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Newspapers Held by Penrith City Library

A searchable index of the local newspapers and local content of those newspapers listed below is available through the Library's online catalogue - Local Area Search

Hardcopy

The Age Latest 4 Weeks
The Australian Latest 4 Weeks
Australian Financial Review Latest 2 Months
Blue Mountains Gazette Current 6 months
Daily Telegraph (inc. Sunday Telegraph) Latest 4 Weeks
Penrith City Star Current 6 months loose + back copies bound in Research Room (2002+)
Penrith Press Current 6 months loose + back copies bound in Research Room (2002+)
St Marys - Mt. Druitt Standard Current year + back copies held at St Marys Branch Library (1999+)
St Marys Star Current year held in Local Studies + back copies held at St Marys Branch Library (2002+)
Sydney Gazette 5 March 1803 - 28 December 1811 (RG 079.9441 SYD)
Sydney Morning Herald (inc. Sun Herald) Latest 2 months then on microfilm
   
Western Weekender Latest 6 months,  2002+ Held in Local Studies
Microfilm
Cumberland Mercury 9 January 1875 to 27 April 1895
Fairfax Sun: Penrith Edition [formerly Penrith City Star] 10 January 1995 - 23 December 1997 (ceased)
Nepean Herald 23 April 1968 to 20 December 1973 (ceased)
Nepean Times 3 March 1882 to 29 November 1962 (ceased). 
Comprehensive index : 1882-1898; 1930; 1914
Penrith City Star [formerly Penrith District Star and Fairfax Sun] 6 January 1987 + end 1994; 6 January 1998+
Penrith District Star 28 February 1973 - 7 January 1986 (ceased)
Penrith Press 1 September 1952 to 1 December 1956 (incomplete) 1/2/1961 +
Sydney Gazette 5 March 1803 - 20 October 1842
Sydney Morning Herald 18 April 1831 +
The Australian 1 January 1976 - 30 June 1985
Western Weekender 1991 +
Indexes
Sydney Morning Herald 1842-1845                        Microfilm
  1900-1904 (people only)    Microfiche
  1904 - 1918                      Microfilm
  1927-1987                        Microfiche
 
1856 – 1880                      Microfiche
NSW Index to Parliamentary Debates
  18 April 1831 - 30 September 1853 Index to BDM Notices [cdrom]
  Info-Quick (State Library of NSW) 1988+   
Local Papers Penrith City Library Local Index
Sydney Gazette 1803-1829                        Microfilm
  1803-1842 Vol. 1 1803 - 1826 and Vol. 2 1827 - 1842. Comp. by Grace Hendy-Pooley  Microfilm


Please e-mail your comments to Lorraine Stacker
Penrith City Council Library Service
Links last checked: 5 February 2009
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Revised: 7 May 2009

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