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History Matters: The Birth & Rebirth of The Sun News-Pictorial

Launched in September 1922, Melbourne's The Sun News-Pictorial forever changed newspapers in Australia.

But for decades this historic publication has been difficult to access and to search because it's only available in a handful of physical microfilm catalogues. Now we have a chance to liberate this extraordinary Melbourne daily tabloid and give everyone free digital access in perpetuity via the National Library of Australia's Trove database.

In this "History Matters" episode, I'm joined by the State Library of Victoria's Paul Dee to hear more about this exciting project. I also sample how…

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