One of the incentives for some readers of science fiction is the opportunity to imagine a universe of alien civilizations – conceive in their mind’s eye many intelligent beings with completely different body forms, cultures, worlds, inventions and maybe even compatible food and drink sensations. It is the impetus for […]
Category: Australian Newspapers History
The First Appearance of the Word Scientist in an Australian Newspaper
You may not be aware that ‘scientist’ is a made up word. It was created by the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, England in 1834 by William Whewell as a combination of scientia (latin for knowledge) and artist to describe a cultivator of science. Generally, it takes a generation before […]
List of Australian Newspapers and Gazettes 1832-2024
The best list online is available at Trove here. It not only lists all newspaper mastheads ever published in Australia but also shows which ones have been digitised by the Trove team, and what years. What’s not so useful about this list is that it doesn’t show the total number […]
