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
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1950
Page
2
A brisk survey examines calendar systems from Gregorian reform of 1752 to Juliet years. It notes Pope Gregory XIII, Julian day counts, the French Revolutionary 1792 1801 calendar, and lunar Islamic years with 354 days.
Fragmentary OCR text shows names and phrases with unclear context. The readable portion hints at a sports or professional context but lacks coherent details, entities, or a definable event to summarize accurately.
The Victoria Department of Agriculture concludes its aerial spraying against grasshoppers invading north western Victoria from New South Wales. Two aircraft treated swarms across the river and on irrigated pastures, wiping out about 14 000 acres including 9 000 in New South Wales. Heavy activity along the Mud River area near Swan Hill and nearby towns. Two weeks of spraying left no major swarms. most pests destroyed before a second brood could lay eggs. Total cost under 14 000 pounds, praised for protecting state and landholders. Cooperation credited to Civil Aviation, RAAF, Department of Supply and Development, PMG, Ansett rival airlines, and Lands and Survey.
A jumble of holiday trivia notes how Christmas date origins moved from January to December, the first Christmas card in 1844, Silent Night’s 1818 debut, tinsel’s accidental discovery, Christmas seals in 1903, and Santa Claus’s Dutch roots with language variations worldwide.
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.