Microform

The State Library of Queensland has a large microform (microfilm and microfiche) collection on Level 3. Titles are listed in the One Search catalogue.

Examples

Newspapers on microfilm include:

  • The Courier Mail
  • The Sunday Mail
  • The Queenslander
  • The Brisbane Telegraph
  • The Darling Downs Gazette
  • The Maryborough Chronicle & Fraser Coast Chronicle
  • The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
  • The Cairns Post 
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • The Age (Melbourne) 

Family history resources (microform) include:

  • Birth, death and marriage indexes
  • Cemetery indexes
  • Convict records 
  • Electoral rolls
  • English church parish records
  • Immigration records

Copying/Saving/Printing

  • Printing in black and white from microfiche or microfilm costs $0.15 per A4 page or $0.30 per A3 page.  A change machine and value adder machine are available in the Print Copy room on level 3 near the Micrographics reading room.  For more information, see Copying and printing.
  • Images can also be saved to a USB memory stick or emailed via a web-based email account. 
  • Please ask for assistance before printing from microfilm or microfiche for the first time, as printing from these machines requires some instruction.
  • All copying must observe the Copyright Act, 1968
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