Trawling through newspapers for snippets is time-consuming, often unproductive, and do you really know what you are looking for?  Did your great-grandfather shine in sporting events, what was grandma's wedding dress like, how would you know Uncle Fred was injured, but not killed, in a coal fall? Is there some hush-hush about a divorce in the remote past? Any number of things?  How would you ever find out?  By using the Snippers'* Indexes in the Society Library, that's how (and they are exclusive to our Society).
The books listed below are fully indexed, unlike many other such indexes the cuttings have been brought together by subject and are there for you to see - no need to go ferreting for the newspaper in another library.  DO HAVE A LOOK AT ...      (*and, of course, the Snippers are still at it !)

 NMH Domestic Notices & Accident Reports 1879-1898 (irreg.) on CD

Available cuttings have been brought together, with  index of over 51,000 entries.
See list below for years & months covered.
CD includes Adobe Acrobat Reader for Windows. Compiled By Snippers for NFHS
CD $27.00 +$3 p&p. Published by Brian Engel, 2004

For description see Latest Publications

A full  list of our current publications, with order details,  is on  NFHS main page.

1879 January-December
  Court Reports   Now on CD
  District Industrial and Mining News
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter
  Newcastle Suburban & Lower Hunter Towns News: Index

1880 January-June
  Court Reports Now on CD
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

1883 July-December
  Court Reports Now on CD
  District News and Mining
  Domestic Notices and Accidents Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

1884 January-June
  Court Reports Now on CD
  District Industrial and Mining News
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

1886 July-December
  Court Reports Now on CD
  District Industrial and Mining News
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Shipping Brevities from Australia and Overseas
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

1889 July-December
  Court Reports Now on CD
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Shipping Brevities from Australia and Overseas
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas
  Newcastle Mining & Industrial News
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports Now on CD
  Newcastle & Local News

1890 January-June
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports Now on CD
  Newcastle & District Court Reports Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas
  Industrial & Mining News
  Newcastle & Local News
  Newcastle Suburban & Lower Hunter Towns News

1890 January-December
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle

1892 January-August
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports Now on CD
  District Court Reports Now on CD
  Shipping Brevities from Australia & Overseas
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas
  Industrial & Mining News
  Newcastle Suburban & Lower Hunter Towns News
  Newcastle & Local News

1894 September-December
  Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Shipping Brevities from Australia & Overseas
  Newcastle & District Sports Results
  Newcastle & District Mining & Industrial News
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas
  Suburban & Lower Hunter Town News, Vols 1, 2, 3
  Newcastle & Local News
  Court Reports  Now on CD
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports Now on CD

1897 May-August
  Court Reports  Now on CD
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports Now on CD
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Suburban and Lower Hunter
  District Sport Reports & Results

1898 January -August
  Industrial & Mining News
  Shipping Brevities – Australia & Overseas
  Miscellaneous News – Australia & Overseas
  Newcastle Local & District News (& Index}
  District Court Reports  Now on CD
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports Now on CD
  District Sport Reports & Results

1909, 1910, 1916
   Index  AH9/72/CD2

1900-1925

  NMH & MM BDM Newspaper Clippings  1900-1925.

1909 May-December
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas

1910 January-August
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports.
  Newcastle News.
  Court Reports.
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas.
  Shipping Arrivals & Departures: Newcastle.
  Shipping Brevities from Australia & Overseas.
  Sports Results & Reports.
  Industrial & Mining News.

1916 July-September
  Court Reports.
  Domestic Notices & Accident reports.
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas.
  Shipping Brevities from Australia & Overseas.
  Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Port of Newcastle.
  Sports Reports & Results.
  Sports Reports & Results.
  Suburban & Hunter News Parts 1 & 2 & Index.
  Suburban & Hunter News.
  Newcastle News.

1919 January-March
  Shipping News Port of Newcastle Jan-March 1919.
  Shipping Brevities from Australia and Overseas Jan-March 1919.
  Suburban & Hunter News Jan-March 1919.
  Suburban & Hunter News Jan-March 1919 Index.
  Industrial & Mining News.
  Court Reports.
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports.
  Sports Results & Reports.
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas.

1922 October-December

  NMH Domestic Notices & Accident Reports 
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas 
  Court News Oct-Dec 1922.
  Shipping News Port of Newcastle Oct-Dec 1922.
  Industrial & Mining News Oct-Dec 1922:.
  NMH Domestic Notices & Accident Reports Oct-Dec 1922.
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas Oct-Dec 1922.
  Sports results & reports. 
  Newcastle News.
  NMH Oct-Dec 1922- Suburban and Hunter News.

1925 Newcastle Sun January-March
  District Court Reports
  Industrial & Mining News
  Shipping Brevities from Australia & Overseas
  Miscellaneous News from Australia & Overseas
  Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Domestic Notices & Accident Reports
  Newcastle News

NEW! 1925 April - June
  Industrial & Mining News,
  Shipping Brevities from Australia & Overseas
  Miscellaneous News: Australia & Overseas
  Domestic Notices &  Accident Reports
  Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Newcastle
  Newcastle News
  Court Reports

1941 November-December
  Court Reports
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

1942 January-December
  Court Reports
  District Education and School News
  District Industrial and Mining News
  Divorce Court Reports
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports
  Local and District Church News
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

1947 January-December
  Court Reports
  District Industrial and Mining News
  Divorce Court Reports
  Domestic Notices and Accident Reports
  Miscellaneous News, Australia and Overseas
  Newcastle and Local
  Shipping Arrivals/Departures, Port of Newcastle
  Sport Results
  Suburban and Lower Hunter

 2006  (Now called the Newcastle Herald)
Domestic Notices Jan-Mar.
Domestic Notices April-June.
Domestic Notices Jul-Sep.

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SHELF LOCATIONS

All the books produced from local newspapers by the Snippers have been given new call numbers beginning with NLP and ending with the year of the newspaper articles in each volume. Now arranged as a special collection, these useful books have been made more accessible by these changes.

Shipping brevities: Australia & overseas                NLP/01/

Miscellaneous news from Australia & overseas     NLP/02/

Domestic Notices & Accident reports                     NLP/03/

Court Reports                                                           NLP/04/

Newcastle News                                                        NLP/05/

Suburban & Hunter News                                        NLP/06/

Industrial & Mining News                                        NLP/07/

Sports Reports & Results                                        NLP/08/

Shipping Arrivals & departures: Newcastle*          NLP/09/

    * Cuttings in this category are chronological but not indexed.

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