Magazine Special Editionnon-fictionThis picture-book magazine is special edition of The Australian Women's Weekly featuring a selection of native Australian animals, birds, trees & flowers.

An early edition of The Australian Women's Weekly with Danny Kaye on cover.Content of articles and advertisements illustrates popular culture of the period.1 April 1959 issue. 72p., col. cover.magazines, the australian womens weekly

A clipping from "The Australian Women's Weekly," "What Women are Doing" section. A short article about Hilda Kirkhope, assistant at the Burnley Horticultural College, Melbourne. Includes a photo of Miss Kirkhope with 3 female students looking at an easel, with the caption: "Miss Hilda Kirkhope instructing senior pupils how to prepare a plan for a landscape garden. She teaches all aspects of garden design."the australian women's weekly, hilda kirkhope, burnley horticultural college, garden design, students in class

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Australian Women's Weekly and contains knitting patterns. A date of c.1946 is given for this book as although it contains no military references, the first knitting pattern in the book is called 'The Rose of England' and is dedicated to 'the women who have watched and waited'.The Australian / WOMEN'S WEEKLY / Knitting Book / FOR / ADULTS and CHILDREN / Registered in Australia / for transmission by post / as a book. / 1'6knitting handicrafts - history world war ii, australian women's weekly, knitting, handicrafts - history, world war ii

Padre Wong was the first Asian chaplain.In the 1960s due to containerisation, the Mission adapted to be able to better respond the need of the changing origins of the crews.Five columns article illustrated with two photographs of Reverend Wong with his family and the Reverend with asian sailors published on page 84 of the Australian Women's Weekly, 20 November 1963reverend stephen wong, john wong, timothy wong, hong kong, china, chinese, asian, margaret berkeley, 1963

Celebrating the centenary of Federation, this poster also lists Prime Ministers from 1901 to 2001.Poster with colour map Scale 1: 6,440,000 and list of Australian Prime Ministers, printed one sideaustralia federation, prime ministers - australia

Images of Australian nurses about to embark for WWII February 1940. [As there is no digitisation of this magazine (The Australian Women's Weekly Pictorial) this photocopy of the clipping is important.][Publication not found in digitised format]Black and white photocopy of a magazine page featuring head shot photographs of women in nursing uniforms, their names captioned under each one. There are also handwritten annotations.'H88' [blue ink at the top on the right hand side] 'X THOSE WHO / WENT TO / ENGLAND / (IN ALL / 120 NURSES / ATTACHED TO / 2/2A.GH / SAILED TO / MIDDLE / EAST)' [blue ink on at the top right hand side] [10 captions under the photographs marked with a blue inked X]wwii, world war two, ww2, australian nurses

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The Australian women's Weekly from July 5, 1961. Price 1 shilling. On the cover Henrietta Tiarks on a wedding dress. Contents: The little nothing dress - Princess Grace of Ireland - New look in hair - it was lovely, we dance twice - The case of the duplicate daughter - miss Friday's day - The way back - It seems to me - Australian nature - Worth reporting - Letter box - Your bookshelf - Stars - Jackys' diary - Dress sense - Fashion frocks - television parade - mills family - old Vic revisits Australia - The men in Audrey Hepburn's life - Woman doctor says: - At home - Home plans, prize recipes - Cookery, cooked on a skewer - Cookery course - Gardening. The magazine has 63 pages.books, magazines, women's magazine

The Australian women's weekly from July 12, 1961. Price 1 shilling, the magazine has 64 pages. On the cover a picture of Jackie Kennedy and the words: How Jackie Kennedy got to the White House, pages 24-28. Contents: Jacqueline Kennedy story - 2,000 pounds canned fruit recipe contest - the end of the beginning - Little boy lonely - The case of the duplicate daughter - The fifth candle - It seems to me - Australia nature - Worth reporting - Social - Letter box - Your bookshelf - Crosswords - Stars - Dress sense - Fashion frocks - Film - Television parade - TV colour - Cookery course - Cookery - At home - Home and family - Home plans, prize recipes - House that has everything - Gardening.books, magazines, women's magazine

An article from the Australian Women's Weekly about the troops and nurses leaving Melbourne to serve overseas, how they settled in to their living quarters on the ship and the great task of feeding so many at sea.Black and white photocopy of a newspaper page with header across the top with a line border followed by the title in bold print. On the left side of the page is a photo of many soldiers waving goodbye from a ship leaving Australia, below is one column of text next to a smaller image of a soldier walking with his head down. The right side of the page shows a smiling nurse holding multiple board games, with a smaller inset image in the middle of Captain Gorman. Below these images are three more columns of text.australian army nurses, wwii, ww2, australian troops, troop ships

