HI All, re the Tarrangower Times (the Maldon newspaper which, with a few changes of title, has appeared most weeks since June1858. The Maldon & District Museum (www.maldonmuseum.com.au) has both the microfilm and the original for 1866. I have been there for 8 hours today, but too busy dealing with customers to the Museum and the Research Centre, and doing curation work on the battered newspapers to sit and look at these. I will do asap and let you know. Cheers, Tom On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Ada Ackerly <aackers@alphalink.com.au>wrote: > Dear Allan, > > There is a special file at SLV, and on microfilm: > > "Intercolonial Exhibition Press Contributions, 1866" > > I was lucky to be allowed to view the original newspapers (one printed > in gold on silk!!) > > But the "Tarrengower Times " really took my eye. > > I would think it would be simple to gain access to the microfilm, not > sure about the originals. The index I have came from the "Australian > Microfilm Services Pty Ltd" in 1983, and was a list of "master" > microfilms they had made for SLV. > > Hope that interests you > > > > > I suppose you know that the "Tarrangower Times"...(and here I am > > searching a memory of 20 odd years ago, so could be wrong).... was the > > first newspaper in Victoria (and, perhaps, Australia) to have real > > photographs in their pages? > > > > It was a special edition for the 1866 Exhibition in Melbourne. They > > actually pasted in real photographs on the pages! > > > > Have you seen it? > > > > Regards Ada Ackerly > > > > Did you mean the 1888 Exhibition? My great grandfather, Joel Smith > > Tompkins, attended and wrote a report for the Beaufort paper, The > > Riponshire Advocate. Do you know anyone who has a copy of the > > Tarrangower Times with the photos? > > > > Take care. > > > > Regards, Allan. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >