Newspapers

The State Library of South Australia has the largest collection of the state's newspapers from 1836 to the present. In many cases there are no other copies of these newspapers in existence. Visit SA Memory to read the history of newspapers in South Australia.

The Library holds all major Australian newspapers from their earliest issues, usually in microfilm format, as well as major overseas newspapers of record, also on microfilm. The latest issues of newspapers from around the world, in a variety of languages are held in the Ron Boland Newspaper Reading area on level 1 Spence Wing.

Search Newspapers

To find newspapers in the Library catalogue, select Magazines, journals and newspapers from the drop-down View entire collection box.

Search on Trove for historic Australian Newspapers and add your tags and correct text.
The Advertiser offers a selection of the day's stories from Adelaide's daily newspaper and The Sunday Mail.
News Ltd. newspapers this site offers a compilation of the major News Ltd papers.
SA country newspapers - links to websites for the newspapers from country towns and regions.
Australian newspapers online via Trove
Online newspapers
MediaInfo Links
Online services of major national broadcasters such as ABC Online (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), CNN Interactive, and BBC Online Network continually update current stories and include audio and video clips relevant to a selection of major stories.

Help Us

The State Library contributes to the Australian Newspaper Plan which is an ongoing project aiming to collect and preserve every newspaper published in Australia guaranteeing public access to them.

You can contribute to the Plan's Search and Rescue campaign in locating the nation's missing newspapers.

Read about the missing South Australian newspaper discovered at the British Library.