Browsing in Newspapers and Gazettes
Browsing in Newspapers
Browsing newspapers in Trove looks like this:
You can start browsing newspapers here, or read more information about the browsing options below.
Browse by Titles
If you know the title of the publication you are looking for you can browse for it alphabetically. Newspaper’s titles may change depending on the date on which they were published, so you may need to browse for variations of the title.
Browse by Place
Browsing by place will enable you to locate a specific newspaper based on where the publication was offered for sale.
Browse by Date
You can browse or filter your search using a specific date range. Trove organises date ranges by decade, year, month etc. If you are looking for information on a particular event from multiple publications then filtering by date can assist in finding a broad range of related articles.
Browse by Category
Categories are article types such as: ‘Advertising’ or ‘Family notices’. Categories help to refine the browse, search and filter functions in Trove’s Newspaper zone.
Browsing in Gazettes
Browsing in Gazettes looks like this:
You can read more information about each option below.
Browse by Place
Browsing by place will enable you to locate a specific gazette based on where the publication was available.
Browse by Title
If you know the title of the publication you are looking for you can browse for it alphabetically. Gazette’s titles may change depending on the date on which they were published, so you may need to browse for variations of the title. If you are unsure of a gazette’s alternative title click on the view title info (link to below)
Browse by Date
You can browse or filter your search using a specific date range. Trove organises date ranges by decade, year, month etc. If you are looking for information on a particular event from multiple publications then filtering by date can assist in finding a broad range of related articles.
Browse by Issue
Government Gazettes are assigned an issue number within each publication year. If you know the year and issue number you are looking for you can browse by issue.
Browse by Category
Categories are article types such as: ‘Notices’ or ‘Proclamations and Legislation’. Categories help to refine the browse, search and filter functions in Trove’s Gazette zone.
Browse by Index
Each year Government Gazettes collate data for an annual index. If you are looking for a specific individual or Act you can browse the gazette indexes to determine the year and issue in which a notification has been published.
Information about a newspaper
You can access information about a newspaper through the browse panel. Hover your mouse over the newspaper's title and a blue information icon will appear. Click on the icon to open the information panel, to view more information about this title click the ‘View full title information’ button.