); 509 reels of acetate microfilm were duplicated.
In addition to these titles the SLV has an ongoing program to microfilm current
and recent issues of the Melbourne daily newspaper the Herald-Sun, and the rural
newspaper the Weekly Times. All back issues of these two newspapers have been
microfilmed and this program ensures that microfilm holdings for these two major
and significant titles are kept up to date. Approximately 48 reels of the HeraldSun, and 6 reels of the Weekly Times are produced annually.
State Library of Western Australia
At the SLWA, The Historical Records Rescue Consortium (HRRC) project, funded by
Lotterywest, includes a significant funding component for filming newspapers. This
project runs to the end of 2007. The SLWA re-filmed 9 titles (529 reels) of
newspapers classed as significant and at risk of loss due to deterioration and 4
titles (59 reels) of regional and local high demand titles (total frames: 392 785). In
addition to this, 3 significant titles (46 reels, 32,997 frames) were microfilmed as
part of a cooperative microfilming project with the NLA.
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Appendix C
Titles Microfilmed 2006/7
National Library of Australia
Retrospective ACT titles microfilmed:
Canberra Advertiser: 11 Jul 1973-17 Dec 1975
Capital Senior: Winter 1997–Autumn 2003
Canberra City Advocate: 1 Oct 1977-3 March 1979
Northside Chronicle: 23 Jan 1990-24 Dec 1990; 15 Jan 1991-27 Dec 1993; 1 Jan 1994-25
Dec 1995; 15 Jan 1996-16 Dec 1997; 13 Jan 1998-14 Dec 1999
Atlas Northern; Southern; Canberra: 15 Dec 1954-26 Jan 1955
Northern Territory Library
Retrospective titles filmed:
Jungle Juice: Nov 1976-Dec 1980
The following newspapers on acetate were duplicated:
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 filmed are: Alice Springs News, Centralian Advocate, Katherine Times,
Northern Territory News and the Sunday Territorian.
State Library of New South Wales
In addition to the current newspaper microfilming program, the following retrospective
titles and periods were acquired and filmed:
Pix newspaper: Jan-June 1964
Glebe observer: Vol 1 No. 1 Fri. Feb 15, 1957-Vol 11, no. 49 Fri. Feb. 7, 1958
Duplicate negatives were produced for New South Wales newspapers that were jointly
filmed from 1969 to 1992 as part of the Provincial Newspaper Joint Copying Project, before
the production of three generations of film was policy. In 2006/07, 31 titles were
completed:
Northern daily leader
Northern star
Pastoral times
Picton post
Port Macquarie news
Queanbeyan age
Quirindi advocate
Richmond River express examiner
Riverina advocate
Riverina daily news
Riverine grazier
Scone advocate
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Shoalhaven & Nowra news
Singleton argus
Southern cross
Southern highlands news
Southern Riverina news
South West news pictorial
The Spectator (Walgett)
Sydney Korean post
Tablelands times
Tamworth times/Tamworth city times
Temora independent
Tenterfield star
Times leader
Tocumwal guardian
Trundle Tullamore star
Tumbarumba times
Peak Hill & District Times
Port Stephens Examiner
South Coast Register
Fourteen titles on 115 reels on acetate were transferred to polyester film in 2006/7:
Cobar Age
Comic Australian
Commercial journal
Cumberland mercury
Freeman’s Journal
News/Shoalhaven news
Northern star
Penrith district star
Peak Hill & district times
Picton Post
Port Macquarie news
Singleton Argus
Scone advocate
Tumbarumba times
State Library of Queensland
Bayside Bulletin (Cleveland): 4 Jan 2005-30 Aug 2005
Beaudesert Times: 4 Jan 2006-28 Dec 2006
Boomerang (Brisbane): 19 Nov 1887-29 Dec 1888
Bundaberg Newsmail: 1 Feb 2006-30 Dec 2006
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Bundaberg Newsmail: 1 Mar 2000-31 Mar 2000
Cairns Post: 1 Feb 2006-30 Apr 2007
Capricorn Coast Mirror: 19 Jul 1995-27 Dec 2006
Catholic Leader: 2 Jan 2005-32 Dec 2006
Central & North Burnett Times: 5 Jan 2006-28 Dec 2006
Central Telegraph: 10 Feb 1971-31 Dec 1980
Daily Mercury (Mackay): 16 Feb 2006-30 Dec 2006
Dalby Herald: 3 Jan 2006-29 Dec 2006
Fraser Coast Chronicle (M’Boro ed): 1 Feb 2006-30 Dec 2006
Gatton, Lockyer & Brisbane Valley Star: Jan 1994-Dec 2006
Gold Coast Bulletin: 1 Feb 2006-8 Jan 2007
Guardian (Bundaberg): 7 Jul 1999-Dec 1999
Guardian (Bundaberg): 3 Jul 2002-31 Dec 2002
Gympie Times: 1 Feb 2006-28 Feb 2007
Gympie Truth: 2 Jan 1931-30 Jun 1941
Hervey Bay Independent: 24 May 1991-29 Dec 2006
Nambour Weekly: Jan 2006-Dec 2006
Noosa Citizen: 5 Jan 1994-30 Dec 1998
Noosa News: 1 Dec 1968-28 Dec 1974
North West Star: 1 Jan 2006-29 Dec 2006
Queenslander: 3 Feb 1866-31 Dec 1870
Roma Leader: 20 Oct 1971-3 Jul 1981
Sunshine Coast Daily: 1 Feb 2006-20 Feb 2007
The Weekly (Caloundra): 4 Jan 2006-27 Dec 2006
Townsville Bulletin: 1 Feb 2006-31 Mar 2007
Western Times (Charleville): 5 Jan 2006-28 Dec 2006
State Library of South Australia
The SLSA has filmed the following titles in cooperation with the NLA, Mount Barker
Community Library, Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Penola School Community Library &
Wattle Range Council, Port Pirie Public Library and the Adelaide Catholic Archdiocesan
Archives:
Advertiser*: 1929-1939
Blyth Agriculturist: 1909-1911
Courier (Mt Barker): 1960
Green Room: 1913-1915
Naracoorte Herald: 1987-1991
Pennant: 1978-1990
Recorder (Pt Pirie): 1987
South Eastern Times: 1990-1991
Southern Cross: 1951-1970
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*Re-filmed: previous filming by a bureau in 1960 is sub-standard.
