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"heading" : "MR. WRAGGE'S \"WRAGGE.\"",
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"title" : {
"id" : "64",
"title" : "Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915)"
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"date" : "1902-07-15",
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"snippet" : "Mr. Wragge is going to issue a \"Wragge.\" This is the title of his paper to be, as Mr. Wragge, having weathered Sproule, Drake and other extraordinarily named storms on",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> MR. WRAGGE'S \"WRAGGE.\" </span></p> <p><span> Mr. Wragge is going to issue a \"Wragge.\" </span><span> This is the title of his paper to be, as Mr. </span><span> Wragge, having weathered Sproule, Drake </span><span> and other extraordinarily named storms on </span><span> the coast, is going to trust to the sea of </span><span> journalism and seek to weather the storms </span><span> there. Hence, the tables are somewhat </span><span> turned, as the people who belong to that ;</span></p> <p><span> craft now can issue a forecast themselves :- </span></p> <p><span> Dirty weather in the composing room. A </span><span> breeze between Foreman and Machinist.</span><span> Squalls with \"Devil\" much in evidence,</span><span> and Editor reminded that his villainously</span><span> bad hand-writing puts up expenses twenty</span><span> per cent. Contributors warned to keep off</span><span> the step. Note-Much upset by the delay</span><span> of the Department in delivering wire</span><span> relating to pugilistic encounter between</span><span> Boreas and Father Neptune.</span></p> <p><span> To be serious, why \" Wragge,\" and where</span><span> the room for a newspaper dealing with such</span><span> a dry subject as weather? Is the \" Wragge\"</span><span> out ; give me a copy of the \" Wragge ;\" just</span><span> off the press-a wet Wragge, etc.- -are terms</span><span> which will become popular among the jokers</span><span> who have nothing more to do than dissect</span><span> their neighbors' names. Also, they are likely</span><span> to be about the only thing connected with</span></p> <p><span> Wraggé's \"Wragge\" that will last. </span></p> "
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"id" : "217926119",
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"heading" : "'Wragge' on Wragge.",
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"title" : {
"id" : "902",
"title" : "Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (NSW : 1874 - 1908)"
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"date" : "1902-12-12",
"page" : "6",
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"snippet" : "IN his weekly paper 'Wragge,' Mr. Clement Wragge on Thursday last prints the following, saying he gives it without any comment whatever: \"The Australian drought exists because this world",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> '.Wratr go' on Wraggo.</span></p> <p><span> ' lNr his, weokly papcr VWraggo,. Mr. Clcniont</span><span> Wraggo on Thursday luetprints tho following,' say- -</span><span> ing ho -gives it: witliout any'.comtnent Whatovor :</span><span> u The Australian drought oxist'3 bccausotliis world:</span></p> <p><span> is, cut-off' fronr the heavenly' planets1 by a strong,</span><span> : .force.: In thohtni03phero thoro is, -Bri to apeak, a'</span><span> war rainong tho cfomorite j the :carth;muat;suffer.</span><span> Thqeo'disturbarices will not : take placo again for</span><span> many y ears. - - 'A bo vo your beads tlio planets hri? all</span><span> undergoihgia great ohqngo. - This stato has been</span><span> islowly but' surely tconiing on - this , planot \" called</span><span> earth,; and slowly .but surely .it is ' passing away. .</span><span> rAftor this year the lioavons'shall bo open and tlieri</span><span> this' planet shall receivo heavy rains and likely</span><span> floods. TSigne'd)-Profodsbb K;!! h/i . V</span></p> "
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"id" : "193580452",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/193580452",
"heading" : "WRAGGE.",
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"title" : {
"id" : "1006",
"title" : "Manilla Express (NSW : 1899 - 1954)"
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"date" : "1903-06-03",
"page" : "3",
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"snippet" : "ANOTHER fixture for busy June. Mr. Clement Wragge has secured the local Mechanics' Institute for Monday night next, Line 8, when he will deliver",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> \"WRAGGE. \" .</span></p> <p><span> I Another fixture for busy June. Mr.</span><span> Clement Wrngge has secured the local</span><span> Mechanics' Institute for Monday night</span><span> next, .Line 8, when he will deliver</span><span> one of his educational entertainments..</span></p> <p><span> Tlmstfbject for the evening will he —</span><span> VJCCoyago through tho Universe\" ;</span><span> tipjriint Paris IpI escape nnd, the</span><span> :oon ; when good seasons will come;</span><span> d a qieep at Kosciusko, illustrate</span><span> mfghout with magnificent pictures,</span><span> 'eh- have never been seen in these</span><span> s before. Mr. Wrngge line fillod</span><span> ge a place -in the imaginations</span><span> alians in his \" wua-th'er fore-</span><span> it the present opportunity of</span><span> u in person will no doubt</span><span> availed of.</span></p> "
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"id" : "75967490",
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"heading" : "Wragge.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "188",
"title" : "The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1894 - 1954)"
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"date" : "1903-04-22",
"page" : "2",
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"snippet" : "THERE is surely no name better known to the average Australian than that of \"Wragge.\" Everyone feels an interest in what \"Old Wragge\" has to say",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> Wragge:</span></p> <p><span> THERE is surely no name better known</span><span> to die average Australian than that of</span><span> \" Wragge.\" Everyone feels an interest</span><span> in what \"Old Wragge\" has to nay</span><span> aboat that all-absorbing topic-the</span><span> weather; and not only is Mr. Clement</span><span> Wragge'b name a household word</span><span> throaghoot Australia, it is honoured in</span><span> scientific circles in every country in (he</span><span> world. A visit, therefore, from such an</span><span> eminent meteorologist is an event for</span><span> Dubbo, and it can only have been owing</span><span> to the shortness of the notice that the</span><span> attendance at his lectares on Friday</span><span> and Saturday last was meagre. Of at</span><span> tractive personality, Ur. Wragge quickly</span><span> gets into touch with his audiences, and</span><span> carries them sympathetically with him i»</span><span> his \"Voyage through the Universe.\"</span><span> His enthnsiasm is touching to witness;</span></p> <p><span> and his eager scrutiny of the wonderful</span><span> pictures he throws on tbe screen, just</span><span> as though he had not seen them hun</span><span> dreds of times before, shows how</span><span> thoroughly be is wrapped np in .his</span><span> science. While his descriptions of the</span><span> marvels of the universe are naturally</span><span> conched in noble language befitting the</span><span> sabject, Mr. Wragge occasionally drops</span><span> in a gleam of qaaint humour which</span><span> serves to brighten the lecture ; and the</span><span> two hours during which he discourses</span><span> pass nil too quickly away. Interspersed</span><span> with his vivid word-painting of ran</span><span> storms, \" tbe birth of euns,\" and other</span><span> marvels of the infinite, are strewn real</span><span> pearls in morality, religion, and philos</span><span> ophy, conveyed in such a way that they</span><span> sink into tbe mind, and benefit the</span><span> hearer who ponders on them. An in</span><span> tense lover of Nature in *11 its varied</span><span> -forms, Wragge enthusiastically points</span><span> out the beauties contained in the most</span><span> widely diversified objects ; he can see tbe</span><span> wondrous work of the Great Architect as</span><span> well in the tiniest flower a* in tbe making</span><span> of tbe sun, and helps his audienoes to</span><span> eee it also. After a talk with Wragge</span><span> -forit is more of a friendly talk than a</span><span> lecture-one comes away with a profound</span><span> impression of tbe immensity of the un</span><span> known world of Space, and a conviction</span><span> that the petty worries of fragile human</span><span> ity are of little moment in the great</span><span> echeme of Nature. Mr. Wragge's great</span><span> mission in life is to perfect the knowledge</span><span> of meteorology, one of the most useful of</span><span> sciences, seeing that by its aid its stu</span><span> dents will in time be able to forecast with</span><span> accuracy the seasons, many years in</span><span> advance, and so benefit humanity at</span><span> large; and it is a pity that the Gobi</span><span> monwealth oaunot-or does not-make</span><span> suoh provision as would enable this</span><span> scientist to cairy on his work untram</span><span> melled by the difficulties of \" making</span><span> ends meet.