Heritage

Microfilm

Bundaberg Regional Libraries (Bundaberg branch) holds microfilm copies of some local newspapers.

  • The collection is not indexed (ie, cannot be searched by keyword. A date, or approximate date, is essential).
  • We do not have a complete archive of every issue of every local paper. Some dates, months, years, within our collection may be absent. Where known the dates that are missing have been noted here.
  • We have exactly the same copies as held by the State Library of Queensland and the National Library of Australia.
  • Printing is available at cost.

Book Microfilm

Digitised newspapers:

  • Bundaberg News Mail online archive - recent editions may be available in one or more databases under the 'News' subject heading via the State Library of Queensland's eResources. 
  • Other Australian newspapers (historic) via Trove.
  • Currently, Bundaberg newspapers from approx. 1892 to approx. 1925 may be found on Trove.
Newspaper Holdings
Burnett Argus (Gayndah) 28 Apr 1862 - 24 Nov 1866
5 Jan 1867 - 6 Nov 1869
Mt Perry Mail (Burnett, Wide Bay & Bundaberg Advertiser) 25 Jan 1872 - 30 Dec 1875
Bundaberg Star & Burnett River Times 7 Jan 1875 - 27 Dec 1879
Bundaberg & Mt Perry Mail & General Advertiser

17 Feb 1876 - 26 Dec 1879
16 Jan 1885 - 9 Dec 1892
Missing: 1 Feb 1878 - 23 Jan 1880; 20 Jan 1882 - 16 Feb 1883
The Bundaberg Mail & Burnett Advertiser 12 Dec 1892 - 30 Jun 1925
Missing: 1906; Jul-Dec 1919; Jul-Dec 1924
Bundaberg Star 1 Jan 1895 - 29 Jun 1895
The Queensland Sportsman 2 Oct 1896 - 29 Dec 1900
Bundaberg Daily News 30 Nov 1907 - 31 Jul 1925
Missing: Oct-Dec 1912; Oct-Dec 1913; 1914; Jan-Mar 1915; Apr-Jun 1923; Apr-Sep 1924
Bundaberg Daily News & Mail 1 Aug 1925 - 14 Nov 1942
Missing: Oct-Dec 1925; Jan-Mar 1927; Oct-Dec 1928; Jan-Feb 1934; Jul-Sep 1934
Bundaberg Daily Times 1 Jan 1930 - 12 Feb 1938
Missing: Apr-Jun 1928
Bundaberg News Mail 16 Nov 1942 - Present day (up to 6 months lag time)
Missing: Jul-Sep 1955; Jan-Mar 1956
The Drum 5 May 1977 - 27 Dec 1979
1 Jan 1981 - 14 Jul 1993
Isis Town & Country 20 Oct 1988 - 21 Dec 1995
The Guardian 19 Jul 1993 - 30 Jun 1999
5 Jan 2000 - 26 Dec 2001