Further to the cooperative projects above, SLSA continues to film current Advertiser (36
reels) and Sunday Mail (12 reels) with funding from Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd, and
current regional South Australian newspapers (116 reels). In 2006-2007 SLSA was also
able to eliminate a persistent backlog by filming the regional newspapers from 2004 and
2005.
State Library of Victoria
Retrospective titles filmed:
South Bourke & Mornington Journal: 1923-Aug 1927
Dandenong Journal: 1 Sep 1927 - Dec 18 1972
Heyfield Herald: Jan 1910-Dec 1930, Jan 1933-Jan 1934; 11 Nov 1948-24 Oct 1956
Talbot Leader: Jan 1879-Dec 1881
Great Southern Advocate: 1921-1940
Acetate Duplication:
Weekly Times: Apr 1897-Feb 1909; Jan 1910-Dec 1935
Port Fairy Gazette: Jan 1901-Dec 1951
Castlemaine Mail: Jul 1928-Dec 1983
Horsham Times: Jan 1921-Dec 1949
Colac Herald: Jan 1921-Dec 1950
Terang Express: Jan 1926-Dec 1936; Jan 1937-Dec 1969
Myrtleford Mail: Jan 1911-Dec 1936
Mt Alexander Mail: Jan 1864-Dec 1867
Yackandandah Times: Sept 1890-May 1934
Western Plains Advertiser: Oct 1961-Dec 1977
Western Suburbs Advertiser: Oct 1966-Jun 1968
Koroit Sentinel: Feb 1888-Dec 1920
Rutherglen Sun: Jan 1921-Nov 1964
Lancefield Mercury: Jan 1891-Dec 1920
Hamilton Spectator: Jan 1901-Oct 1910
State Library of Tasmania
Major Daily Newspapers:
Mercury: July 2006-June 2007
Examiner: July 2006–June 2007
Advocate: Feb 2006–Jun 2007
Tasmanian Regional and Historical Newspapers:
Luina News: May 1976-Apr 1984
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Tasmanian Travelways: Feb 2000–Jan 2004
Eastern Shore Sun: 2004–2005
Circular Head Chronicle: Jan–Dec 2005
Tasmanian Senior: 1994–2003
Brighton Community News: 1999–2004
Gazette (New Norfolk): 2005
Huon Valley News: 2005
Island News: 2005
Tasman Gazette: 2005
Tasmanian Country: 2005
Togatus: 2003-2005
Glenorchy City Gazette: 1990–1992
Glenorchy Gazette: 1993-2005
Classified Trader: 2005
Treasure Islander: 2004-5
Trading Post: 2005
Western Herald: 2005
State Library of Western Australia
The SLWA re-filmed the following newspapers, classed as significant and at risk of loss due
to deterioration:
Sunday Times: 3 August 1947-2 October 1960*
Coolgardie Miner: 1 March 1913–29 December 1917
Kalgoorlie Miner: 1 January 1906–30 December 1950
Northern Times: 26 August 1905–5 June 1952
Pilbarra Goldfields News: 7 January 1898–27 December 1900, 2 January 1902–20 March
1923
Eastern Districts Chronicle: 6 January 1906–7 January 1927
South Western News: 26 October 190 –29 December 1949
Geraldton Guardian: 2 October 1906–30 December 1950
Daily News: 26 July 1882–5 November 1925
Cooperative newspaper microfilming with NLA:
The Camp Chronicle: the soldiers’ paper: 9 Dec 1915-1 Aug 1918
The Fremantle Districts Sentinel: 11 April 1934-Oct/Nov 1948
W.A. Sportsman and its subsequent titles, The Call: Western Australia’s critical, sporting,
dramatic, motor, society and motion picture journal, The Call-news pictorial, New Call, The
new call and Bailey’s weekly, The call and Bailey’s weekly, The Call: 29 May 1914-30 Jul
1953
The following regional and local high demand titles were also filmed:
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Esperance Express: 2 Feb–30 May 1995
Geraldton Guardian: 1 June 1994-27 Dec 2001
The Post: Sept 1977-25 Dec 1984
Stirling City News: 4 Feb 1971-13 Apr 1978
* The Sunday Times 25 Dec 1910-2 Oct 1960 was filmed with funding from the Sunday
Times. The Sunday Times has made available funding for a fourth and final year to film this
newspaper up to 1970.
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