Mt Evelyn in Newspapers

What could you expect to find about your Mt Evelyn family in the newspapers?

Notices, reports, photos about:
   Births, Deaths, Marriages     Funerals    Obituaries     Achievements
   Awards    Court Cases   Clearing Sales    Coroner's Inquests    Accidents
   Nick names- eg although named William Stanley Jones, everyone called him Stan, not Bill.

A: On-line Digitised Newspapers

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic. : 1908 - 1949) Evelyn Observer, and South and East Bourke Record (Vic. : 1882 - 1902) Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. : 1900 - 1942) Healesville Guardian (Lilydale, Vic. : 1942 - 1954) Healesville Guardian (Lilydale, Vic. : 1942 - 1954) Ringwood and Croydon Chronicle (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889) The Lilydale Express (Vic. : 1914 - 1918)

Hint: Use the Advanced Search to seek information about your families.  Begin with typing your request into "The phrase" then select the date, paper(s) etc appropriate to your need.  http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y

    Simple Search of Trove
    eg Type in  Mt Evelyn 1940 and press Go
    
Old copies of The Age Newspaper can be read on-line - Google Search Service
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19810211&b_mode=2&hl=en

Current On-line Versions of Newspapers - Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader: leader.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

B: Libraries

State Library of Victoria 

The Argus  (Jun 1846 - Jan 1957)  Microfilm

Lilydale Express  (30 Jun 1886 - 24 Jun 1965)    Microfilm 

Lilydale Mail  (10 Jan 1929 - 30 Aug 1929 )  Microfilm

Guide to Newspapers on Microfilm
Newspapers in neighbouring areas on microfilm.

Ferntree Gully News	1923 - 1947
Mountaineer (Ferntree Gully)	1920 - 1921
Pilot (Ferntree Gully)	1921 - 1922
Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian	1893 - 1930	1948 - 1964
Healesville and Yarra Glen Standard	1909 - 1911

C: Historical Societies
Lilydale Historical Society  

Has digital copies of the Lilydale Express from 1886 to 1965 and bound copies through to the present time. It costs $15 an hour for people to come in and do research and bookings are essential. 

Mt Evelyn History Group webpage -  www.mt-evelyn.net/Community-Groups/Mt-Evelyn-History-Group.aspx