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'Lost in the traditional stories of Depression and unemployment is the extraordinary technological and media revolution that was taking place in Australia of the interwar years. For it was in these years that we now find the origins of the great media empires of the twentieth century: the house of Murdoch and Packer. It saw, too, the birth of widespread radio technology and the iconic Australian serial, The Australian Women's Weekly. Indeed, as Bridget Griffen-Foley demonstrates here, the 1920s and 1930s were far from being just an age of economic hardship. Rather, this was perhaps the first period in Australian history in which most citizens were afforded the opportunity to experience extraordinary new communications technology.'
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In the Wake of War : The Rise and Rise of Australia's Media Since 1918
Subjects:
- The Sydney Morning Herald 1842 newspaper (8308 issues)
- The Australian Women's Weekly 1933 periodical (212 issues)
- The Courier-Mail 1933 newspaper (3357 issues)
- Smith's Weekly 1919 newspaper (81 issues)
- The Sydney Morning Herald 1842 newspaper (8308 issues)
- The Sun News-Pictorial 1922-1990 newspaper (42 issues)
- 1918-2008
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