Australian Newspapers Beta is a free online service that enables full-text searching of newspaper articles. This will include newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, when copyright applies. The first Australian newspaper, published in Sydney in 1803, is included in the Program. The Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program has developed a strong community of users who have corrected over 2 million lines of electronic text in over 100,000 articles. National Library of Australia, March 2009.