Where Can I Find Free Newspaper Archives Online for Australia and New Zealand?
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National Library of Australia Digitzed Newspapers, 1803-1954. This impressive collection gets larger with every visit. Last I looked, it included The Argus, The Courier-Mail, Mercury, Perth Gazette, South Australian Advertiser, and many others. The archives allow full-text searching and provide downloadable PDF images of the original newspaper pages.
Australian Digitized Collection. Magazines, mostly, from the mid-nineteenth century, though there’s a smattering of other dates included. Fully text searchable.
The Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser, 1903-1955. Free (and easy) registration is required for this full-text searchable archive.
New Zealand PapersPast newspapers, 1839-1915. More than a million archived pages from NZ newspapers, representing a formative period in New Zealand history.
Maori Newspapers. Yep. For those who know the language, or just want to have a look, Maori newspapers from New Zealand, covering the period 1842-1932.
If you know of other free newspaper archives from the area, please let me know with a Comment, below, and I’ll take a look. Thanks.
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where would i be able to find australian newspaper archives from more recent times, like for example, something from 6 years ago?
Krystel…try the NewsStore at: http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/newsSearch.ac?sy=smh
Searching is free, but some of the content you’ll have to pay for. If you have access to a library in Australia, most of them can get you articles at no charge.