Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program.

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:38 pm

Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program.

Beta Testing of the Pilot program just started. It can be played with here. http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/search/ The range of newspapers currently available is very limited but it’s interesting to see how it works.

Full details here: http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/index.html

The National Library of Australia welcomes feedback.

Alan

kenspeckle · Post by **kenspeckle** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:42 am

Good one Allan I have already found some of mine
regards lesley

ellenavon · Post by **ellenavon** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:08 pm

Thanks Alan. Found a few more Packman mentions to add to my one name study jigsaw!

Cheers

Ellen.

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:24 am

Just the latest Availability Schedule.

http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/selected_news ... itles.html

Alan

trish1 · Post by **trish1** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:44 am

I thought it was worth mentioning this again - the coverage seems to be increasing at exponential rates.

I recently found an inquest from SMH online via Google News and thought it must be related to the library work

http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/

Inclusion in Google News Archive

Articles from the beta service have now been harvested and are available from the Google News Archive Search

If they keep this up I fear I shall get lazier and lazier - no need to even go out to visit the library!!

Trish

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:50 am

Hello Trish,

I can’t wait for the Sydney Morning Herald. I don’t think there’s anything there yet. If you search there for SYDNEY the SMH isn’t included in the list of newspapers at the left side.

It can’t be long now. I think they’re a bit overdue for a progress report.

All the best,
Alan

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:06 am

Hi Alan,

Yes, it has to be imminent, if memory serves me correctly, it was due to be online by the end of July.

Hoping you are well sir,

Scott

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:31 am

Hello Scott,

I’m getting along pretty well now thanks very much.

One of my grandmothers has mislaid her father’s father and her mother’s mother which was a bit careless of her but with a lot of luck I may find out what happened to them when the SMH gets rolling. (That’s unless they ran off together).

All the best,
Alan

trish1 · Post by **trish1** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:42 pm

Hi Alan

I know the library doesn't have the SMH up yet, but I managed to find this page online through google. I was looking for Arthur Murray Welchman - and was somewhat surprised/dismayed at what I found - hope your missing grandfolks aren't found in this fashion!

At the minute I can only refind it by searching the "google news archive"

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ae ... y+welchman

I don't know how much more of the SMH is currently online - my searches don't seem to be finding anything

Trish

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:15 pm

Hello Trish,

Did you notice the Anti suicide and/or psychologists Ads that cropped up on the right side? Actually with both of mine I wouldn’t be surprised if there was something nasty there. None of the kids of the missing lady seem to have known what their mother’s name was, or didn’t want anyone else to know. The missing fellow was a mariner and most likely sank somewhere that’s if he wasn’t the fellow who shot the sentry outside Victoria Barracks in 1883 (isn’t that what sentries are for?)
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/ar ... entry+shot

I haven’t had a look in Google News yet for Australian kin. I’ll have to give it a go.

Alan

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