This repository explores whether Trove's digitised newspapers can be used to extract information about how our perception of distance has changed over time, particularly as a result of the impact of aviation. For more details, see Brett's blog post.
For more information on using the Trove Newspaper Harvester to download newspaper articles in bulk, see the GLAM Workbench.
This research is part of the Heritage of the Air project, and was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects funding scheme (project LP160101232).