THE STORY of The Australian Women’s Weekly is the story of every Australian.
In the magazine’s coverage of the events in its 75-year history you’ll find stories to make you laugh, to make you sad, to bring back memories, to inspire and inquire, to make you proud to be who you are.
Familiar faces, familiar places … this unique book traces the nation’s history, and includes chapters on:
THE WEEKLY and …
• extraordinary people
• beautiful australia
• the news
• war
• charity
• the royals
• women
• fashion & beauty
• the family
• travel
• food
• the home
• christmas traditions
• humour
IT IS a book that can be flicked through or read at one sitting, returned to, re-read, picked up and put down by all members of the family. It is a gift that we all can share. WE PROUDLY present to you a celebration of 75 years of your favourite magazine.
There is no publication in the world quite like The Australian Women’s Weekly. In the 75 years since it began, the magazine has stayed true to the vision of its founding editor, George Warneke, in 1933 …
“To give it an unswerving Australian outlook and, so that it will become welcome in every Australian home from outback to the industrial suburbs, make sure it does not cater to any one section of Australian society …
“Above all, whether the journalists are writing about fashion, cookery, baby care or diet, there has to be an element of news in what they write.”
In making 75 Years of The Australian Women’s Weekly, our researchers, led by Editor Katie Ekberg, have scoured the archives, and from thousands of pages and pictures have unearthed forgotten jewels, side by side with reports and images of momentous events that we all remember.
You’ll find highlights of the best writing, the famous interviewees, subjects and stories and the exceptional access and journalistic integrity The Weekly has always maintained.
The book stands as a lasting social history, chronicling the changes and events – major and miniscule – that have shaped Australian women and our nation. |
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