Links

Links to discussion lists and listservs devoted to media history, scholarly centres concerned with to the study of media history, libraries holding Australian regulatory and policy material and links to histories of individual Australian radio and television broadcasting stations. Also contains links to a number of Australian peak media industry bodies. Significant Australian and international scholarly journals devoted to the study of media, multimedia and journalism history are also listed.

Listservs
Associations
Centres
Regulatory
Industry
Print
Broadcasting
Music
Biographical
Journals

 

Listservs

Australian Media History Listserv

http://www.amhd.org.au/listserv.html

The Australian Media History Listserv, hosted by Macquarie University, Sydney, focuses on histories of advertising, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film and the new media.

The Australian Media History Listserv provides:

  • a mechanism for disseminating information about events, new publications and education courses in Australian media history;
  • an outlet to share information about resources for researching Australian media history;
  • a means for posting queries about research and gaps in the field; and
  • a place for discussing broader research and epistemological issues pertaining to Australian media history

Communication History Discussion List

http://www.communicationhistory.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/commhistlist

The Communication History Discussion List is an international, scholarly listserv devoted to all aspects of media and communication history.

Associations

Australian Historical Association

http://www.theaha.org.au/

The AHA was founded in 1973 and is the premier national organisation of historians, academic, professional and other, working in all fields of history. Its members number more than 800, including universities, libraries and other affiliates. AHA conferences are held annually and a number of prizes, awards and honorary fellowships are offered.

Australian Radio and Audio Researchers Association

Contact: Dr John Tebbutt

john.tebbutt@latrobe.mq.edu.au

Centres

Centre for Media History, Macquarie University, Sydney

http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/cmh/

The Division of Humanities at Macquarie University, in Sydney, is home to Australia’s first centre dedicated to conducting and fostering research on the interactions between media and history. Established in mid-2007, the Centre for Media History is interested in the history of the media, history in the media, and history and the media. Macquarie University has nationally and internationally recognised strengths in the field of media history, including the history of the press, radio, film, censorship and public opinion, and in representations of history in film and broadcast media.

Centre for Broadcasting History Research, Bournemouth University, UK

http://media.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/cbhr.html

The Centre for Broadcasting History seeks to:

  • Stimulate an interest in the study of the history of broadcasting
  • Create and develop partnerships with other organisations and institutions in shared areas of historical interest
  • Work for the preservation of important at-risk archival collections
  • Develop new approaches to the interrogation of existing resources through the application of innovative technologies
  • Raise the profile of historical contexts within the current teaching practice of the School
  • Develop work as a contribution towards the RAE 2008

The Director of the Centre for Broadcasting History Research is Professor Sean Street. His research work is linked closely to his radio programme-making and writing on radio and literary subjects. For more details, go to www.seanstreet.com

Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, Washington D.C.

http://chnm.gmu.edu/

Since 1994, the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has used digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past. CHNM combines cutting edge digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship to promote an inclusive and democratic understanding of the past as well as a broad historical literacy. CHNM's work has been recognized with major awards and grants from the American Historical Association, the National Humanities Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Department of Education, the Library of Congress, Institute for Museum and Library Services, and the Sloan, Hewlett, Rockefeller, Gould, Delmas, Mellon and Kellogg foundations.

Centre for the History of the Media, University College Dublin

http://www.ucd.ie/mediahis/

The Centre for the History of the Media (CHM) is an initiative of the School of History and Archives at University College Dublin. The Centre offers an interdisciplinary forum for researchers from across the University and beyond to explore the history of the media, giving equal attention to the pre-modern and modern periods. It seeks to promote two main areas: the study of the media within a broad contextual framework and meaningful interdisciplinary discourse. The Centre hosts an annual Distinguished Public Lecture. In addition, the Centre organises research seminars and international conferences, bringing together leading scholars active in this burgeoning field of enquiry. The Centre was launched in February 2007 by the distinguished cultural historian Professor Peter Burke.

Center for Media, Culture and History, New York University

http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/media/

The Center for Media, Culture and History is a collaborative project, drawing on faculty from the Africana Studies Program and the Departments of Anthropology, Cinema Studies, Comparative Literature, History, and Religious Studies. We address issues of representation, social change, and identity construction embedded in the development of film, television, video and new media worldwide. Our focus on the role that these media play in shaping our perceptions of history and culture; in forging individual, collective, national, and transnational identities; and in mediating the direction and character of social change. Support for the Center for Media, Culture and History is provided by the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science, the Department of Anthropology and the Tisch School of the Arts Department of Cinema Studies.

