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. > > > >

In London about 3 years ago, I was foraging around a Market in Hampstead when my eye caught a brass badge with a familiar building embossed on it. On closer inspection, it turned out to be the Melbourne Exhibition Building. The owner of the stall told me that the small lapel badge had been issued to attendants/guides at the 1888 Exhibition. I bought it for my son whose great great great grandfather from Dunolly won medals at the 1888 Exhibition. Trevor Sent from my iPod. On 07/11/2010, 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