Newspapers

It is definitely an early Christmas present – our heartfelt thanks to the National Library of Australia and the State Library of Victoria.  This is what we were promised initially: Geelong Advertiser and Squatters’ Advocate (28 May 1845-26 Oct 1847) … Continued

I must confess to a little frustration at the lack of movement in the Geelong Advertiser being loaded into TROVE after the initial couple of updates.  I did ask a couple of questions recently – whether there was any connection between … Continued

The first part is here!  So far 1 Nov 1851 – 20 Dec 1851 and I must confess that the first page I looked at was not great quality but there is so much to look forward to.  As you can … Continued

I think we’ve all been holding our breath after the National Library said [in January 2012] the following would occur … The papers are currently being scanned and hopefully would be completed by the end of the financial year [June 2012].  The … Continued

One thing my previous blog proved – a LOT of people believe that the Geelong Advertiser is an important newspaper and that it should be part of the National Library of Australia Newspaper Digitisation project! Now for the latest and … Continued