French / English language newspaper in Australia

Le Courrier Australien was a bilingual weekly French and English language newspaper that ran from 1892 to 2011. It was the longest running foreign language newspaper in Australia and covered everything from science, trade, literature, fine arts, fashion, the two World Wars, to politics in general. It also carried advertisements and published cartoons. In recent years, the title has been revived and it is now published as an online only newspaper. See their website here.

The National Library of Australia has digitised all of Le Courrier Australien and it is now freely available to search on Trove, their digital library. It is a fantastic resource to find out more about the French / Francophone community in Australian and the commercial and cultural links between France and Australia. 

Below is a YouTube video from the National Library of Australia that explains the history of the newspaper and tells you how to search through it on Trove. 

Video about Le Courrier Australien newspaper from the National Library of Australia.