Australian Newspaper (The Courier-Mail)

History

The Courier-Mail formed in 1933 from the merger of Brisbane's The Courier and The Daily Mail, becoming Queensland's dominant metropolitan daily. Published in Brisbane, it served as the newspaper of record for the state's capital and exerted editorial influence across Queensland. The paper covered state politics, regional affairs, and national news for a broad readership.

The archive holds clippings from 1946 to 1954, beginning just before the Kenneth Arnold sighting launched the modern UFO era and continuing through the peak of Australia's flying saucer wave. Queensland experienced concentrated sighting activity during this period, particularly along the coastal corridor from Brisbane to Cairns. The Courier-Mail covered both local Queensland reports and the wider national and international debate about unidentified aerial objects.