\"</span></p> <p><span> In regard to the Great Drought, it is</span><span> interesting to note that Mr. Wragge's</span><span> theory as to its cause in some measure</span><span> coincides with that of Mr. Bnssell</span><span> that it is connected with tbe declinations</span><span> of tbe moon; but Wragge goes further</span><span> still, and traces a connection between the</span><span> drought and the Btorms in the sun,</span><span> pointing ont that when these are at com</span><span> parative rest, droughts, eruptions and</span><span> earthquakes occur on this earth, Mr.</span><span> Wragge holds (hat the drought is</span><span> now breaking; that (here will be good</span><span> rain this year, more next year, and more</span><span> still the following year; that there will</span><span> be a succession of good seasons until</span><span> 1911, when the son's minimum of activity</span><span> will again oocur, and another drought</span></p> <p><span> will set in.</span></p> <p><span> Our space will not allow of a detailed</span><span> report of Mr. Wiagge's lectures*, bnt</span><span> we may refer to (hose points which are</span><span> of more special interest. On Friday</span><span> night, after an outburst of loyalty, be</span><span> took his bearers through the illimitable</span><span> realms of spaoe, dealing in a' familiar</span><span> way with sun-spots, sun-stormB, eclipses,</span><span> and other phenomena, and gave interest</span><span> ing facts abont the moon, tbe whole</span><span> being illustrated by a rapidly changing</span><span> series of pictures, thrown on a screen by</span><span> means of a powerful acety line lamp. He</span><span> described the *' colour zones,\" showing</span><span> how nature had arranged that the popu</span><span> lation of the earth should be black at the</span><span> broadest and .hottest portion of its cir</span><span> cumference, and thence gradually lighten</span><span> ing as the latitude increased north or</span><span> south; from this he drew the conclusion</span><span> that a \"white Australia is impossible</span><span> and absurd,\" the northern portion of our</span><span> continent being within the darkest zone.</span><span> Mr. Wragge dwelt strongly on the neces</span><span> sity for water conservation-be suggested</span><span> that we should pray for sense to teach us</span><span> how to save the rain that was sent dur</span><span> ing the years of the sun's \" maximum.''</span><span> \" Let us work and think more-use oar</span><span> brains \"-«nd we will be able to tide over</span><span> the years of drought caused by , the</span><span> recurring solar \" minimum.\"</span></p> <p><span> On Saturday evening Mr. Wragge</span><span> devoted his lecture largely to a descrip</span><span> tion of the various scientific instruments</span><span> used in meteorology, and explained the</span><span> many uses to whiob the soience conld be</span><span> applied-warning ships of dangerous</span><span> storms, foretelling rain, etc. He ex</span><span> plained his method -of collecting reports</span><span> from all parts of Australasia, by which</span><span> he was able to forecast the approach of</span><span> cyclones-low-pressure Eones ; anticy</span><span> clones-high-pressure eones; and ant</span><span> arctic disturbances-inverted V-shaped</span><span> storms. He also described the construc</span><span> tion and uses of (he rain guage, and (he</span><span> origin of duststorms. He strongly de</span><span> nounced the \"insane ringbarking\"that</span><span> was carried on, pointing out that for</span><span> ests promote rainfall, and advocating</span><span> the appointment of a Federal Conser</span><span> vator of Forests. Mr. Wragge spoke</span><span> with intense earnestness «n the subject</span><span> of water conservation and irrigation,</span><span> saying the whole climate of the west could</span><span> be changed by these means. The State</span><span> shoiild dam our rivers, and ose every</span><span> e&ort to utilise the immense volumes of</span><span> water that now ran to waste. He</span><span> painted in vivid langnage a dream in</span><span> winch he thought tbe Mormons had</span><span> settled at Onnnamulla, and had made</span><span> (hat desert a paradise by means of</span><span> irrigation, just as they had converted</span><span> the arid wastes around 8alt Lake City</span><span> into fertile fields. In oonclu ing, Mr.</span><span> Wragge claimed that tbs fonoMti inrnd</span></p> <p><span> by his weather bureau were correct op</span><span> to 99 per cent., and of his predictions of |</span><span> approaching cjolooio diets rb&ocea, 95</span><span> per cent, were aooarate. Mr. Wra*tge</span><span> annoanoed that be would probably re-|</span><span> visit Dabbo ia a few week*. |</span></p> "
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"heading" : "WRAGGE.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "356",
"title" : "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954)"
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"date" : "1902-04-10",
"page" : "4",
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"snippet" : "Mr. Clement L. Wragge, the far famed weather prophet is on a visit to Newcastle, and will lecture to-night and to-morrow in the Victoria Theatre. No man",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> WA- GWEAsre..</span><span> Mr. Clement L. Wragge. the far-famed</span><span> weathcr prophet is en a visit to New</span><span> castle, andtwill lecture to-niglit and to</span><span> morrow lnutho Viotoria Theatre. No man</span><span> baa a greater stare of Informataon or a</span><span> happier knuck of.popularlonigsclnce. Mr.</span><span> Wraggo is at present returnlng from the</span><span> top or Koscnlusao. andin lecturing under tilo</span><span> auspices of tho Ausntrlian Church. When</span><span> Ianst lecturing for the Rev. D. Fraser, he</span><span> was on bis way to the Paris Exhibitlon.</span><span> To-night he will display some of its mar</span><span> vels, espcilally tlhe marvels of the</span><span> heavens, an seen througi its great tele</span><span> scope. The pictures are all new and ths</span><span> same as were used by tho distingulshed</span><span> lecturer at the Imperial Institute. Los</span><span> don. During his slay In Newcastle Mr.</span><span> Wraggo will be the goeot of the Rev. D.</span><span> mraser.</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "70068753",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/70068753",
"heading" : "'WRAGGE.'",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "202",
"title" : "The Sunbury News (Vic. : 1900 - 1927"
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"date" : "1903-02-07",
"page" : "4",
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"snippet" : "We have received a copy of the above which is a journal devoted chiefly to the science of meteorology. It is owned and conducted by Mr. Clement",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> 'WRAGGE' - we have received a copy</span><span> of the above, which is a journal devoted</span><span> chiefly to the science of meteorology. It</span><span> is owned and conducted by Mr. Clement</span><span> Wragge.</span><span> </span></p> "
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"id" : "258166628",
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"heading" : "Wragge.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "1586",
"title" : "The Nowra Colonist (NSW : 1892; 1899 - 1904)"
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"date" : "1903-05-13",
"page" : "2",
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"snippet" : "Nowra is to he favored with a visit from Australia’s greatest meteorological scientist and astronomer, Mr Clement I. Wragge, who will give one of his educational",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> Wragge.</span></p> <p><span> Nowra is to he favored with a visit from</span><span> Australia's greatest meteorological scientist</span><span> and astronomer, Mr Clement L Wragge,</span><span> who will give one of his educational entertainments</span><span> in the School of Art* ball on</span><span> Friday evening next, 15th. The suhjeut for</span><span> thfe evening will tie \" A Voyage Through</span><span> tbe UniverBe.\" The ereat Paris telescope</span><span> and the moon, fto., will lie illustrated with</span><span> magnificeut pictures, most of which have</span><span> never been seen in the States before. Mr</span><span> Viagiic has tilled so large a plaoe in tbe</span><span> imagination of Australians in his weather</span><span> forecasts, possessing almost miraculous</span><span> powers, that the opportunity of viewing</span><span> him \" in person \" will no doubt be largely</span><span> availed ot</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "221344169",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/221344169",
"heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "1177",
"title" : "Crookwell Gazette (NSW : 1885 - 1954)"
},
"date" : "1903-12-01",
"page" : "2",
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"snippet" : "ON page 4 of this issue we publish a sketch under the above bonding. Unfortunately the second [?]lumn of this was Dot submitted to the proof rea[?]er",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221344169?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> \"WRAGGE.\"</span></p> <p><span> On page 4 of this issue we publish a</span><span> sketch undor tho above bonding. Un</span><span> fortunately the second o -lumn of this</span><span> was Dot submitted to the pnof-roa lnr</span><span> f ir revision, aod as a consequence</span><span> several errors appear therein. The in-</span></p> <p><span> tention of the writer, however, in suoh</span><span> oases must bn at onoe obvious ; but</span><span> the proof (for such only it is) unrevised</span><span> will give readers an idea how matter</span><span> sometimos loavos the oompuei'nr's</span><span> hands. In this easo some of ih» er</span><span> rors are stupid ones, as tho reader will</span><span> readily obs-rve. For inatanoo the</span><span> \" look \" of despair should, of oiuriin</span><span> read ''rock\" of despair. And again,</span><span> \" Orthodoxy, by attempting to hold</span><span> tn tin all should read in thrall, In</span><span> the passage \" at li-ait no m <r-> than</span><span> in the passing lave should rend in tho</span><span> passion love ; and \" so lacking that</span><span> attrihute association slioul 1 read, \" so</span><span> lacking that attrihute <rf nssooiui in,\"</span><span> O her errors are princpally literals suoh</span><span> as ambiguous, which is ipolt without</span><span> the first \" u.\" Our roiders wo hope</span><span> will with theso oorrootions ho able to</span><span> readily arrivo at tlio writ -r's m muing.</span><span> Foderal Ministers and oenl ir offioore</span><span> of the Public Sorvioo intend to appeal</span><span> to tho High Court against th.-u'r liabil</span><span> ity to piy Violoriin income tax.</span><span> The piistal authorities have under</span><span> consideration on auibmatin manbine</span><span> for supplying stamps fro ' . pillar</span><span> boxes.</span></p> "
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"id" : "221344158",
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"heading" : "WRAGGE",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "1177",
"title" : "Crookwell Gazette (NSW : 1885 - 1954)"
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"page" : "4",
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"snippet" : "PACK through the many--far too many : -- late drought stricken years, when mother earth lay gasping like a giant in the last throes of his death agony",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> WRAGGE</span></p> <p><span> [ BY G. F. ]</span></p> <p><span> Back through the many — far too many</span><span> : — late drought-stricken years, when</span><span> mother earth lay gasping like a giant</span><span> in the last throes of his death agony —</span><span> and the dumb animals — well 'tis human</span><span> that they are dumb and can but moan</span><span> their piteous protests against his in-</span></p> <p><span> satiable greed — were dying in thous</span><span> ands — few named, if any, were more</span><span> prominently before the Austral</span><span> ian public than that of Clement</span><span> Wragge.</span><span> For years the papers have been</span><span> anxiously scanned by many in the —</span><span> for a long time — vain hope that his</span><span> forecast would predict the breaking-</span><span> up of the long-protracted drought; so</span><span> that when it became known that he</span><span> was about to pay a visit Crookwell I,</span><span> with many others, anticipating a men</span><span> tal feast, went to hear him, and, speak</span><span> ing for myself — and I believe I may</span><span> include most of those present — was not</span><span> disappointed. A dimly-lit hall, closely</span><span> packed with sitters in the centre, a</span><span> raised platform on which there stood a</span><span> man of spare form, medium height,</span><span> with slightly bent shoulders, met the</span><span> eye. On the edge of the hall stage</span><span> some distance from Mr. Wragge a</span><span> screen was elevated, upon which was</span><span> projected from a magic lantern, num-</span><span> orous magnificent views of tho heav-</span><span> enly bodiess, the astronomer manipu</span><span> lating the slides and describing with</span><span> eloquent and enthusiastic phraseology</span><span> the different objects as they were shad</span><span> owed forth upon the screen.</span><span> Mr. Wragge's address could scarcely</span><span> be termed a lecture — it was too dis</span><span> cursive for that— but whatover it</span><span> might have lacked in continuity was</span><span> amply compensated for by the all-</span><span> absorbing enthusiasm of the</span><span> man that like an electrical current</span><span> seemed to permeate the whole of his</span><span> audience, and by the time he had fin</span><span> ished I don't think that there was one</span><span> of his hearers but was in full sympathy</span><span> with him, when he took them away</span><span> with him in his voyage amid the</span><span> planetary systems and told of the</span><span> Milky Way, with its countless millions</span><span> of Suns, billions of miles apart, yet</span><span> with their lights glowing and circum-</span><span> fused into one mighty whole. He</span><span> exhibited the dead Moon, the Lady</span><span> Ghost of our solar system, and the</span><span> awful Sun-storms, not of cool refresh</span><span> ing rain, but leaping, rusbiug, madden</span><span> ing flames , tearing round tho orb of</span><span> day thousands upon thousands of miles</span><span> in extent, and marvellous calculations</span><span> both of tiino and distance flowed flip-</span><span> . pantly from his tonguo. With rap</span><span> ture lie spoke of the dark uinbrro the</span><span> lovely coronro, and the beautiful little</span><span> nsterojds. Wo endeavoured tofillow</span><span> him, till our souts seemed to expand,</span><span> aud our brains awe-stricken reeled</span><span> ' drunk with the sublimity of tho infin</span><span> ite.</span><span> But when Mr. Wragge leaves tho</span><span> niarvollous and approaches tho specu</span><span> lative, we find it difficult to wholly</span><span> subscribe to some of hie deductions.</span><span> \" For several years past,\" said he,</span><span> \" the sun has been at its minimum,</span><span> end as a cunsequcuce tho internal</span><span> hent of our earth has been forcod out</span><span> wards, causing several ernptioms, not</span><span> ably \"thst of Martinique. Tho crust</span><span> has contracted in such parts as are</span><span> Most subject- to the 8un's influence.\"</span><span> The correctness of this stntomont may</span><span> he doubtod, because whilst thero was a</span><span> drought here, there was plenty of ram</span><span> in England nnd Now Zealand ; but</span><span> that was accounted for by tho fact that</span><span> I hoy were in different latitudes. \"It is</span><span> ... all a matter of latitude — latitude is the</span><span> gront factor,\" said he.</span><span> Does Mr, Wraggo forgot that</span><span> whilst wo were nulTfiring n terrible</span><span> drought bore there were torrmts of</span><span> rain — as well as blood — in South</span><span> AfricnJ? Yet his theory may bo cor-</span><span> rcct, but only under one supposition,</span><span> and thnt is that the popular belief thai</span><span> the crust of our earth is of a uniform</span><span> thickncs is a fallacy (nil firmly bolieve</span><span> mysslf it is), nnd that the world is</span><span> solid in parts — in fact as solid ns our</span><span> Labour Party. Of course if such be</span><span> tba case a compression whore tho crust</span><span> was thin might lead to a corresponding</span><span> expansion where it was thick, even in</span><span> the same latitude.</span><span> In almost wild, enthusiastic torms</span><span> Mr. Wraggo described his visit to the</span><span> palace of tho great telosoope of Paris</span><span> and his interviow with the courteous,</span><span> refined, cultured, French Minister of</span><span> Instruction.</span><span> We oonjurtd up in our mind's eye</span><span> the vision of a slightly-bent figure</span><span> eagerly hurrying through tlifl crowded</span><span> streets of the city. What to him was</span><span> the thousands of objects of hosuty</span><span> that ho\" might have feasted his eyas</span><span> with ? Thero was but one object thnt</span><span> had an attraction for him— tlie grent</span><span> toleicope. Away in his far home,</span><span> washed by the waves of the Pacific</span><span> Ocean, _ he had viewed it with his men</span><span> ial vision ; he had dreamt of it, and</span><span> lie bnd voyaged thousands of miles</span><span> that he might confirm by ocular de</span><span> monstration, what his wildest hopes</span><span> hsd never led him to bolieve possible.