Even their mother couldn't tell them apart...

So here's the full front page of the first edition of The Australian, published on July 15, 1964.


1964

After my trip to the dungeon, I poked my head into the office of the company archivist to ask if he had any details about redesigns over the years.
He insisted The Australian has never been redesigned. "It still looks exactly like it did at the beginning..."
Here's a recent front page, just to prove his point:


2004

So, you see, it hasn't changed a bit in 40 years.
Tomorrow, I'm going to the State Library to pull the entire first edition out of the archives. I had a look at it when I was in the dungeon today, but the book was so old I didn't want to damage it by heaving it onto a photocopier. Will post up copies with some commentary tomorrow...
I'm also going try to set up readable pop-up copies of all of the papers I post here.