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Our libraries have vast newspaper collections, featuring Sydney's titles plus others from around New South Wales, Australia and the world. The list below shows which titles you'll find at which branch.

Many titles are also available online – you can search through newspaper databases using the library's login details. Members can access some of the databases from anywhere (for example, work or home) while others can only be accessed from a library branch.

Customs House Library

This branch has the largest newspaper collection of any public library in Australia. Each title listed is archived and kept for 4 weeks, unless otherwise stated.

Sydney

  • Daily Telegraph (8 weeks)
  • Sunday Telegraph (16 weeks)
  • Sydney Morning Herald (8 weeks, daily / 16 weeks, weekend edition)
  • Sunday Herald (16 weeks)

New South Wales

  • Newcastle Herald (8 weeks)
  • Illawarra Mercury (8 weeks)

Interstate

  • The Advertiser and The Sunday Mail (Adelaide, SA)
  • The Age (Melbourne, VIC)
  • Canberra Times (ACT)
  • Courier Mail (Brisbane, QLD)
  • Herald Sun (Melbourne, VIC)
  • Mackay Daily Mercury (QLD)
  • The Mercury (Hobart, TAS)
  • Northern Territory News (Darwin, NT)
  • Sunday Times (Perth, WA)
  • Townsville Bulletin (QLD)

National

(archived for 8 weeks)

  • Australian Chinese Daily 澳洲新報
  • The Australian
  • The Australian Financial Review
  • The Land
  • The National Indigenous Times

International

  • Al-Quds Al-Arabi (Arabic, London, UK)
  • Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
  • Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
  • Bangkok Post (Thailand, in English)
  • Chosun Ibo (Korea)
  • The Copenhagen Post (Denmark, no back-issues)
  • Corriere Della Sera (Italy)
  • Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)
  • El País (Spain)
  • Fiji Times
  • The Financial Times (Hong Kong)
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)
  • The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada)
  • The Guardian (London, UK)
  • Hoju Dong-Ailbo (Korea)
  • International Herald Tribune
  • Irish Times
  • Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
  • The Japan Times (in English)
  • Le Monde (France)
  • Los Angeles Sunday Times (USA)
  • New Straits Times (Malaysia)
  • New York Times (USA)
  • New Zealand Herald
  • Papua New Guinea Post Courier
  • Philippines Daily Inquirer
  • The Press (Christchurch, NZ)
  • South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
  • The Star (South Africa)
  • The Straits Times (Singapore)
  • The Times (London, UK)
  • The Times of India
  • Wall Street Journal (USA)

Glebe Library

Archive: 7 days unless stated otherwise

  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • The Australian
  • The Glebe (1 year)

Green Square Library

Archive: 7 days

  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Daily Telegraph
  • Financial Review
  • The Greek Herald Ελληνικός Κήρυκας
  • Sing Tao Daily 星島日報

Haymarket Library

Archive: 3 weeks unless stated otherwise

  • Apple Daily (Hong Kong) 蘋果日報
  • Australian Chinese Daily 澳洲新報 (1 year)
  • Australian New Express Daily 澳洲新快報 (1 year)
  • The Australian Financial Review
  • Chieu Duong (Vietnamese daily)
  • Daily Chinese Herald 澳洲日報 (1 year)
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • Hong Kong Economic Journal 信報-財經新聞 (4 weeks)
  • Ming Pao 明報
  • People's Daily Overseas Edition 人民日報 海外版
  • Sing Tao 星島日報 (1 year)
  • South China Morning Post (Saturday edition only, 3 weeks)
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Ta Kung Pao 大公報

Kings Cross Library

Archive: 2 weeks unless stated otherwise

  • The Australian
  • The Australian Financial Review
  • Australian Senior
  • The Australian Jewish Times (4 weeks)
  • Catholic Weekly (4 weeks)
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • The Sun Herald
  • The Sunday Telegraph
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sydney Star Observer (4 weeks)
  • Wentworth Courier (4 weeks)

Newtown Library

Archive: 2 weeks

  • The Australian
  • The Australian Financial Review
The Koori Mail
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • The Sun Herald
  • The Sunday Telegraph
  • Sydney Morning Herald

Surry Hills Library

Archive: 2 weeks unless stated otherwise

  • Argumenty i fakty (Russian, 4 months)
  • Australian Chinese Daily 澳洲新報 (1 month)
  • The Australian Financial Review
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • Gorizont (Russian, 4 months)
  • The Sunday Telegraph
  • The Spanish Herald
  • Sydney Morning Herald

Town Hall Link

Current copy only

  • The Australian
  • The Australian Financial Review
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • The Sunday Telegraph
  • Sydney Morning Herald

Ultimo Library

Archive: 2 weeks

  • The Australian
  • Australian Chinese Daily 澳洲新報
  • Australian New Express Daily 澳洲新快報
  • The Australian Financial Review
  • Daily Chinese Herald 澳洲日報
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • Sing Tao Daily 星島日報
  • The Sun Herald
  • The Sunday Telegraph
  • Sydney Morning Herald

Waterloo Library

Archive: 2 weeks unless stated otherwise

  • Argumenty i fakty (Russian, 8 weeks)
  • The Australian
Chieu Duong (Vietnamese daily, 4 weeks)
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • Gorizont (Russian, 8 weeks)
  • Koori Mail (6 months)
  • National Indigenous Times (6 months)
  • Sing Tao 星島日報 (4 weeks)
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sun Herald
  • Viet-Luan (Vietnamese, 4 weeks)

Last updated: Friday, 24 May 2013