Heidelberg Historical Society talk

Heidelberg Historical Society next informative talk is to be presented by Sue Forrest to discuss the remarkable story of Sister Forrest, a recipient of the Royal Red Cross medal. Sister Forrest provided 19 years of service to mothers and babies in the then City of Heidelberg, from 1925 to 1944.

Location: Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon Street Ivanhoe, Tuesday June 11, 8-10pm

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Even more new newspapers on Trove

The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the following newspapers which have issues that have been newly added to Digitised newspapers and more on Trove. Many of these newspapers are currently being added to Trove and further issues will become available shortly.

New South Wales

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post (NSW : 1900 - 1925)*

Arrow (Sydney, NSW : 1916 - 1933)*

The Bega Budget (NSW : 1905 - 1921)*

The Bega Gazette and County of Auckland Advertiser (NSW : 1865) Digitisation supported by Bega Valley Shire Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser (NSW : 1865 - 1899) Digitisation supported by Bega Valley Shire Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

The Burrowa News (NSW : 1874 - 1951)*

The Campbelltown Herald (NSW : 1880 - 1919)*

The Carcoar Chronicle (NSW : 1863 - 1943)*

The Catholic Press (NSW : 1895 - 1942)*

The Cobar Herald (NSW : 1899 - 1914)*

The Cobargo Chronicle (NSW : 1898 - 1944) Digitisation supported by Bega Valley Shire Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

The Corowa Chronicle (NSW : 1905 - 1928)*

Daily Observer (Tamworth, NSW : 1917 - 1920)*

Democrat (Lithgow, NSW : 1915 - 1916)*

Eden Free Press and Eden District Advertiser (NSW : 1899) Digitisation supported by Bega Valley Shire Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Examiner (Kiama, NSW : 1859 - 1862) Digitisation supported by Kiama Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932)*

Gilgandra Weekly (NSW : 1915 - 1929) Digitisation supported by Gilgandra Shire Council, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Globe (Sydney, NSW : 1885 - 1887)

Goulburn Herald (NSW : 1860 - 1864)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser (NSW : 1848 - 1859)

The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW : 1901 - 1946) *

Kiama Examiner (NSW : 1858 - 1859) Digitisation supported by Kiama Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Kiama Reporter (NSW: 1886 - 1887)

Labor News (Sydney, NSW : 1918 - 1924)*

The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 - 1954)*

Leader (Orange, NSW : 1912 - 1922) Digitisation supported by Central West Libraries, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government Country Libraries fund and the State Library of NSW.

The Mirror of Australia (Sydney, NSW : 1915 - 1917)*

Molong Argus (NSW : 1909 - 1921) Digitisation supported by Central West Libraries, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government Country Libraries fund and the State Library of NSW.

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser (NSW : 1912 - 1922) Digitisation supported by Central West Libraries, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government Country Libraries fund and the State Library of NSW.

The Newcastle Argus and District Advertiser (NSW : 1916)*

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People (Sydney, NSW : 1900 -1918)*

The Northern Daily Leader (Tamworth, NSW : 1921)*

The Peak Hill Express (NSW : 1902 - 1952)*

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate (NSW : 1882 - 1950)*

The Queanbeyan Leader (NSW : 1905 - 1916)*

Reporter and Illawarra Journal (Kiama, NSW: 1887 - 1894)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra (NSW : 1937)*

Southern Argus (Goulburn, NSW : 1881 - 1885) Digitisation supported by Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Upper Lachlan Shire Council, Yass Valley Council, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Southern Morning Herald (NSW : 1920 -1923) Digitisation supported by Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Upper Lachlan Shire Council, Yass Valley Council, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer (NSW : 1860 - 1899) Digitisation supported by Bega Valley Shire Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Twofold Bay Telegraph (NSW : 1860) Digitisation supported by Bega Valley Shire Library, Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Wagga Wagga Advertiser (NSW : 1874 - 1905) Digitisation supported by Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga City Council, The Daily Advertiser and the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society.

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter (NSW : 1868 - 1874) Digitisation supported by Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga City Council, The Daily Advertiser and the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society.

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1858 - 1875) Digitisation supported by the Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society.

