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ACT Heritage Library - Canberra and Suburban Newspapers

Canberra and City

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

Access: an independent community newspaper (absorbed by Hard Times, then separated as Canberra-Monaro Searchlight)

Jun – Aug 1980

Microfilm
Print

Atlas (merger of Northern Atlas and Southern Atlas; later Canberra Atlas)

2 Feb 1955 – 10 Oct 1956 

Microfilm

Canberra Advertiser

11 Jul 1973 – 17 Dec 1975 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Argus

May 1979 (one issue)

Print

Canberra Atlas (previously Atlas)

17 Oct 1956 – 21 Apr 1960

Microfilm

Canberra Chronicle

16 Sep 1981 + (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra City Advocate

1 Oct 1977 – 3 Mar 1979 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra City News

17 Jun 1994 +  (incomplete)

Print

Canberra Clarion

3 Jun 1980, 9 Jun 1980

Print

Canberra Community News

14 Oct 1925 – 15 Dec 1927

Microfilm
Print

(Canberra) Courier

27 Jan 1966 – 30 Jul 1975 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Guardian

23? Jun 1979 – 7 Dec 1979

not held

Canberra Herald

Sep 1998 – Jan 1999 (incomplete)

Print

Canberra Life

31 May – 28 Jun 1990 (incomplete?)

Print

Canberra News

18 Sep 1939 – 4 Oct 1940

Microfilm

Canberra News (first evening paper)

12 Nov 1969 – 19 Jul 1974 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra News

4 Jun 1994

Print

Canberra Post

1 Mar 1967 – 31 Dec 1968 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Review

Sep 1995 – Dec 1997 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Shopper

Apr – May 1976 (incomplete?)

Print

Canberra Standard (later Canberra Weekender)

14 Jan 1982 – 12 Dec 1985 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Sunday Life

30 Oct 1977 – 21 May 1978

Microfilm

Canberra Sunday Post

19 Jan 1969 – 28 Apr 1974 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

The Canberra Times

3 Sep 1926 +

Microfilm (1926-2020)

Canberra Weekend (later New Canberra Weekend)

3 Mar 1978 – 7 Dec 1979 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Weekender (Previously Canberra Standard; later absorbed by Star Weekly)

14 Mar 1986 – 23 May 1986 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Weekly

30 Nov 1962 – 7 Feb 1964 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Weekly (previously Community Times)

10 Nov 1993 – 22 Mar 1995 (incomplete)

Print

Canberra-Monaro Searchlight (prev Access)

Mar – Nov/Dec 1981 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Capital Senior

Winter 1996 – Summer/Spring 2003 (microfilm and print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

City Chronicle

15 Jul 2003 + (incomplete)

Print

Community Courier

7 Aug 1975

Print

Community Times (later Canberra Weekly)

3 Jul 1991 – 30 Sep 1993 (incomplete)

Print

(Canberra) Courier

27 Jan 1966 – 30 Jul 1975 (print 30 Jul 1975 only)

Microfilm
Print

Federal Capital Pioneer

Dec 1924 – Aug 1926 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Federal Capital Pioneer Magazine

15 Oct 1926 – 20 Aug 1927 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Hard Times (Canberra’s alternative)

Apr 1979 – Dec 1981 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Inner Circle (on behalf of Canberra Yacht Club)

Feb – Oct 1988 (incomplete)

Print

Limestone Review (contains Pulse)

28 Jun – 4 Oct 1984 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Local Trading Post [Canberra]

9 Feb 1995 (incomplete)

Print

New Canberra Weekend

6 May 1978 (incomplete)

Print

Old Canberra Post

1 Dec 1986 – 12 Nov 1987

Microfilm
Print

Pulse: Canberra’s Entertainment newspaper (originally in Limestone Review)

19-25 Jun 1985 – 1-7 May 1986 (incomplete)

Print

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate

4 May 1916 – 24 Dec 1925

Microfilm

Southern Cross

1 Nov 1978 – Jun/Jul 1980 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Sports ACT

27 Oct 1994 – 13 Apr 1995 (incomplete)

Print

Star Weekly (absorbed Canberra Weekender)

