Primary Materials
Source books
Source books typically contain collections of facsimiles or transcriptions of original documents on specific topics. You can often find relevant source books by searching the Library catalogue by keyword. Use keywords such as Australian history source* or Australia politics source*.
Newspapers
Trove
Australia Digitised Newspapers
This site gives access to many Australian newspapers, up to 1954.
Sydney
Morning Herald Archives, 1955-1995
Password required to access this site.
The UQ Library holds complete collections of some major Australian newspapers
on microfilm in the Fryer
Library, including:
From the 1990s onwards, many Australian newspapers are available online in the Factiva and ANZ Reference Centre databases.
Government Publications: Federal
Parliamentary debates (Hansard) (online from 1901 onwards)
Parliamentary papers (print from 1901 onwards)
Government Publications: Queensland
Parliamentary debates (Hansard) (print from 1864 and microfilm from 1864 to 1901 -- online for selected years)
Parliamentary papers (print and microfilm from 1860 to 1901 -- print from 1902 onwards and microfilm from 1902 to 1933 -- online from 1993 onwards)
Early Books
Sydney Electronic Text
and Image Service (SETIS)
This site has digitized versions of some important historical sources.
Archival Resources
Trove: Diaries, Letters,
Archives
Use the checkboxes to limit your search to Australian content and
content Available online.
Early Experiences in
Australia: Primary Sources and Personal Narratives 1788-1901
Contains a mixture of published and unpublished sources.
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