Ready Reference: Index to the Balmain Observer.

In our Local History collection we hold copies of the Balmain Observer dated from 1884 – 1907 on microfilm. The newspaper is being indexed by one of our wonderfully committed volunteers. Below is a link to the current Index.
balmain-observer-index-1884-89-1902-1907

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Researching the past with local newspapers. .

In the 1990s the Leichhardt Library acquired microfilms of three local newspapers from the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The Balmain Observer spanned 1884-1889 and 1902-1907; the Leichhardt & Petersham Guardian covered 1886-1893 and was superseded by the Standard covering 1893-1897. In 2006 it was discovered that the British Library held a microfilm of the Balmain [...]

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