</span><span> Imagine tho Moon to the vision but</span><span> threo miles distance ! And now lis</span><span> ws in the presence of this wonder of</span><span> modern genius !</span><span> Will you like to lake a promen ,</span><span> ade and view tho grounds connected</span><span> with the palace of the telescope t</span><span> Shall apartmonts b prepared for you ?</span><span> \"Will you visit a restaurant,\" and there</span><span> was something about cognag.</span><span> It was the Minister for Education</span><span> who spoke thus,- but Mr. Wragge</span><span> learnt that ho could get a room on</span><span> tho spot and spend the whole night with</span><span> his lovo. He did not toll us whether he</span><span> had tho cognag. What bridegroom over</span><span> tingled with deeprr ecstasy For the</span><span> fulfilment of his anticipated joy</span><span> than this enthusiastic seer did for the</span><span> approach of night f</span><span> Wa heard, too, of his labours nmtd</span><span> the snows of Kosciusko, and how</span><span> when the gale tore madly across the</span><span> mountains nnd demolished the Irnt</span></p> <p><span> which the bravo Australian boys' stood</span><span> to their posts and ticked off tho re</span><span> cords.</span><span> \" Why did thoy do this ?\" asked</span><span> Iho astronomer, insortiugn slide that</span><span> rrdceuentod a hugo bull dog with the</span><span> Union Jack for background. And</span><span> thon ho aoswored his own question,</span><span> \" Because they- woro boys of tho ' bull</span><span> dog ' breed.</span><span> Mr. Wraggo is English, and of</span><span> course to such our virtues are Brit</span><span> ish, but our vices are exclusively our</span><span> own. Fuuuy, is it not ; but so long</span><span> as it ploasCs Ihem that way lot us uot</span><span> cavil.</span><span> _Noxt we were told of his intorview</span><span> witli our State Promior, Sir John See,</span><span> ann it certainly did Dot convey au ex</span><span> alted opinion to our present Stats</span><span> Promior, Sir John Sop, and it cer</span><span> tainly did not convoy an cxaltod opin</span><span> ion to our minds of tho mental refine</span><span> ment of that worthy, Tho huckster</span><span> ing way in which ho criticise! eaoh</span><span> item of tlio bill of costs — \" What</span><span> wore tho gloves for, and what the</span><span> whisky, aud why tho salts ? were</span><span> humorously recited by Mr. Wragge.</span><span> But perhaps tho poor Premier feared</span><span> his colleagues. Mr. O'SulIivan might</span><span> objoct to (lie sum total, as thore was</span><span> littlo manual work nttaeliod to it, and</span><span> it excooJed tlio minimum wago stand</span><span> ard. But thou tho coarse, brutal rc-</span><span> tnnrk, \" Why don't you got fat,</span><span> Wragge ?\" was all his own. The</span><span> latter might hitve replied that ho had</span><span> not speculated in resumptions, but that</span><span> would bare been descending to the</span><span> other's level ; bo ho could only re</span><span> main silent. He had said in the</span><span> course of his lecture that ho had not</span><span> beet) able to discover a \" hell but</span><span> ho must, have regretted his inability</span><span> to locate one at the termination of</span><span> this interview.</span><span> \" Pray loss and dam, darn, dam</span><span> inoro !\" exclaimed Mr. Wragge.</span><span> Of courso part of this advice was</span><span> but a figure of speech, and an ex</span><span> hortation to out people to conserve</span><span> water, but taken in connection with</span><span> the fact that lie is a firm believer</span><span> in the theory of evolution, and snaps</span><span> his fingers at tho creeds, the ndvico</span><span> to pray less has another significance,</span><span> and ho should not forgat that prayer,</span><span> ro many, ersn when a ma'orial bone-</span><span> fit ii not expected, .has a marvellous</span><span> sustaining effect. It is not surpris</span><span> ing that superior minds such as that</span><span> of Mr. Wraggo should revolt with</span><span> extreme disgust at theology as taught</span><span> — it's churchman's jargon ; its dog</span><span> matic positiveness ; its contemptible,</span><span> bitter, not to say, savagp, sectarian</span><span> ism, and above all, the vile purposes</span><span> to which man, in bis solfith designs</span><span> to ovitr-raach his fellows has applied</span><span> it. Besides astronomy has done rauoh</span><span> to refute biblical statements, though</span><span> it should not be forgotten that its</span><span> twin sister, geology, that is less spacu-</span><span> Utivii and certainly more tangible,</span><span> has an awkward habit of confirming</span><span> many of them.</span><span> There is a myetsrious olement in</span><span> man's nature and impelling him t</span><span> seek the unattainable, and I rauoh</span><span> doubt whather constituted as he is —</span><span> a personally visible God — would</span><span> alisfy him.</span><span> Philosophers had 1-arnt agos ago</span><span> that the tree of knowledgo is not that</span><span> of life and that all men should know</span><span> that nothing osn be known. We are</span><span> told that Moeos daro 1 to question the</span><span> Almighty presonoe and received the</span><span> seemingly ambigous reply, \" I Am</span><span> that I Am.\" Jesus, with his mir-</span><span> vollous power of nbridginrn', roproved</span><span> his doubting disciple — with the fow</span><span> brief sontvnees— \" Blessed are thoy</span><span> that havo not seen yet have be</span><span> lieved.\"</span><span> It is well for man to permit his</span><span> mind to voyage into any known or</span><span> even unexplored sea of thought — but</span><span> 'tis wiso ere sotting out that he have</span><span> on board the sheet anolior of trust</span><span> .and hope, so lh.it when ho gets amid</span><span> the shoais of doubt, thny may save</span><span> him from tho look of despair, so thnt</span><span> he. be not driven to exolaim, with</span><span> Byron,—</span><span> \" Poor oliild of doubt and death,</span><span> Whose liopoo aro built on roedi I \"</span><span> Orthodoxy, by attempting to hold in</span><span> the all the intellect of human beings,</span><span> hae done morn harm to the osuse of</span><span> true religion than tho personal ex</span><span> ample of many of its cupportors, and</span><span> that le enying much. Tho vital</span><span> principles of religion rests wholly and</span><span> solely upon faith and hope. Tho God</span><span> of the soientist. The Great Dynamo,</span><span> The Mighty Atom, or what you will,</span><span> is very realistio, very material, in fact</span><span> — tho God of reason. But thero is</span><span> no reason in true belief — at least no</span><span> more than in the passing love — is not</span><span> necessary that thero should be. In</span><span> short the God of tho soientiet is not an</span><span> attribute of our obildhoods conceptions.</span><span> So lacking that alternate association</span><span> we can have none of him.</span><span> Mr. Wragge, at the olose of hi»</span><span> remarks, complimented his aadionoe</span><span> on their intelligence as displayed by</span><span> so many having oome to hear him,</span><span> and said thnt at many of his .lectures</span><span> but few would attend, as they pre</span><span> ferred to stay away and play at dom</span><span> inoes or toad in the hole, whatsvar</span><span> game that is oonoluded tho speaker.</span><span> I havo made onquiries but cannot</span><span> aiosrtain many particulars oonoerning</span><span> it, but understand that it is very</span><span> popular so couolude thnt it is some old</span><span> game under a new appellation.</span></p> "
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"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/237595933",
"heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "1297",
"title" : "The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)"
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"date" : "1902-07-08",
"page" : "6",
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"snippet" : "Mr. Clement Wragge has announced his intention of publishing a weekly newspaper, under the title of \"Wragge,\" which will be the official organ of his central weather bureau.",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> . \"WRAGGE,\"</span></p> <p><span> Mr. Clement' Wragge has announced his inten</span><span> tion of publishing a weekly newspaper, under the</span><span> title ot \".Wragge,\" which will bo the official</span><span> organ of his central weather bureau.</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "107200975",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/107200975",
"heading" : "Wragge.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "514",
"title" : "The Peak Hill Express (NSW : 1902 - 1952)"
},
"date" : "1906-06-01",
"page" : "19",
