SMH Archives 1955-1995

We have just subscribed to the SMH archives 1955-1995. The afternoon editions have been digitised. It includes stories, images, advertisments, including classifieds – the whole newspaper. There is a very useful FAQ section and search tips, which should answer most questions that you may have about the site. We have a single user licence. This means that only one person at a time can be logged in. You can search without being logged in, but you cannot access the articles. Ask at your local library branch for access.

Historical Facts

Information Services will continue to use this space to inform you of new local history acquisitions, such as photographs and artifacts, as they are donated to the library and become publicly accessible. We hope to combine these pictures with their interesting back stories. Alternatively, we may provide you with a quirky anecdote relating to any one of the Lake's various suburbs in information sourced from one of our various clippings files, oral history recordings or books authored by local historians.

Most recently a former Swansea resident kindly allowed us to copy pictures originally taken in the 1940s of her family's bakery, which used to be located on the Pacific Highway at Swansea -

Hardy's Bakery, Swansea c.1940

Historic Photos -Online and Hardcopy Available Now

Lake Macquarie City Library is continually collecting photographs and stories from staff and residents with the aim of providing a tangible point of reference to anyone with an interest in the history of the local area. Currently we have more than 6000 historical photographs, the digital versions can be accessed at anytime by following this link:

http://www.lakemac.com.au/pagephoto.aspx?tmpt=search&pid=481&vid=1


If you believe the descriptions accompanying the photographs are either incorrect or incomplete, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can even take this one step further and perhaps consider directly adding a 'tag' or subject heading to the description. The library can also supply reproductions of photographs at a resolution of 300 ppi per image, the cost being $10 per image for individuals, higher for commerical interests.



Removing tank traps at Belmont South, at the end of WW2 (1945) .
Photograph donated by Clive Read.