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From the National Library of Australia. A collection of (mostly) digitized newspapers from as far back as 1804. Most of them have been scanned with OCR, but the conversion isn't perfect, such as this article from June 11th, 1853:

THE SAXOPHONE - Amongst the flood of talent of various sorts which is setting in upon our shores, a foreign gentleman has lately arrived who performs with very considerable skill upon a newly invented and most remarkable instrument, styled the saxophone. This instrument is a sort of combination of the clarionet and the ophicleide, if our readers can understand such an union. The sound is produced by a reed, as in the manner of tho clarionet, but the body of the instrument being metallic, of large size, and very elaborately keyed, a power is given to it of a most startling kind, a very astonishing compass, and a certain solidity com- bined with sweetness which is calculated to make the saxophone a very valuable addition to the orchestra, as well as a pleasing instrument for solo performances. Its first introduction is to take place at a grand con- cert on Monday evening at the Mechanics, the preparations for which are on a very extensive scale. The orchestra is, we believe, to be as wel attended as on the evening of the concert given by Herr Strebinger, of which we had to speak so hlghly ; and if the perform- ance is equal to that, it will be very well worth hear- ing, as no such music was ever before heard in this colony.
... However, the original scan of the newspaper is also posted, so you can correct any OCR errors.

They also have photos of some museum pieces, which is equally interesting.

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Edit: I did some more searching. They do have a large amount of books digitized, maps, sheet music and method books and a bunch of other stuff. Some stuff links to a bunch of other museums and libraries, too. In other words, this website has gone from an "ok" find to a "great" find. Enjoy!
 
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