The Australian Newspaper Plan is an ambitious (to put it mildly) project to locate and preserve as many Australian published newspapers as possible, and eventually incorporate them into a consolidated searchable online database:
“Newspapers were not inaccessible before but often you would have to travel from state to state for newspapers from capital city or rural areas,” said Richard Waterhouse, professor of Australian History at the University of Sydney. “This is not only going to make sources more accessible to academic historians but also for family historians who will be able to flesh out the story of their own family by finding references in local newspapers.”