12 Mar 1986 – 21 Aug 1986

Microfilm
Print

The Word

Feb 2005 + (incomplete)

Print

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Belconnen

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

Belconnen Banner

6 Apr 1988 – 5 Jul 1989 (print 13 Apr 1988 only)

Microfilm
Print

Belconnen Chronicle (offshoot of Northside Chronicle)

18 May 1992 – 1 July 2003 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Belconnen Community News

Jun 1972 – Jul 1973 (print 9 Mar 1973 only)

Microfilm
Print

Belconnen Courier

19 Oct 1972 – 19 Jul 1973 (incomplete)

Microfilm

Belconnen Mall Messenger

11 Jul 1978 – 4 Dec 1978 (incomplete)

Print

Belconnen Messenger

9 May 1979 only

Print

Belconnen’s Leisure-Time Post  (incorp. Official Journal of Canberra Labor Club)

Feb – Sep 1988 (incomplete)

Print

Northside Chronicle

23 Jan 1990 + (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

West Belconnen Warrior

Mar – Oct 1988 (incomplete)

Print

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Gungahlin

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

Gungahlin Chronicle

17 Jul 1995 – 1 Jul 2003 (incomplete)

Print

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Northern Suburbs

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

Canberra Standard. Northern Edition

10 Sep 1981 – 8 Apr 1982 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Community Spotlight (Ainslie Football & Social Club)

Oct 1986 – Dec 1987

Print

North Canberra Community News

7 Mar and 25 Jul 1973 (incomplete)

Print

North Canberra Searchlight (on behalf of Canberra RSL)

Feb – Sep 1988

Print

Northern Atlas (later Atlas)

15 Dec 1954 – 26 Jan 1955

Microfilm

Northern Standard

29 Feb 1980 – 10 Sep 1981 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Northside Chronicle

23 Jan 1990 + (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

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Southern Suburbs/Woden/Weston Creek

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

Canberra Standard. Southern Edition

10 Sep 1981 – 8 Apr 1982

Microfilm

Royal Mail (Royals Rugby Union Football Club community project)

Nov 1986 – Mar 1997

Print

Southern Atlas (later Atlas)

15 Dec 1954 – 26 Jan 1955

Microfilm

Southern Standard

6 Jun 1979 – 27 Aug 1981 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Southside Chronicle

23 Jan 1990 + (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Weston Creek-Woden Valley View

May 1991 – Apr 1995 (incomplete)

Print

Woden Plaza News

Sep 1976 – Sep 1977 (incomplete)

Print

Woden Valley Town Crier

Mar 1987 – Oct 1988 (incomplete)

Print

Woden-Weston Community News

24 Aug 1972 – 11 Jul 1973 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Woden-Weston Courier

12 Oct 1972 – 20 Dec 1973

Microfilm

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Tuggeranong

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

Canberra Standard. Southern Edition

10 Sep 1981 – 8 Apr 1982

Microfilm

Erindale Extra (later Valley View)

15 Oct 1985 – 20 Jan 1986

Microfilm

That’s life  (in Wanniassa, South Kambah, Greenway)

Aug 1991 – Apr 1992

Print

Tuggeranong Chronicle (previously Valley Chronicle)

11 May 1992 + (incomplete)

Print

Tuggeranong Valley View

1 Jan 1987 – 20 Dec 1991 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Valley Chronicle (later Tuggeranong Chronicle)

15 Jan 1991– 7 Sep 1992 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Valley View

15 Jan 1991 – 20 Nov 2001 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Valley Voice

5 Dec 2001 – 4 Aug 2003 (incomplete)

Print

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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities

TITLE

DATES

FORMAT
Microfilm 
or Print

ACT Chinese Newspaper

Mar 2001 – Aug 2002 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Akropolis

29 Jun 1974 – 26 Dec 1975

Microfilm

Canberra Chinese News

16 Nov 1997– 29 Mar 2001 (incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

Canberra Chinese Post

12 Dec 1997 – 14 May 1999 (print incomplete)

Microfilm
Print

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