DIgital history Workshop

Tim Sherratt ⌘ @wragge

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WHAT IS TROVE?

  • Newspapers & Government Gazettes
  • Digitised books and journals
  • A collection of collections
  • A platform for development

NEWSPAPERS Everywhere (almost)

a variety of languages

Query Results Explanation
white OR australia 40,855,944
white australia 4,971,530 Same as white AND australia
"white australia" 136,327 Search for phrase (with stemming)
text:"white australia" 132,470 Search for phrase (no stemming)
"white australia"~0 130,164 Search for phrase (no extra words)
text:"white australia"~0 126,982 Search for phrase (no extra words and no stemming)

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COLLECTION of collections

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Election speeches in voyant

radio national data

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Digital History Workshop, Hons ANU, 2018

By wragge

Digital History Workshop, Hons ANU, 2018

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