Help us fix digitised Victorian newspaper articles on Trove and reveal the hidden details of Victoria's past

Old newspapers contain extraordinary insights into our history, and the Library digitises and makes available thousands of Victorian newspaper articles each year on Trove, the National Library of Australia's digital resource hub.

The digitisation process generates 'Electronically Translated Text' for each article, making every word searchable. Some automated text translations contain errors, however, and crucial details can't be found by searching. Fixing these translation errors provides access to key information that may otherwise be almost impossible to find.

Become part of our Vicfix community

We're running regular correction campaigns to fix articles on different aspects of Victorian history – and we'd like you to get involved!

It's easy to do, just choose a topic from our campaigns below and follow our simple instructions.

Whether you correct a line, a paragraph or an entire article, your contribution will bring to light the fascinating stories that make up Victoria's rich history for everyone.

If you can’t see any current campaigns on this page it means they've already been fixed! But do come back at the end of each month, when we publish new Vicfix campaigns for you to correct. And in the meantime, take a look at some of the fascinating articles in our completed campaigns.