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"snippet" : "CLEMENT WRAGGE hovers about like Adam round the back fence of Paradise. The Commonwealth Weather, Bureau is what Wragge is waiting for.",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107200975?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> [?]</span></p> <p><span> Clsment Wraoge hovers about like</span><span> Adam round the back fence of Para</span><span> dise. The Commonwealth Weather__^</span><span> Bureau is what Wragge is waiting for.</span><span> As a sort of livenfer he throws out the</span><span> gratuitous prophecy that AngraUa »</span></p> <p><span> going to strike a wg arougu* i» »-. -? «</span><span> As The figures of this year (lto) ^J|</span><span> added together make 13 and ^ie W- - ij</span><span> lowing year will be 1913 we inay r «x- -:m</span><span> pect something but of ttorif*W; -1</span><span> However, there is t»o doubt that 5|j</span><span> Wragge is right. We ouglit to have a --m</span><span> Commonwealth weather bureau. And ;J|</span><span> we ought to wake Wragge bureauM*. Jj</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "147659023",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/147659023",
"heading" : "WRAGGE.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "739",
"title" : "The South-Western News (Busselton, WA : 1903 - 1954)"
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"date" : "1906-06-08",
"page" : "2",
"pageSequence" : "2",
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"snippet" : "In Hedley's Hall, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Mr. Clement Wragge, the eminent astronomical scientist, lectured to appreciative",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> WRAGGE.</span></p> <p><span> In Hedley's Hall, on Tuesday and</span><span> Wednesday evenings, Mr. Clement</span><span> Wragge, the eminent astronomical</span></p> <p><span> scientist, lectured to appreciative ]</span></p> <p><span> audiences. \"The wonders of the,j</span></p> <p><span> Universe\" and' \"the majesty of</span><span> Creation,\" the titles of the lectures,</span><span> are but poor descriptions of the</span><span> immensely instructive and unique</span><span> discourses. Mr. Wragge throws his</span><span> whole being into his descriptions of</span><span> the wonders and mysteries of the</span></p> <p><span> Universe, and succeeds in holding !</span></p> <p><span> the attention of his hearers to a</span><span> marked extent. The lectures are</span><span> copiously illustrated by limelight</span><span> views. On Monday evening next</span><span> Mr. Wragge will again lecture in</span><span> Busselton. On Tuesday and Wed</span><span> nesday he will visit Karridale and</span></p> <p><span> lecture in the Agricultural Hall, and</span><span> on Friday evening he will speak on</span></p> <p><span> \"the wonders of the Universe\" at</span><span> the Cave-house, Yallingup.</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "245304678",
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"heading" : "WRAGGE.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "1190",
"title" : "The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)"
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"date" : "1873-11-18",
"page" : "2",
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"snippet" : "Alderman W[?]agge it is well known is \"great\" at points of order. They are the worthy alderman's sharpest and brightest sword, and his most comprehensive shield.",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> WBAGGE.</span></p> <p><span> A Id or man Wiaggo it is well known is</span><span> \"great\" at points of ordor. They are tbe</span><span> worthy alderman's sharpest and brightest</span><span> sword, and his most comprehensive shield.</span></p> <p><span> They aro Wra .ge'ntorrible tomahawk, whioh</span><span> smashes in tho metaphorical skull of an</span><span> opponent, bo it over so tliiok. They are the</span><span> magic wand of the great municipal conjuror</span><span> by whioh he gracefully reverses the</span><span> natural order of things in tho City</span><span> Council, and fashions everything to hfa</span><span> own will. l'hoso points of . order are</span><span> all-phwerful in tho hnndB of Wragge.</span><span> But by a oniinus contradiction, Alderman</span><span> Wrague'a points of order, instead of promot-</span><span> ing order, invariably orento tho moat doplora-</span><span> blo rf/sorder. There was a brief mepting of</span><span> the oity council yesterday, and Alderman</span><span> Wraggo'w s there. The items of business</span><span> were no? numerous, and they wore mostly of</span><span> a routine character. Thore was no opportu-</span><span> nity for lottiug off a point of order, and for</span><span> a ohsngo, Alderman Wragge made an</span></p> <p><span> attempt to get the Mayor an iaoroase o</span><span> \"screw.\" Their worships the chief magis</span><span> trates of the oity havo hitherto ro</span><span> oeived £1000 a-yoar. as an indemnity</span><span> for their' self-sacridce in tho interests of</span><span> their follow citizens by accepting . tho office</span><span> of mayor, and as a trifling remuneration for</span><span> the arduous physiosl and iatollootnatjlabors</span><span> devolving npon the holder of the position.</span><span> But. Alderman Wragge, with that 'munifl</span><span> oenoe' and generosity which always, charac</span><span> terises him, saw that \" tho time had.'oome \"</span><span> when' the mayor'B wages ought to bo' raised ;</span><span> and, thoreforo, at the meeting of the oounoil</span><span> yesterday he moved that they bo incroasod</span><span> from £1000 to £1600 for the year. But the</span><span> great alderman who has hitherto held the</span><span> position of an autoerat — a dospot — in tho</span><span> oounoil, actually had not one solitary</span><span> supportor iu this movo — not even a per</span><span> spective mayor 1 Alas, for human faith !</span><span> w here were all those who formerly looked</span><span> up to Wraggo with awo or admiration, and</span><span> fluttered around him at the sound of the</span><span> division boll as moths round the light? But</span><span> could not tho worthy alderman havo oarried '</span><span> his point by some point ol order or other ?</span><span> and if unable to do this, could ho not havo</span><span> managed to stop the mayor's \" sorow \" alto</span><span> gether? The ill fate of Alderman Wragge</span><span> yesterday, is a. Bign of the timos— iu the City</span><span> Council Wragge has fallen.</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "124139700",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/124139700",
"heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "377",
"title" : "Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908)"
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"date" : "1902-07-22",
"page" : "7",
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"snippet" : "THE above is the title of a weekly publication issued by Mr. Clement L. Wragge, F.R.G.S., as the official journal of the Central Weather Bureau. \"Fear no man. God",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124139700?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> \"WRAGGE.\"</span><span> THE above is the title of a weekly publica-</span><span> tion issued by Mr. Clement L. Wragge,</span><span> t.R.G.S., as the official journal of the Central</span><span> Weather Bureau. \"Fear no manl. God</span><span> save the King !\" is the mananer in which Mr.</span><span> Wragge winds up his introductory article,</span><span> and this is apparently his motto. He re</span><span> mainds the public that the Weather Bureau is</span><span> now subsidised by the Governments of Queens</span><span> land, New South Wales, and Tasmanis to thlle</span><span> extentof £1000 per annun, but as this is lot</span><span> asflicient to carry it on efficiently he has</span><span> -aken it into his own hands, and appeals to</span><span> those interested in the foreoating of the</span><span> weather for assistance. Also he pertiinently</span><span> -eminds the Federal Government that if they</span><span> see fit to inaugurate a Weather Bureau and</span><span> offer him the position of Chief Meteorologist,</span><span> he may consider it or he may not, but that if</span><span> it is run without him his pnvate bureau will</span><span> *tillbecarried on,and thepeopleshall judgethe</span><span> results.\" The Federalauthoritiencare likewise</span><span> gentlyremindedthattheyma, takethedrawing</span><span> of the Southern Cross constellation, as appear</span><span> ing on the front cover'of the publication, as</span><span> an accurate guide for the design on the Fede</span><span> alt lag. The issue underreview iswritten in</span><span> Mr. Wragge'scharacteristie literary style, and</span><span> contains a good deal of information of a scien</span><span> tile, educational, and practical character.</span><span> -There is, among other things, an article by</span><span> Herr 8tiger, de~alig with that scientist's</span><span> t?orts in preventing falls of hail in Italy,</span><span> with a foot.note by Mr. Wragge, in which he</span><span> promises that rain-producing experiments by</span><span> six\" Stigers\" will be conducted at Charlecille</span><span> shortly. The official portion of the journal</span><span> deals with advices and weather forecasts for</span><span> Australasia and the separate States.</span></p> "
