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Trove, Australia’s digital history resource

When there was talk a year or so ago of the Australian Government de-funding Trove, I could hardly believe it was a real discussion. Losing Trove - or even seeing Trove prevented from continuing to grow - would be a tragedy. Trove is a national treasure of the first rank. It's a digital portal - administered by the National Library of Australia - that gives access to historical newspapers, to magazines and gazettes, to photographs and to all sorts of other material. As a research tool for journalists, writers, genealogists and historians its value is beyond…

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Newspapers, families and skeletons

It's interesting to see how much newspapers have changed in Australia. And interesting too, to reflect on how much is lost when small papers close. From the point of view of historical or family researchers, old newspapers are a tremendous storehouse of information, from important stories to bits of trivia that help flesh out pictures of people in the receding branches of family trees. While access to many old papers is difficult, Australia's amazing Trove resource offers much more than many people might imagine, as I discovered this week. It started when it suddenly occurred to…

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