Trove has helped me uncover the story of why, in 1890, the son of a Ship’s Captain came to be enrolled at Eltham Primary School, a long way from the sea.
- Irene - YPRL member
Trove is a free resource managed by the National Library of Australia and has become an essential part of any researcher’s toolkit – novice and professional alike. It is archived websites, people and organisations, music, audio and video, diaries, letters and archives, images, maps and artifacts, magazines and letters, books and libraries and digitised Australian (and some international and languages other than English) newspapers and gazettes! New content is added daily. Over 70,000 people use it daily. Trove is especially loved by many for its digitised historical newspapers.
Residents in YPRL’s region are fortunate to be well covered by historical newspapers for our area. YPRL staff recently assisted a patron to find the name of her teacher at Ivanhoe East State School in 1949.
Local papers include;
- Evelyn Observer, and South and East Bourke Record, 1882 - 1902
- Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record, 1902-1917
- Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle, 1914-1916
- Heidelberg News and Greensborough, Eltham and Diamond Creek Chronicle, 1916-1918
- Eltham and Whittlesea Shire Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate, 1917-1922
- Advertiser (Hurstbridge), 1922-1939
- Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser, 1940-1942
- As well as other broader titles:
- The Argus, 1848-1957
- The Australasian, 1864-1946
- The Australian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil, 1873-1889
- The Herald, 1861 - 1954
- The Weekly Times, 1869-1954
- The Australian Women's Weekly, 1933-1982
The technology used behind the Trove interface to search and access newspapers is world class. Similar international resources for newspapers include Chronicling America (Library of Congress, USA), Papers Past (New Zealand) and British Newspapers Archive (British Library – YPRL members access the library edition in the library) and others.
Other collections accessible via Trove include:
Hazel de Berg Oral History collection, a pioneer in the field in Australia and more than 200,000 records from ABC Radio National Programs.
What else can you use Trove for?
*Research photographs
*Identify news clippings
*Organise research
*Collaborate with others
*Use clues found in Trove to expand research
*Find Books
*Discover unknown stories
*Give back by correcting text, adding tags and sharing lists
If you are a regular user of Trove, creating an account is a small step in showing your support.
Trove needs funds to continue to develop and add content. There are still many newspaper titles and date ranges which are not accessible including the WW2 years. The Federal Government’s recently announced their new National Cultural Policy.
Funding for Trove is set to expire in July 2023. YPRL member Irene's experience with Trove was recently highlighted by The Age: Australia's cultural treasure Trove hangs in the balance.
YPRL stands up for Trove.
