Thanks to Colleen, Down Under, for passing this great info to me so I could send it to my various lists. The site for the Aust newspapers is http://newspapers.nla.gov.au It is a project of the Australian National Archives and is free to search, you don't have to be a member of another library. You will find historic newspapers from circa 1803 - 1954 from all Australian States and about 60 different newspapers. The states being Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory (Canberra), South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania (where most of the convicts were taken). According to NLA web site there are 2½ million pages and 25,620,00 articles (how they work that out I don't know, probably guestimation!) On their "About Us" page it gives a description of how best to use the site. Coverage: A graph showing years and the papers digitised. Legal Stuff: Yes, that's what it is called - not too frightening Known bugs: No, not viruses but just how your search results might come up or why they might not come up. All in all a very easy site to navigate & use, there is an easy enlargement tool & save the image & easy print button. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com