This two-volume, 1490-page privately produced publication indexes the approximately 12,000 images in nearly all colonial Australian illustrated newspapers, including those in the four major papers: Illustrated Australian News (1861-96), Illustrated Melbourne Post (1862-68), Illustrated Sydney News (1864-94) and Australasian Sketcher (1873-89).
Volume I indexes the imagery by subject , region and date, while Volume II indexes all images with any attribution, by creator (illustrator, photographer, artist and engraver).