Several years ago I went searching for issues of the “Queanbeyan Times” newspaper,  founded in 1879 by John Allan O’Neill. In late 1888, it was sold to George Tompsitt and in 1893 it was sold to the “Queanbeyan Age”. At some point after that, all back copies from its original ownership were destroyed, leaving only three to be retained by the State Library of NSW.

Enquiries to the logical places and newspaper advertisements drew no results.

I would be grateful for any information as to any copies of or clippings from the paper from 1879 to 1893 that anyone may know of.