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"id" : "280546344",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/280546344",
"heading" : "Wragge.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "1887",
"title" : "Broughton Creek Mail (Berry, NSW : 1880 - 1881; 1891 - 1893; 1899 - 1907)"
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"date" : "1903-05-14",
"page" : "2",
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"snippet" : "Nowra is to be favored with a visit from Australia’s greatest meteorological scientist and astronomer, Mr Clement L. Wragge, who will give one of his educational",
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"articleText" : "<p><span> Wrngge.</span></p> <p><span> Kov rA is to Hb favored with a visit I Tin</span><span> Auutiuiia's greatest metuorolo^i Mil seientitt</span><span> ruid astronomer, Mr Clement L. WrftRgei</span><span> who will give one of his odncationai enter*</span><span> tainmonts in the School of Arts hftU on</span><span> Friday eveniii\" n«*t, 15lh. Th» -uhloot for</span><span> the evening will be \"A Voj«« Through</span><span> the Universe.\" The great 1 ana telescope</span><span> and the moon, &c., will lie illustntted -with</span><span> magnificent pictures, most of which have</span><span> never taoen seen in the Kwes before. My</span><span> Wr»(5iie h.w filled so laigo a plaoe in the</span><span> imagination of Aitstmlinns in his weather</span><span> forecasts, possuasiug almost miraculous</span><span> poweitf thai i he oiiportnuity of viewing</span><span> M \" in person \" will uo iloulit he largely '</span><span> Availed of.</span></p> "
}, {
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"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/83156754",
"heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "275",
"title" : "The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955)"
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"date" : "1903-02-05",
"page" : "3",
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"value" : "very relevant"
},
"snippet" : "We have received from the editor, Mr. Clement L. \"Wragge, the current issue of his meteorological periodical, which contains \"many cheerful facts.\"",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83156754?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> 'WRAGGE.' </span></p> <p><span> We have received from the editor,</span><span> Mr. Clement L. Wragge, the current</span><span> issue of his meteorological periodical,</span><span> which contains \"many cheerful facts.\"</span></p> <p><span> For example:— 'We go abroad and in</span><span> struct as occasion requires, locking into</span><span> the manner in which our pet barome</span><span> ters and thermometers are managed,</span><span> and supplies the want in the shape of</span><span> a milk-white animal 'personal equation'</span><span> attaching to our honored and well-be-</span><span> loved army of observers and officers.'</span><span> We do not understand how a personal</span><span> equation can be a milk-white animal,</span><span> but the difficulty is solved to some ex</span></p> <p><span> tent by an extract from another para</span><span> raph: — \"Our next, concern is to hire</span><span> a horse presumably accustomed to the</span><span> sloughy scrub tracks, and a friend of</span><span> mine host supplies the want in the shape</span><span> of a milk-white animal strangely spotted</span><span> with bluish-grey, which rejoices in the</span><span> name of 'Lumington,' after our late</span><span> worthy Governor.\" It is also, interest</span><span> ing to learn that \"the proximate initial</span><span> cause of the rotation of cosmic bodies</span><span> is probably their unequal cooling and</span><span> contraction while gravitating towards</span><span> the sun or common centre of attraction,</span><span> and the subsequent gradual, arrange</span><span> ment of by far the greater part of their</span><span> mass nearer to their equatorial circum</span><span> ference than to their ceture, through</span><span> the operation of well-known dynamical</span><span> centrifugal forces. The cause of the </span><span> different inclinations of the axes to the</span><span> plane of the orbits would then be the</span><span> variation of the planes, in which origin</span><span> ally the major part of their masses were</span><span> arranged.\" </span></p> <p><span> This paper is described as being edited,</span><span> owned, and published by Clement Lind</span><span> ley Wragge, meteorologist and journa</span><span> list. (We have heard a paper called a</span><span> 'rag' before now— Editor 'D.N.')</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "121390794",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/121390794",
"heading" : "Wragge's Forecast.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "490",
"title" : "The Clarence River Advocate (NSW : 1898 - 1949)"
},
"date" : "1907-05-10",
"page" : "1",
"pageSequence" : "1",
"relevance" : {
"score" : 241.9702606201172,
"value" : "very relevant"
},
"snippet" : "Just four years ago, Mr. Clement Wragge was speaking at Inverell, and his forecast is worth repeating here as showing to what",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121390794?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> Wraggo's Forecast.</span></p> <p><span> Just four years ago, Mr. Clement</span><span> Wragge was speaking at Inverell,</span><span> and his forecast is worth repeat</span><span> ing here as showing to what de</span><span> gree he has been correct or other</span><span> wise. Mr. Wragge said that the</span><span> drought had broken, and that</span><span> 1904 would be an improvement</span><span> on the previous year. This im</span></p> <p><span> provement would probably con</span><span> tinue in 1905 and 1906, perhaps</span><span> 1907. Then fair seasons would</span><span> be experienced till 1911, when</span><span> there would be a drought lasting</span><span> till 19x3. )</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "125738218",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/125738218",
"heading" : "Wragge's Forecast.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "504",
"title" : "The Southern Record and Advertiser (Candelo, NSW : 1910 - 1938)"
},
"date" : "1924-11-22",
"page" : "2",
"pageSequence" : "2",
"relevance" : {
"score" : 241.9702606201172,
"value" : "very relevant"
},
"snippet" : "The late Mr Cement. Wragge, eminent meteorologist in 1915 predicted a drought in 1924, and that in 1925 conditions would begin to improve.",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125738218?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> ; Wragge's Forecast.</span></p> <p><span> The late Mr Clpment, Wragge, emi- 1</span><span> nent meteorologist, in 1915 predicted |</span><span> a drought in 1924, and that in 1925 j</span><span> conditions would begin to improve. I</span><span> His lor.g distance forecast was as j</span></p> <p><span> follows : From the middle of 1915</span><span> onwards the rainfall will increase</span><span> markedly, and from 1916 to 1920,</span><span> inclusive, the seasons will be distinctly</span><span> good, with a'undant, precipitation,</span><span> hut lessened by ;nnar inflnence After</span><span> 1920 the rainfall will begin to fall off</span><span> stead ly, and the worst of the next</span><span> gre:it under-averasr'' periods will be in</span><span> 1923 and 1924, and Australians will</span><span> he justified in calling it a 'drought.'</span><span> hi 1925 matters will improve, and</span><span> good seasons will prevail from 1926</span><span> to 1930. inclusive.</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "167923744",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/167923744",
"heading" : "Mr. Wragge.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "702",
"title" : "The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954)"
},
"date" : "1898-11-19",
"page" : "2",
"pageSequence" : "2",
"relevance" : {
"score" : 241.9702606201172,
"value" : "very relevant"
},
"snippet" : "Mr. Wragge forecasts a disturbance travelling eastward will shortly produce increase of temperature. MAIL TENDERS.—The tender of S.",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167923744?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> Mr Wrasse</span></p> <p><span> Mr.. Wragge forecasts a disturbance</span><span> travelling eastward will shortly pro</span><span> duce increase of temperature.</span></p> <p><span> Mail Tenders.— The tender of S.</span></p> <p><span> W. Lightley at £21 has been accep</span><span> ted for conveyance of mails between</span><span> Kew and Kendall, and that of E. C</span><span> Naylor at £50 for mail between</span><span> Telegraph Point and Rollands</span><span> Flam</span></p> "
}, {
"id" : "174028050",
"url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/174028050",
"heading" : "Wragge's Forecast.",
"category" : "Article",
"title" : {
"id" : "881",
"title" : "The Macleay Chronicle (Kempsey, NSW : 1899 - 1952)"
},
"date" : "1899-07-20",
"page" : "4",
"pageSequence" : "4",
