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Old Australian Newspapers

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Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 18 Jan 2012 12:38

I strongly recommend 'Trove', the National Library of Australia's free searchable database. As of 18 January 2012 there are 6,275,924 pages consisting of 60,519,759 articles available to search.
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You can find and read relevant full text articles from the collection of digitised Australian Newspapers that were originally issued between 1803 and 1954.

I searched for my ancestor by name - he was in Australia and NZ between 1840 and 1845. - and found a number of articles.

http://trove.nla.gov.au

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 18 Jan 2012 13:02

Trove is a brilliant resource.
It puts the new English equivalent to shame, and it's free :-D

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 18 Jan 2012 21:48

I would also recommend it as I have found loads of info.
I always look in the Family Announcements section first, for births deaths and marriages and usually find at least one article that is relevant

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016