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News (NSW : 1901) Digitisation supported by Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Upper Lachlan Shire Council, Yass Valley Council, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Western Herald (NSW : 1896 - 1970) Digitisation supported by Bourke Shire Council, the Library Council of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW.

Victoria

Gippsland Guardian (Vic : 1855 - 1868) Digitisation supported by Wellington Shire Council, Wellington Shire Heritage Network and Gippsland Prospectors and Miners.

North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1895 - 1913)  Digitisation supported by Melbourne Library Service.

North Melbourne Gazette (Vic. : 1894 - 1901) Digitisation supported by Melbourne Library Service.

The Record and Emerald Hill and Sandridge Advertiser (Vic. : 1872 - 1881) Digitisation supported by the City of Port Phillip.

The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1866 - 1888) Digitisation supported by the Malvern Historical Society, Prahran Historical & Arts Society, St Kilda Historical Society and Stonnington History Centre.

The Yarragon, Trafalgar & Moe Settlement News (Vic. : 1902 - 1922) Digitisation supported by the Trafalgar & District Historical Society, the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria.

Western Australia

The Herald (Fremantle, WA : 1867 - 1886) Digitisation supported by Fremantle City Library.

*Digitisation of these titles has been supported by the State Library of NSW as part of the Digital Excellence Program, funded by the NSW Government.

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Through Trove, the national resource discovery service,  there is free online access to over 9 million pages from over 450 Australian newspapers. All of the digitised newspapers are fully text-searchable and users can enrich and enhance the data through subject tagging, text correction and annotations.

Titles have been selected by the National Library in consultation with the state and territory libraries. A number of the titles are being digitised with the generous support and funding from a range of organisations.

For those libraries and organisations wishing to digitise a newspaper title, please see our Contributor Guidelines. If you would like any additional information please email us at andp@nla.gov.au.

Wikinorthia re-imagined

Darebin Libraries, Moreland City Libraries and Yarra Plenty Regional Library, serving the Nillumbik, Banyule and Whittlesea municipalities are partners in the Wikinorthia project designed to document life in Melbourne’s north. 

The re-imagined site was launched on Monday at Mill Park Library.

Although most public libraries have local history collections, a wealth of reminiscences of individuals about their own lives, as well as the histories of local clubs, organisations and businesses are being lost, because so little of it is being documented and preserved for future generations.

WikiNorthia allows histories, reminiscences and stories about the current lives of people in Melbourne’s north to be captured on a very wide scale; they are preserved and made accessible, locally, nationally and internationally via our online portal.

The site includes a diverse amount of subjects. As a result we have articles relating to art and literature, buildings, community, events, environment, places, sports, recreation and transport.

In 2011 the partner libraries decided that the site needed refreshing and updating. The digital team Portable came on board. The new site has a completely new design that has more functionality and is easier to use. 

Stories have a close connection to place.  Stories are pinned on a map, contributors add their text but also photographs, web links and reading lists if they like as well as descriptive tags to enhance the search facility.

You can comment on a story via your Facebook login and share online your social networking accounts such as twitter and Google Plus.

Much of the content from the archives site has been transferred over to our new site. Everybody has a story.  Wikinorthia is all about stories and we invite your contribution today.

Bowling for 100 years

The City of Banyule’s current “Banyule Banner” May – June 2013 features a story on the City of Heidelberg Bowling Club which will celebrate its 100^th birthday in August.  The club began after a meeting in the Heidelberg Presbyterian Church Hall.  Mr. John May, the first President held the position from 1913 to 1949 with a break between 1917 and 1926. In 1914 a pavilion and four rink green was opened, with electricity, telephone, gas and sewerage connected between 1915 and 1922.

The club has grown to 140 members today with modern facilities.

A local history: A history of City of Heidelberg Bowling Club, 1913-1988 was published in 1988.  Unfortunately Yarra Plenty Regional Library does not hold a copy in its local history collection.  If you have a copy you would like to donate to the library please contact the Local and Family History Librarian at localhistorygene@yprl.vic.gov.au

There are a number of references to the club in the Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle available online at Trove

Source: Banyule Banner (City of Banyule) May-June 2013 p. 13