Welcome to InfiniteAnthologies.com
Your home for Vintage Science Fiction from Australian Newspapers
Infinite Anthologies is a scholarly edition of a literary ecosystem featuring a collection of vintage science fiction from early 20th century Australian newspapers. Visit the About IA page for the critical arguments behind the creation of this site.
This site features 50 vintage science fiction stories from Australian newspapers from between 1901-1989 extracted from the To Be Continued Australian Newspaper Fiction Database and the National Library of Australia's Trove Archive. (Work currently in progress. Estimated completion date September 2026).
The site uses Omeka S, so each story is stored as an item with attached media with 40 fields for information. (Only those fields with information are shown.) You are welcome to visit the items and learn about each of the stories, as well as consider the references and arguments I have included in the fields.
In the future, media will be attached to each of the items so that the stories can be downloaded as simple reader editions, and for around 10 of them, digital scholarly editions and audio.
Below are links to the vintage science fiction story items currently being added and updated.
Content Advisory:
These items are historical texts digitised from their original publication, and reflects the social attitudes, cultural values, and language of the time in which they were created. Some content may include depictions or references that are racist, sexist, ableist, colonialist, or otherwise offensive by contemporary standards. This material is presented uncensored for scholarly, archival, and educational purposes. It serves as a record of past cultural attitudes and is preserved here to support critical engagement, historical reflection, and the advancement of inclusive scholarship.
Reader discretion is advised.
Featured Title
The World's Last Wonder (1901) by Anonymous [Attributed to John Arthur Andrews]
Australia's first space opera (planetary fiction) featuring two antagonistic space cars in a race to Mars.
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I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this collection has been curated, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. I recognise the enduring connection of Indigenous peoples to this land and its waters, and I am committed to building a future of respect and reconciliation.