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The Australian Women's Weekly, sometimes known simply as The Weekly, is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Are Media in Sydney and founded in 1933. [2] [3] For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of Better Homes and Gardens in 2014. [4]
The Australian Women's Weekly Fashion: The First 50 Years. Canberra: National Library of Australia. Thomas, Deborah (March 2014). "Fifty Years of Fashion : The Australian Women's Weekly". The National Library of Australia Magazine. 6 (1): 2– 5. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015
The Australian Women's Weekly Ada Jean Hounsell Williamson better known as Jean Williamson (31 October 1891 – 14 January 1977) was an Australian journalist. When The Australian Women's Weekly was becoming a best selling magazine known for its light fiction, she was in charge of the light fiction.
The segment was so popular he expanded it and the following year launched Josh Earl vs. the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book, [17] a show that continued through to 2015. [18] In 2016 all 107 cakes were baked and sold for a Canberra charity to raise money to support women with post-and ante-natal depression.
In early April 2020, Bauer Media Australia announced that it would be closing Woman's Day as well as several Australian and New Zealand brands including The Australian Women's Weekly and New Zealand Woman's Weekly in response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand. [13] [14] [15]
The magazine's readership in 2004 was in excess of 2 million [4] and had increased to 2.364 million in 2005/6; [5] that is the magazine is read by more than 10% of Australia's population. However, in recent years weekly sales figures have dropped to a March 2014 audit of 280,206. [6] In December 2014 readership had halved to 1.265 million, [7]
Dorothy Drain (16 August 1909 – 31 May 1996) was an Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet. She worked as a journalist with The Australian Women's Weekly for 38 years, with the final five years being as its editor. [1] [2] She was "one of Australia's best-known journalists". [2]
Susan Elizabeth Duncan (1951 – 30 November 2024) was an Australian author, journalist and editor of The Australian Women's Weekly and New Idea. [ 1 ] Life and career