More vintage Queensland newspapers on Trove (2025)

Old newspapers are fantastic resources for local history researchers and family historians, whether you're following social events and concerts held in town or hunting for the obituary of a long-lost ancestor.

In times gone by, searching for these nuggets would require painstaking scanning through the original newspaper or trawling through reel after reel of microfilm.

In 2009, the National Library of Australia's Trove platform revolutionised this process, making numerous old Australian newspaper accessible and searchable with the push of a few buttons.

In 2025, the collection of Queensland newspapers on Trove has continued to grow with the following newspapers now available online.

Allora

• Allora Advertiser (1954)

Atherton

• The Tableland Examiner (1931)
• Tableland Examiner and Barron Valley Advocate (1931-1937)

Boonah

• Fassifern Guardian (1905-1954)

Bowen

• Port Denison Times and Kennedy District Advertiser (1864-1910)

Brisbane

• Evening Observer (1887-1907)
• The Guardian (1860)
• Moreton Bay Free Press (1852-1859)
• The Protestant Clarion (1938-1940)
• Queensland Freeman (1881-1888)
• Queensland Free Press (1859)
• Sports Referee (1915; 1919; 1921-1933)

Canungra

• Queensland Tourist (1938-1939)

Charters Towers

• Northern Advocate and Miners Journal (1876-1877)
• The Charters Towers Herald and Mining Record (1882-1899)
• Charters Towers Mining Standard (1896-1904)
• The Charters Towers Times (1888-1891)

Childers

• The Isis Recorder (1931-1954)

Bundaberg

• Bundaberg Daily News and Mail (1925-1940)
• Bundaberg Daily News-Mail (1940-1942)
• Bundaberg News-Mail (1942-1954)

Clermont 

• Clermont Telegram (1950-1954)

Cloncurry/Mt Isa

• Cloncurry News and Mt Isa Record (1930-1933)

Cooktown

• Cooktown Herald and Palmer River Advertiser (1874-1877)

Esk

• Esk Record and Upper Brisbane River Advertiser (1931-1942)

Goondiwindi

• The Goondiwindi Argus (1931-1937; 1939-1954)

Herberton

• Herberton Times (1917-1918)
• The Wild River Times (1897-1917)

Ipswich

• Ipswich /Observer and West Morton Advocate (1870-1879)
• The Daily Observer and East and West Moreton Advocate (1879)
• Daily Observer (1883-1887)

Kilcoy

• Kilcoy Sentinel (1932-1939)

Kingaroy

• Kingaroy Guardian and Taabinga Times (1930-1938)
• The Kingaroy Herald and Burnett Advocate (1931-1942)
• The Kingaroy Herald and Nanango News (1943-1954)

Ravenswood

• Ravenswood Miner (1871-1874)

Rockhampton

• Central Queensland Times (1888-1890)
• Daily Record (1897-1922)
• The Evening News (1922; 1924-1941)

Toogoolawah

• Brisbane Valley Advertiser (1931-1942)

Toowoomba

• The Toowoomba Chronicle (1902-1922)
• The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (1922-1954)

Townsville

• Cleveland Bay Express and Northern Advertiser (1866-1870)

The digitisation of these titles was done in partnership with National Library of Australia and State Library of Queensland.

UPDATED - 12 December 2025