Le Courrier Australien

First launched in Sydney in 1892, Le Courrier australien (The Australian Mail) remains the longest running foreign-language newspaper in the country. During World War II, the Courrier australien became the mouthpiece of the local Free French Movement.

These pages have been selected from four issues of Le Courrier to highlight the journal's history and significant episodes in Franco-Australian relations: 7 May 1892, p.1; 20 July 1906, p.2; Special Number, October 1941, p.1; 16 March 1956, pp.5, 6.

> View Library's holdings of Le Courrier australien

> Learn more about the Free French Forces movement