This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reads like a political notice or campaign block with names such as Marshall, Sukwon, Denve, VarKawonga, Wij Viet Tuntan, and Waty. Mentions a hotel, cocoa, and events on Monday with unclear dates. Entities are partially legible but many could be misread.
Fragmented OCR notes list District Bakery and numerous local names, places, and items. The jumbled text references stores in Huegh and Wilton, various individuals, possible events, and scattered product mentions without a clear single event or date.
A garbled 19th or early 20th century rural account describes farming life and dangerous events. It recalls plowing, field work, and methods used to prevent or confront accidents and disease, mentioning workers, producers, and neighbors in a tightly paced local scene.
A St Patrick's Day sports meeting at St Joseph's School hall drew a good crowd to organize a program for a March 16 event. President M H Wiodley chaired, with Laskings and Valvony pushing to secure ground use from the Agricultural Society and to set a 10 shilling gate fee. The program lists events and prizes, including running, jumping, tilting at the ring, and several horse and foot races, with officials and judges named and a plan for a public holiday on the event day.
An old Riverina homestead near Faithfulls Creek, tied to the 19th century Kelly gang era, is described along with the owners and handlers. It recalls Ned Kelly’s bank raid, the station, its jail-like store, and the eventual wartime enlistment of the owner’s son while the father remains in aging support roles. The piece closes with a note on the Premier Bowser’s stance on shire deputations.
A wartime narrative follows a sergeant and troops as they endure nightly air raids in London while describing theater crowds, hotel bomb damage, and the psychological impact. The account notes sugar rationing, transport changes, and the resilience of civilians amid blackout, with observations from Scotland and Australia House. It also reports hospital injuries, a mortgage-era debt settlement, and rabbit control and employment plans for widows tied to naval stores.
A thief entered Mr F L Daun’s Beechworth premises and stole a gold chain, four notes, and a pound’s worth of silver. Shire official W H Maddock missed a council meeting due to severe illness. his family also fell ill after a Sunday meal but recovered. Dookie and Baldock areas discuss culvert and road works with new route considerations and bridge repairs. Court at Euroa fines C V M Arthur for thistles. local residents volunteer for King and Ongo ty roles. Obituaries note Mrs Spears’s death at 84 after emigrating in 1836 and long local ties.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.