Pacific Islands Monthly

Pacific Islands Monthly
Editor R.W. Robson
Founder Robert William Robson
Year founded 1930
Final issue 2000
Country New Zealand
Language English

Pacific Islands Monthly was a magazine founded in 1930 by New Zealand born journalist R.W. Robson.

Background

The first issue ran in August 1930. It consisted of 12 pages and was in the format of a newspaper. The following year it was presented in magazine format.[1] Its founder Robert William Robson, who was originally from New Zealand, moved to Sydney, Australia during World War I.[2] The journalists for the magazine were said to be some of the Pacific's most respected.[3]

During the 1940s some of the advertisements in the magazine included W.R. Carpenter & Co Ltd.[4]

During its lifetime the magazine ran for approximately 70 years with the first issue in 1930 and the last in 2000.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Australian National University, Canberra Collection DOC 331 - Pacific Islands Monthly Sydney: Pacific Publications. Vol. 1, No. 1+, Aug. 1930+
  2. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Polynesia By Robert D. Craig Page 204 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY (PIM)
  3. ↑ Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas edited by Stephen A. Wurm, Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tryon Page 1404
  4. ↑ The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1 By Brij V. Lal, Kate Fortune Page 218 Carpenter Group
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English edited by Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly Page 905 Literary Magazines (South Pacific)
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