THE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY MUSEUM
MHIS109 Sources
Week 5
AHM001483, AHM002927, AHM002933-37, AHM002940, AHM002942-3, AHM003358
"The Australian Woman's Mirror"
Magazine published throughout 1930s - 60s. Below PDFs include a range of advertisement pages and not full digital magazines.
Multiple PDF downloads: July 19 1938 7.2MB CLICK HERE; 1954-1956 issues 13.7MB CLICK HERE; 1957 issues 7.6MB CLICK HERE; May 24 1961 3MB CLICK HERE
AHM003616-24, AHM004016-18
"Woman's Magazine"
A British Magazine, distributed throughout the commonwealth. Below PDF include a range of advertisement pages from the 1930s issues.
PDF download 21MB CLICK HERE
AWW Collection
"The Australian Women's Weekly"
Below PDFs include advertisement pages from The Australian Women's Weekly Magazines 1940s - 1960s.
Multiple PDF download: 1940s 20.2MB CLICK HERE; 1950s (a) 19MB CLICK HERE and (b) 16.2MB CLICK HERE; 1960s (a) 5.4MB CLICK HERE and (b) 3.3MB CLICK HERE
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41000872, 41002148, 41002487, 41002488
"Woman's Day"
'Woman's Day and Home' and 'Woman's Day with Woman' Magazine. Below PDF includes advertisements from 1950 and the 1960s.
PDF download 9.5MB CLICK HERE
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AHM5200
"PIX"
PIX Magazine Dec 5, 1953. Cover+ pp.54,56,64.
PDF download 3.7MB CLICK HERE
Week 4
AHM005375
"Homes in the Sun"
Book "Homes in the Sun; the past, present and future of Australian Housing" by Walter Bunning, published in Sydney by W.J. Nesbit, 1945.
PDF download of selected pages 11.7MB CLICK HERE
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AHM002925
"Australian House & Garden"
Monthly Magazine; Issue: Aug. 1953.
PDF download of selected pages 6MB CLICK HERE
AHM005374
"Housing the Australian Nation"
Book written by F. Oswald Barnett & W.O. Burt., 1942. Published by The Research Group of the Left Book Club of Victoria.
Introduction (Foreword & Preface) and Chapters 4 and 6.
PDF download of selected pages 4MB CLICK HERE
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41002170
"Housing, Slums, Private Enterprise and the Future"
Communist Programme Series No.1 Pamphlet, Published by the Australian Communist Party, 1944.
PDF download 5.2MB CLICK HERE
AHM001325
"Flat space for bachelor girl"
Article in Woman's Day and Home Magazine. Issue: Nov. 20, 1950
Article PDF download: 1.5MB CLICK HERE
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42000023, 42000024, 42000025
Makeshift Housing - Depression Years
3 Black & White Photographs showing makeshift housing during the Depression (1928-1936).
To view the 3 images CLICK HERE
Week 3
AHM004979
"Be an active Unionist"
Pamphlet published by Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia in July 1961 (Sydney).
PDF download 8.04MB CLICK HERE
AHM001913
"Australia 1959"
Daily Telegraph Newspaper Supplement, October 26 1959.
Multiple PDF download: Pages1-19 18.4MB CLICK HERE; Pages20-39 20.5MB CLICK HERE; Pages40-56 16.6MB CLICK HERE
AHM001325
"Industrial and commercial progress in Australia 1960"
Daily Telegraph Newspaper Supplement, 12th September 1960.
Multiple PDF download: Pages1-9 9.5MB CLICK; Pages10-29 21.2MB CLICK; Pages30-44 15.4MB CLICK; Pages45-56 12.4MB CLICK