Australian Newspaper (The Canberra Times)

History

The Canberra Times began publication in 1926 as the daily newspaper of Australia's national capital. Situated in the Australian Capital Territory, it served the city's large population of public servants, defence personnel, diplomats, and parliamentarians. The paper covered both local ACT affairs and national politics with a seriousness befitting its readership base.

The archive holds clippings from 1932 to 1995, making this one of the longest-spanning collections in the Australian newspaper holdings. This range covers the pre-war mystery airship era, the post-1947 flying saucer wave, the 1950s peak of RAAF investigations, the 1960s and 1970s sighting surges, and the eventual winding down of official Australian government interest in the 1980s and early 1990s.