10 Million newspaper pages in Trove « Behind the scenes. We are proud to announce that as of today there are now TEN MILLION historic Australian newspaper pages available in Trove! The lucky edition is the Saturday July 31, 1915 issue of The Leader, from the NSW city of Orange. We are also celebrating the milestone of almost ONE HUNDRED MILLION articles within those pages which can be individually searched and referenced. Front page of Orange's 'The Leader' - Saturday July 31, 1915 This represents a milestone for the National Library initiative, the Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program, which was launched in 2008 as a project to provide free access to text-searchable digitised Australian newspapers.
The first papers became available online the following year with subsequent access via the National Library’s award-winning Trove website. You can see the live tally and the availability of each newspaper within the Trove collection on the 'about' page. Staff portrait from the Orange Leader (and their dog) c1900. AUSTRALIA : National Archives. Recherche d'une ville en Australie. Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters. Recherche dans les journaux. Home - Trove.