"relevance" : {
"score" : 241.9702606201172,
"value" : "very relevant"
},
"snippet" : "The Queensland Meteorological Bureau forecast scattered rain along the southern border, central and coastal parts south from the Clarence Heads under strong S.W. to",
"troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174028050?searchTerm=wragge",
"articleText" : "<p><span> Wrapee's Forecast.</span></p> <p><span> The Queensland Meteorological Bureau</span><span> forecast scattered rain along the southern</span><span> border, central and coastal parts south from</span><span> the Clarence Heads under strong S.W. to</span><span> southerly winds. Bough Bea south from</span><span> Sydney,</span></p> "
} ]
}
} ]
}
Version 3 of the API was made available in July 2023. For more information about the changes made in version 3 see the official release notes. I've also created a summary of breaking changes for users wanting to update their code from version 2 to version 3.
Click on any of the examples below to open them in this console, then modify them to suit. If you want to use them in your own code you'll need to get an API key and add the key to your request either using the key
parameter, or setting X-API-KEY
in the request headers.
See the Trove API v3 documentation for a full list of available parameters and detailed information on constructing queries.
For more examples, tools, and hacks using the Trove API see the GLAM Workbench.
See the Trove API v3 status page to check for problems.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=all&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
all
|
possible values are 'all', 'newspaper', 'magazine', 'image', 'research', 'book', 'diary', 'music', 'people', 'list' |
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=book,newspaper&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
book,newspaper
|
separate multiple categorys with commas |
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&n=100
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
n
|
number of results |
100
|
possible values are 0 to 100 (default is 20) |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&sortby=dateasc
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
sortby
|
order of results |
dateasc
|
possible values are 'relevance' (default), 'dateasc', 'datedesc' |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&reclevel=full
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
reclevel
|
request additional article metadata |
full
|
Adding reclevel=full
adds a number of additional fields to the article metadata, the actual fields added depends on the category. In newspapers and gazettes it adds illustrated
, wordCount
, correctionCount
, tagCount
, commentCount
, listCount
, trovePageUrl
, and pdf
(which is a link to a PDF of the whole page on which the article is published). In works it adds tagCount
, commentCount
, and listCount
.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
include
|
include extra information |
tags
|
possible values include 'tags', 'comments', and 'lists'; repeat parameter for multiple values |
include
|
include extra information |
comments
|
possible values include 'tags', 'comments', and 'lists'; repeat parameter for multiple values |
The accepted values for the include
parameter differ across categorys, but some values, like 'tags' and 'comments', are consistent. Other examples are included below.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in |
newspaper
|
you can only harvest from one category at a time, so this must be set to a single category such as 'newspaper' |
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
possible values are 'xml' (default) or 'json' |
bulkHarvest
|
setting this to 'true' ensures that results will stay in the same order when you request subsequent pages; without it results might be duplicated or missing |
true
|
|
s
|
supply a resumption token to get the next page of results |
*
|
use '*' for the first request, then replace with the value of |
Three parameters are important when harvesting a complete result set: category
must be set to a single category, bulkHarvest
set to 'true', and s
must be updated after each request with the value of nextStart
. Note that the nextStart
value will only appear if there is another page of results to download, so you can use it in your loop as a check to see if you've finished.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&l-category=Article
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-category
|
category to include |
Article
|
see Trove help documentation, or use the |
This parameter can be used multiple times, however, this will behave like an AND
query and only those articles in all of the specified categories will be returned. So adding &l-category=Article&l-category=Advertising
will return zero results, as no articles are in both the 'Article' and 'Advertising' categories.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&l-state=Victoria
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-state
|
place in which articles were published |
Victoria
|
possible values are 'ACT', 'International', 'National', 'New South Wales', 'Northern Territory', 'Queensland', 'South Australia', 'Tasmania', 'Victoria' |
This parameter can be used multiple times. Unlike the category
facet, this will behave like an OR
query, returning articles published in any of the specified places. So adding &l-state=Victoria&l-state=ACT
will return articles published in either Victoria or the ACT.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&l-decade=192
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-decade
|
limit to articles from this decade |
192
|
192 includes the years 1920 to 1929 |
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-decade
|
limit to articles from this decade |
192
|
|
l-year
|
limit to articles from this year ( |
1924
|
limit the results to articles from 1924, the |
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-decade
|
limit to articles from this decade |
192
|
|
l-year
|
limit to articles from this year ( |
1924
|
limit the results to articles from 1924 |
l-month
|
limit to articles from this month ( |
3
|
limit the results to articles from March 1924, possible values are numbers from 1 to 12 |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=firstpageseq:1&category=newspaper&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
firstpageseq:1
|
use the |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
date:[1942-10-31T00:00:00Z TO 1942-11-30T00:00:00Z]
|
use the |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge date:[1942-11-01T00:00:00Z TO 1942-11-02T00:00:00Z]
|
use the |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&l-illustrated=true
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-illustrated
|
limit to articles with illustrations |
true
|
accepted values are 'true' or 'false' |
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-illustrated
|
limit to articles with illustrations |
true
|
accepted values are 'true' or 'false' |
l-illustrationType
|
limit to articles with this type of illustration |
Photo
|
the |
This parameter can be used multiple times, however, this will behave like an AND
query and only those articles with all of the specified illustration types will be returned.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-wordCount
|
filter by number of words in the article |
<100 Words
|
accepted values are '<100 Words', '100 - 1000 Words', or '1000+ Words' |
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge has:tags
|
add |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
include
|
tags
|
you need to specifically |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=newspaper&encoding=json&include=articletext
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
include
|
add additional information to the record |
articletext
|
this adds the full OCRd text to the record, other possible values are 'tags', 'comments' |
The OCRd text is return as HTML, so depending on you use you might need to strip the tags out.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=%00&category=newspaper&encoding=json&facet=category&n=0
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
%00
|
'%00' is an empty search, so will return everything |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
n
|
0
|
we don't need results, just the facets, so we can set |
|
facet
|
include facet data |
category
|
break down results by category; see the Trove API documentation for a full list of facets |
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
%00
|
'%00' is an empty search, so will return everything |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
newspaper
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
n
|
number of results |
0
|
we don't need results, just the facets, so we can set |
l-decade
|
set the decade |
192
|
needs to be set to find the totals by year |
facet
|
include facet data |
year
|
break down results by year in the given decade; see the Trove API documentation for a full list of facets |
For more examples using the year
facet see Visualise Trove newspaper searches over time in the GLAM Workbench.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=weather&category=book&encoding=json&l-format=Thesis
