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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]
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]
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.
She helped produce nine cookbooks over four years, and organised the magazine's food testing and photography. She worked on the original Australian Women's Weekly Cookbook published in 1970, [11] one of her contributions was having prepared the Savoury lamb casserole featured on the front of the book jacket. [11] [12]
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 ]
Buttrose edited Cleo until 1975, when she was appointed editor of the Packers' flagship magazine, The Australian Women's Weekly (1975–76). She then became editor-in-chief of both publications from 1976 to 1978, before being appointed publisher of Australian Consolidated Press Women's Division from 1978 to 1981.
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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