Magazine clipping titled: “Melbourne’s paintings on wheels” – The Australian Women’s Weekly – August 23 1978 Page (coloured) from magazine, written by Carol Veitch Artists Andrew Southall, Mirka Mora, other artists Mike Brown, Clifton Pugh, Les Kossatz & Sandra Leveson. Six well known painters have been commissioned to paint trams.trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, tram 234

Magazine published at the time of Elizabeth II's visit to Australia. The Rt Hon R G Menzies was the Member for Kew.Single issue of the Australian Women's Weekly, published on March 10, 1954, picturing Queen Elizabeth II and the Australian Prime Minister, The Hon Robert Menzies, on the cover. This 63-page edition was published during the Royal tour of Australia. It contains photographs, articles, stories, letters, advertisements etc.australian womens weekly - 1954, royal tours - 1954

The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out by WEP (William Edwin Pidgeon) who went on to do many famous covers over the next 25 years. It is the most widely read magazine in the history of Australian publishing. During wartime despite printing restrictions, and it began publishing coloured photographic covers.This is an example of anAustralian women's magazine published during WW11.It gives practical advice on needlework / knitting and evidences the widespread interest in contemporary fashion. In doing so it shows what were the fashionable, but broadly affordable, women's and children's clothing styles of their day. These magazines also reflect women's interests.A 32 pp magazine, titled The Australian Women's Weekly. On the front cover is a coloured drawing of a man and a woman sitting under a tree. The woman is pouring tea from a billy into the tin cup held by the man. A tethered horse is grazing to their right and a small brown and white dog is in the foreground. This illustration is signed WEP (William Edwin Pidgeon). The magazine contains advertisements, stories and recipes.The special 4 page peace supplement is missing from the centre.In handrwitten pencil on the front cover - Gibbs.australian-women's-weekly magazine-ww11

Gethla Forsyth, Alfred trainee, served with the Australian Army Nursing Serviceduring World War II. After enlisting in July 1941, she was sent to Singapore as part of reinforcements for the 2/13th Australian General Hospital in January 1992. On February 12 1942 she was one of the nurses evacuated by the cargo vessel Empire Star. This ship suffered bomb damage, but after emergency repairs in Batavia (Jakarta) arrived in Freemantle on February 23 1942. Prior to discharge in 1946 she also woked at Duntroon Hospital Gethla also helped establish the Nurses Memorial Centre in St Kilda Rd Melbourne. These aricles were written in 1942 after Gethla's return to AustraliaOf significance to the AHNL, as Gethla Forsyth was an Alfred Hospital Nursing graduateCopy of page from magazine, in addition to the written article there are photographs of four nurses Previous catalogue number written at top right, and centre right margin [black ink]gethla forsyth, world war 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 nursing, australian army nursing service, alfred hospital

This magazine has been collected for the article on page 2, "Pioneers and Painters" about the book published by the Shire of Eltham in celebration of its centenary, edited by Alan Marshall with a photo of Alan Marshall with the book. The article provides some background to Marshall's association with Eltham and Kangaroo Ground and includes notable mentions of Peter Glass, Cecile Glass, Clifton Pugh, Jon Olsen, Justus Jorgensen, Matcham Skipper, Montsalvat and Mudbrick houses. "The Australian Women's Weekly" has been digitised and is accessible via the National Library of Australia's Trove website. Digitised editions cover the period from its first issue in 1933 to 1982 only. The magazine published by Australian Consolidated Press out of Sydney, NSW was a national magazine and at times different issues were published for specific states. This particular issue is one such an example in that the August 4, 1971 edition available via Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4888729) has a different front cover and the Alan Marshall article on page 2 does not exist. The cover on this edition was originally published in NSW on the July 28 issue (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4887489)alan marshall, cecile glass, clifton pugh, jon olsen, justus jorgensen, matcham skipper, montsalvat, mudbrick houses, peter glass, pioneers and painters

Assorted magazines - 'Australian Women's Weekly Hobbies for Everyone,' (1969), 'The Star Weekly Magazine' (1958) and 'The Australian Women's Weekly' (1959.)magazine, organization, recreation, lydia chancellor, collection, magazine, 'the australian women's weekly, ' 'the star weekly magazine'

Parts 1 and 2 of an article about the rebulding of St Katherine's Church St Helena after a fire in 1956. Photocopy of newspaper article, 2 pages, black and white images.st helena, st katherines church st helena

