A brand-new initiative will digitize and open free digital access to 180 years of Australian Jewish newspapers, including more than 200,000 pages from Jewish communities across the continent. The project is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia, the National Library of Israel and the Australian Jewish Historical Society.
The new collection will be accessible and fully searchable from anywhere in the world through Trove, Australia's free online research portal, and the Historical Jewish Press Project, the world's leading digital collection of Jewish newspapers and journals.
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Peter Philippsohn, president of the Australian Jewish Historical Society, said, "The Jewish people have been in Australia since 1788 and, while prominent members of our community, such as Sir John Monash are well known, the history of those who came before him remains largely unknown. From a Jewish community standpoint, these newspapers represent a rich source of contemporary history and to have access to the information for historians, genealogists and interested members of the public is immense."
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
