The Courier 14 May 1861: Courier Mail 14 May 2011

Queensland's first daily,The Courier commenced 14 May 1861. A supplement in today's Courier Mail 14 May 2011 provides from Rod Kirkpatrick a background to its launch together with the first page of the first edition.
You can check the whole edition at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper free Australian newspapers online to 1954.
You can check the titles of what the State Library of Queensland holds on the state's newspapers using the catalogue http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/ Use the name of the place for which you want to find a newspaper and the word, newspapers.
The Library holds an extensive collection of historical papers dating from the 19th Century from Barcaldine to Brisbane; Cairns to Clermont and so on.
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