More Titles on Trove

In the Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin No. 125 - 16 May 2014 recently received by the Society this list of new resources on Trove was published.

Digitisation of newspapers by National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia has announced further digitisation of newspapers, newly added toDigitised newspapers and more on Trove.

New South Wales

• Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser (1888 - 1925)*
• Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal (NSW : 1940-1941)*
• Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, 1908; 1941 - 1954)*
• The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser (1876 - 1884) Digitisation supported by the Bega Valley Shire Council, Library Council of New South Wales and State Library of New South Wales through a NSW Government Revitalising Regional Libraries Grant
• The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald (1898 - 1904) Digitisation supported by Blayney Shire Council, Central West Libraries, Library Council of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales
• Blayney West Macquarie (1949) Digitisation supported by Blayney Shire Council, Central West Libraries, Library Council of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales
• The Branxton Advocate: Greta and Rothbury Recorder (1916)*
• The Broadcaster (Fairfield, 1935 - 1960) Digitisation supported by Holroyd City Council Library Service
• The Canowindra Star (1900 - 1902) Digitisation supported by Cabonne Council, Central West Libraries, Library Council of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales
• Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder (1902 - 1903) Digitisation supported by Cabonne Council, Central West Libraries, Library Council of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales
• Cootamundra Daily Herald (1946 - 1954)*
• Cootamundra Herald (1877 – 1946)*
• The Cumberland Free Press (Parramatta, 1895 - 1897) Digitisation supported by Auburn City Council, Blacktown City Council, Fairfield City Council, Hawkesbury Library Service, Holroyd City Council Library Service, Hornsby Shire Council, Library Council of New South Wales, Parramatta City Council, City of Ryde, State Library of New South Wales and The Hills Shire Council
• Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, 1911 - 1954)*
• The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude, Booligal, Wilcannia, Menindie, Bourke &c (Hay, 1871 - 1873; 1880 - 1881; 1890 - 1900) Digitisation supported by Hay Historical Society
• The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (1910 - 1954)*
• The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle (1897 - 1941; 1944 - 1954) Digitisation supported by Central West Libraries, Blayney Shire Council, Library Council of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales
• Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder (Newcastle,1873 - 1876)*
• The People and the Collectivist (Sydney, 1898 - 1900)*
• Riverina Recorder (Balranald, Moulamein,1887 - 1944)*
• Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation (Hay, 1900 - 1902) Digitisation supported by Hay Historical Society
• The Riverine Grazier (Hay, 1873 - 1954)*
• South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (1900 - 1954)*
• Southern Star (Bega, 1900 - 1923)*
• The Temora Advertiser (1939) Digitisation supported by the Temora Shire Heritage Committee;
• Temora Herald and Mining Journal (1882 - 1883) Digitisation supported by the Temora Shire Heritage Committee
• The Temora Telegraph and Mining Advocate (1880) Digitisation supported by the Temora Shire Heritage Committee
• Wagga Wagga Express (1879 - 1920)*
• Wellington Times (1899 - 1954)*
• Western Age (Dubbo,1933 - 1936)*
• The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser (West Wyalong, NSW : 1894 - 1895; 1899 - 1906) Digitisation supported by Bland Shire Council and the West Wyalong Advocate

* 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.

South Australia

• The Port Adelaide Gazette (1930) Digitisation supported by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service
• The Port Adelaide Post Shipping Gazette, Farmers and Commercial Register (Port Adelaide, 1876) Digitisation supported by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service

Tasmania

• Huon & Derwent Times (1933 - 1942) Digitisation supported by the Tasmanian Archive & Heritage Office
• Huon Times (Franklin, 1910 - 1933) Digitisation supported by the Tasmanian Archive & Heritage Office  

Victoria

• The Yackandandah Times (1890 - 1931) Digitisation supported by the City of Wodonga, recipient of a Public Record Office Victoria Local History Grant

Through Trove, the national resource discovery service, there is now free online access to over 12 million pages from over 650 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. To find out the latest titles which have been added to Trove, subscribe to one of the NLA's Web feeds – to do this, go to the current list of digitised newspaper titles on Trove and click on the orange 'Newly added issues’ or ‘Newly added titles’ at the bottom of the page. 

