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 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
9
A historical proposal imagines a large scale national relay across Australia to greet the King, Queen, and Princess. Three divisions cycling motor vehicles and cars would carry scrolls from Cairns to Canberra, Darwin to Canberra, and Perth to Canberra, aiming to showcase military efficiency and public goodwill during the royal visit.
A Brussels paper La Nation Belge asserts that the Duke of Edinburgh has Belgian roots via the first Princess of Battenberg daughter of Count Hauke a Polish general and minister. It notes Hauke born Van Taeke and a Flemish artillery officer who later altered his name. The Van Haeke family crest shows a hood or haeke and traces to Ghent.
notes on production changes for the Helen Simpson adaptation with Alfred Hitchcock directing The Rope style filming and on location shoots in California. Ingrid Bergman in London, Joseph Cotten joining, and other Hollywood figures linked to projects and adoptions from Evanston Cradle are mentioned.
A jumble of multiple choice prompts covers topics from politics and film to exploration and language. It asks who announced a Republican candidate Harold Stassen or Dewey, Jolson actors, Mongol ruler, mesa meaning, exiguous versus grand words, Rhett Butler, animal intelligence, Pacific discovery, Washington DC meaning, violin strings, and ends with garbled text and strings.
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.