Article about three sisters each giving birth to twins. These women are the daughters of Owen Doyle and are Greensborough locals.Text and bright colour imagedoyle family, owen john doyle, mary smith, anne rayner, clare iob

The story written by a journalist who had been touring Australian Imperial Force (AIF) camps in Malaya. All the available nurses joined the journalist in their mess room to be interviewed. Matron O. Paschke said that the local residents treat the nurses like film stars, sending them baskets of orchids, presents of fruit and invitations to their homes and clubs. All the nurses seem happy and fit, and have become used to the heat in the tropics. On their time off some play golf or tennis, others go swimming. When they first arrived at the hospital the amahs were there to meet them in the dark before sunrise, but they couldn't speak english and the nurses couldn't speak Malay. Regardless they became fast friends immediatly.A large newspaper page featuring a large black and white group photo above a related story and ads. The photo shows a large group of women in nurses' uniforms standing and seated.world war 1939-1945, singapore, olive dorothy paschke, dimboola, victoria, red cross

Nurses with the Australian General Hospital (AGH) have returned to New Guinea, after twice being withdrawn as the military situation became serious. The images depict: Top left - four nurses in the foreground washing up in the mess. Top right - a nurse tending to a patient in a New Guinea military hospital Middle left - a large group of nurses, mostly seated, at the location of their jungle hospital, with the construction of the mess buildings in the background Middle right - the matron in charge of the AGH in New Guinea standing in front of a ship. Bottom left - a large group of nurses, seated and standing, on the edge of the jungle, waiting for the transport to their hospital Bottom right - nurses disembarking down a gangplank from a ship, being helped by men in army uniforms. Above the nurses there are people leaning on the ship's railing.Large newspaper page with six large black and white photos with captions underneath. All the photos depict nurses in uniform in various activities and situations, including washing up, tending to a patient, in a jungle hospital, in front of a ship, waiting for their transport and disembarking a ship.wwii, ww2, world war two, e bishop, j cameri, d bush, m holding, d mcgee, b duval, matron nell marshall, elinor bishop, j.f. crameri

An account of Laura Grubb's service as an Army Nurse in Salonika during WWI. The article includes parts taken from letters and diaries that have been donated to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. It provides a fascinating account of living and work conditions in the field hospitals, the celebrations surrounding Christmas with the patients, and the great value the wounded and sick soldiers placed on the nurses who assisted them in such terrible times.Full double-page spread magazine article that continues overleaf and on to half another page. The title is printed right across the top. There is a panorama picture of a field hospital and right below it a map of Greece. Slightly overlaying the image are a photo of Laura Grubb in uniform, and another more casual photo of her with friends and a donkey. There are three columns of text on each of the four pages.world war 1914-1918, australian nurses, wwi, ww1, australian army nursing serive, aans, salonika, laura grubb, living conditions, rations

This item is significant because it describes an aspect of life at Bonegilla Migrant Centre and how these new migrants were portrayed by the media.A page taken from the Women's Weekly of 3rd January 1948 focusing on the experiences of newly arrived migrants at Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre.bonegilla migrant reception centre, post world war 11 migration, immigration

Highlights seven of the nurses appointed to serve overseas with the A.I.F. Nurses: Sister Marjorie Stevens, Sister Patricia Chomley, Sister Madge Brown, Staff Nurse Mary Lade, Staff Nurse Catherine Beckett, Staff Nurse Shirley Tanner, Staff Nurse Isla Errington.Full page newspaper clipping. Heading across the top. Short paragraph of text top centre with a photo of a nurse below. Either side of this photo are slightly taller photos of two other women. Across the lower half of the page are four more photos with a different nurse in each one. Beneath each image is the nurses name and a short sentence about them.wwii, ww2, world war two, marjorie stevens, patricia chomley, madge brown, mary lade, catherine beckett, shirley tanner, isla errington

Photograph with caption 'SISTER VERA Tourney, one of the heroines of a / bombing attack on the A.I.F. nurses' voyage home / from Singapore.'Newspaper clipping of a photo with captionvera tourney, aif, singapore

50th Anniversary of WWII. Photos and brief captions of enlisted, voluntary and social occupations of women during WWII.Two pages, back to back, from a magazine with black and white images of former magazine covers, black and white photos, captions and text. Most images and photographs depict women and men in uniforms or working clothes from WWII. Part of a four page article.wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll, women's roles, women, australian women's weekly

[50th Anniversary of WWII] Images and photos and brief captions relating to women during WWII.Two pages, back to back, from a magazine with black and white images, black and white photos, captions and text. All images and photographs depict scenes of people taken during WWII. Part of a four page articlewwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll, women's roles, women, australian women's weekly