Australian Newspaper (The Daily News)
Australian newspaper archive
History
The Daily News was Perth's afternoon tabloid, published from 1882 until 1990. It served as Western Australia's popular alternative to the morning broadsheet The West Australian, offering a brisker, more accessible style aimed at a broad working readership. The paper covered local Perth news, state affairs, sport, and human interest stories with a tabloid energy that often gave prominent play to unusual events.
The archive's clippings span 1947 to 1955, covering the exact period when the modern UFO phenomenon arrived in Western Australia. Perth and the vast Western Australian interior generated numerous sighting reports during the early 1950s wave. The state's isolation, clear skies, and proximity to weapons testing ranges at Woomera (across the South Australian border) gave its sighting reports a distinctive character.
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67 articles catalogued, grouped by issue