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
book
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-format
|
format or type of work |
Thesis
|
see the Trove help documentation for a list of formats |
This parameter can be used multiple times, however, this will behave like an AND
query and only those articles in all of the specified formats will be returned.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=weather NOT format:Book &category=image&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather NOT format:Book
|
by adding |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
image
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
You can use the format
index in both the query and as a facet, that means you can say that you don't want works with particular formats. This is handy for filtering out noise.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=weather date:[* TO 1900]&category=book&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather date:[* TO 1900]
|
using the |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
book
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=weather imageInd:thumbnail &category=image&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather imageInd:thumbnail
|
set |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
image
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
The actual thumbnail link is included in the identifier
field with a linktype
of 'thumbnail'. To ensure you get all the possible values for identifier
you can also add &include=links
to your query.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=wragge&category=image&encoding=json&include=workversions
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
wragge
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
image
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
include
|
format of results |
workversions
|
include the metadata for each individual version of this work |
The way that versions are grouped as works in Trove can be quite confusing. The work level metadata is generally quite consistent, but it can leave out useful metadata that's attached to an individual version. The version metadata is richer, but is also less consistent, so you have to be prepared for some trial and error if you want to extract information from it.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather fullTextInd:y
|
set |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
magazine
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
include
|
workversions
|
the full text is buried down in the version-level metadata, so you need to add this parameter if you want to actually get to it |
The fullTextInd
index seems quite misleading as it includes articles from commercial databases where only a truncated sample of the full text is actually available, and electronic legal deposit works where access to the text is restricted. It would seem better to combine this indicator with a search for "nla.obj" or nuc:ANL:DL
to try and limit to resources digitised by the NLA and partners.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
magazine
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-title
|
limit to this journal title |
The bulletin
|
There's no controlled list of journal titles to use with this facet, so you probably need to get the values from the web interface.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
weather "https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-68375465"
|
|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
magazine
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-format
|
limit to this format |
Article
|
limit the results to articles so we don't get the records for the periodicals themselves |
An alternative to using the title
facet is to include the identifier of the parent journal in the q
parameter. This is how the Trove Digitised Journals app works.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
the search query (optional) |
rights:Free
|
see the Trove help documentation for a full list of possible values for |
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
image
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
l-format
|
format of work |
Photo
|
|
include
|
workversions
|
the rights statements are attached to versions, so to see them you need to ask for the full versions data |
This facet only works with records where the copyright status is specified in the record. Some out-of-copyright photographs might be missing from results because their status has not been identified. A search for photos created before 1955 using date[* TO 1954]
might find additional out-of-copyright images.
Facets break the result set into sections and can provide a useful overview. Note that there are limits on the number of facets returned, so they might not include the whole result set.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?category=all&facet=decade&n=0&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
all
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
facet
|
facet to return |
decade
|
|
n
|
number of results |
0
|
We just want facets, not the list of results. |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?category=all&facet=partnerNuc&n=0&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
category
|
category(ies) to search in (required) |
all
|
|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
facet
|
facet to return |
partnerNuc
|
|
n
|
number of results |
0
|
We just want facets, not the list of results. |
Contributors are identified by NUC identifiers.
Article or work identifiers are supplied as part of the url rather than as a query parameter. For example, https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/41697877
returns the details of the article with the identifier 41697877
.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
reclevel
|
amount of detail in record |
full
|
|
include
|
include extra information |
articletext,tags,comments
|
include the OCRd text, as well as any tags or comments, in the record |
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
reclevel
|
amount of detail in record |
full
|
|
include
|
include extra information |
workversions,tags,comments
|
include metadata from all grouped versions, as well as any tags or comments |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/list/43805?encoding=json&reclevel=full&include=listitems
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
reclevel
|
amount of detail in record |
full
|
|
include
|
include extra information |
listitems
|
include details of all items in the list |
You only get the brief record version for each of the list items, so to get extra information, such as OCRd text for a newspaper article, you'll have to request each article individually. Also, the list items are not paginated, so if you have a long list this will return a lot of data.
There's a bug in the API so that a request for newspaper titles also returns the gazette titles. See the GLAM Workbench for a workaround.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/titles?encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/gazette/titles?encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/titles?encoding=json&state=vic
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
state
|
limit to this state |
vic
|
possible values are 'nsw', 'act', 'qld', 'tas', 'sa', 'nt', 'wa', 'vic', 'national' |
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/title/35?encoding=json&include=years
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
include
|
years
|
list the years available on Trove, with the number of issues per year |
The newspaper identifier is included in the url as indicated. This example will return details of the Sydney Morning Herald which has an identifier of '35'.
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
include
|
years
|
this needs to be included to retrieve the full issue information |
|
range
|
date range of issues to return |
18420101-18421231
|
dates are in YYYYMMDD format; this example will return details of all issues of the Sydney Morning Herald published in 1842 |
The issue details include a publication date and a url which redirects to the first page of the issue.
Although this endpoint is included in the technical documention, as of 23 May 2023 it was returning no results. Hopefully it'll start working soon!
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/magazine/titles?encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
Organisations can be nested under other organisations (as children
), this makes the data structure a bit complex.
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/contributor?q=&encoding=json
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
q
|
search query (optional) |
|
leave blank for everything |
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/contributor/ANL?encoding=json&reclevel=full
parameter | parameter note | value | value note |
---|---|---|---|
encoding
|
format of results |
json
|
|
reclevel
|
amount of detail to return |
full
|
The organisation's identifier is included in the url as indicated. This example retrieves details for the National Library of Australia, whose identifier is 'ANL'.