(Source:  Dr Hilary Berthon | Manager, Australian Newspaper Plan | National Library of Australia | Canberra ACT 2600 | 

Shall we dance?

A new website that may interest those with an interest in dance is Australian Colonial Dance, http://www.colonialdance.com.au/,  by Heather Clarke.

The site description states:

 "A collection of dances from the early Australian colonial era 1770-1850.

This site reveals the history of dance in the first half of the colonial period exploringsignificant social and historical links.

In an age of intense electronic social networking, these dances shine as genuine, warm, social pleasures.  Words are unnecessary while dancing, other skills are required – a smile, a glance, a touch.  Could it be more different to social media on your smart phone?
In an evening of country dance one may have a dozen partners and dance with every person in the room; a group of individuals synchronised in the pattern of the dance.

Dance rates as one of the most beneficial forms of recreation:  it involves so many different aspects in such an enjoyable way.  The exercise of moving through the dance,remembering the figures, listening and responding to the music, and above all, the myriad of friendly  interactions.

Historic Tourism talk

Come along to our next General Meeting – this Saturday 17 May from 2pm.

From Port Arthur to the Dog on the Tuckerbox, from explorers’ trees to bushrangers’ graves, from stately homes to theme parks, historic tourism is a great Australian tradition. 

But popular tourism’s fascination for the lurid, the macabre and the sensational has often undermined more respectable perspectives on Australia’s past.

While governments were prepared to celebrate explorers, pioneers and political figures, the past that tourists persisted in seeking out was a more disreputable one - they were less interested in being inspired than in being entertained - and in catering for more vulgar tastes, tourist operators and ordinary tourists themselves wrote their own versions of Australia’s past.

Richard White will talk about the beginnings of ‘historic’ tourism in Australia from the late nineteenth century and why we are so attracted to our more notorious historic figures - convicts, bushrangers and rebellious diggers. We’ll take a look at the variety of pasts that tourists visited, the exhibits that drew them in and the souvenirs they took away.

Guest Speaker

Richard White is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, where he has taught Australian history and the history of travel and tourism since 1989. His publications include Inventing Australia, The Oxford Book of Australian Travel Writing, On Holidays: A History of Getting Away in Australia and Symbols of Australia. His latest book, co-edited with Caroline Ford, is Playing in the Bush: recreation and national parks in New South Wales, published by Sydney University Press in 2012. His current ARC Discovery project explores the history of tourism to the past in Australia. This research was the basis of an exhibition at the Macleay Museum [until 15 February 2014]. Other current research includes work on the history of Australian tourism to Britain and a history of the Cooee.

Visitors are welcome and afternoon tea will be served after the talk.

Admission is free.

The meeting will be held in the library meeting room between Gordon Library and the KHS research rooms.

Writing Competition

For budding essayists this reminder appeared in the latest SAG E-News received at the Society

Centenary of WWI Essay competition run by UK Fed FHS

The deadline for this is looming!

To honour the Centenary of the First World War in 2014, the Federation of FHS is encouraging family historians to write an account of up to 1,000 words about an ancestor's involvement in WWI. Entries may be submitted electronically to admin@ffhs.org.au or by post to AFFHO, PO Box 3012, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia. You'll find further details and the entry form on the front page of the AFFHO website at www.affho.org.

The closing date is 30 June 2014 and winners will be announced in August 2014. First prize is a one year full world subscription to findmypast.com.au, second prize one year's UK Heritage Plus membership to Ancestry.com and third prize one year's global data subscription to MyHeritage. The essays will be judged by a panel representing the UK Federation, AFFHO and the SAG. So if the recent commemoration of Anzac Day has started you thinking about your family's involvement in WWI, now is a great time to put pen to paper and submit an entry to this great competition.

Mother's Day

Our friends at Eryldene have invited our  members and friends to attend their Mother's Day Celebrations.

KHS History Book

 Ku-ring-gai Historical Society – the first 50 years is an interesting account of the beginnings and stages of
 evolution of our Society, written by our member, Helen Davies.

Each membership is entitled to a free copy. To save the Society postage, this is available for collection from  The Research Centre.

This free offer must end soon!

Extra copies are available at $20 each. If you would like it posted please send a cheque for $5.