Centre for Media History, University of Wales

http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/research/centreformediahistory.html

The Centre for Media History at the University of Wales Aberystwyth is a new research centre based in the Department of History and Welsh History that recognises and builds on the strength within the university of research into the history of the mass media both within the Department of History and Welsh History itself, and in other departments (principally the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies). The purpose of the Centre is threefold: 

  • To promote the exploration of media in a specifically historical context
  • To promote teaching and research in the field of media history
  • To publicise and popularise the use of media and media-related sources as a  key research tool for a wide range of historical studies.

Aberystwyth’s research expertise in this field is internationally recognised, and the journal Media History is currently based at the university.  We also benefit from the vast archival and book resources of the National Library of Wales, based in Aberystwyth, in particular its National Screen and Sound Archive.  We see media history in its widest context, from the early modern period (and where possible earlier) to the present day, and encompassing the broadest possible range of media, from print culture, cinema and broadcasting to photography, advertising, etc. 

Centre for the Study of Journalism and History

http://www.journalism-history.dept.shef.ac.uk/

The Centre for the Study of Journalism and History was formed in Autumn 2009 to provide a forum for interdisciplinary research on journalism and history. It uses seminars, research projects and publishing ventures to set up dialogues about using journalism both as a source for understanding the past, and for clarifying ideas about the public sphere, language and discourse. It is particularly interested in developing robust methodologies for exploiting digital archives of journalism content.

European Television History Network

http://cms.let.uu.nl/ethn/

ETHN is a network that connects scholars, archivists and institutions working on the history of television in Europe. The network encourages the exchange of research and experiences and the development of collaborative research projects that help to explore a comparative approach to television history.

 

Regulatory

Australian Communications and Media Authority Library

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/about_us/the_department/library

Library holdings are accessible through Libraries Australia

The Library is widely regarded as having one of the major collections of broadcasting, media, telecommunications and radiocommunications in Australia. The major subject areas to be found in the Library are communications law, administrative law, radio and television broadcasting, communications and competition policy, broadcasting technology, mass media, media culture, telecommunications, radiocommunications, consumer issues, new technologies, mobile and satellite communications, internet and online issues. The library has holdings in Sydney and Melbourne.

Department of Communications, Information and Technology Library, Canberra

http://www.dcita.gov.au/department/the_department/library

The collection is available for use by students, researchers and members of the public. The information available in the DCITA Library is in electronic format and hard copy journals. Journals and books cover subjects such as:

  • e-commerce
  • intellectual property and copyright
  • Australian and international broadcasting
  • advertising
  • convergence
  • museums and arts management
  • general arts and cultural policy and management
  • government funding of the arts
  • information technology
  • telecommunications policy
  • current affairs and economics

The collection also includes annual reports, newspapers, CD-ROMs and videos. There are also a number of online services which DCITA Library staff can search to find relevant information. The library is located Canberra.

 

Industry

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

http://www.alliance.org.au/

The Alliance is the union and professional organisation which covers everyone in the media, entertainment, sports and arts industries. Our 36,000 members include people working in TV, radio, theatre & film, entertainment venues, recreation grounds, journalists, actors, dancers, sportspeople, cartoonists, photographers, orchestral & opera performers as well as people working in public relations, advertising, book publishing & website production ...in fact everyone who works in the industries that inform or entertain Australians. The Alliance was created in 1992 through the merging of the unions covering actors, journalists and entertainment industry employees:   Actors Equity (AE)  The Australian Journalists Association (AJA)  The Australian Theatrical & Amusement Employees Association (ATAEA) Since amalgamation, the Symphony Orchestra Musicians Association (SOMA) & the NSW Artworkers Union have joined the Alliance, a Professional Sports Branch has been created & the Screen Technicians Association of Australia (STAA) reconstituted itself under the Alliance banner. The MEAA Information desk is based in Redfern, Sydney, and the organisation has branches in each State.

Walkley Foundation

http://www.walkleys.com/

The annual Walkley Awards recognize excellence in Australian journalism across all media including print, television, radio, photographic and online media. The prestigious Gold Walkley is considered the pinnacle of journalistic achievement. The Walkleys were established in 1956, with five categories, by Ampol Petroleum founder Sir William Gaston Walkley. Upon his death, the awards were bequeathed to the-then Australian Journalists' Association (now the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). The Association and, from 1990, the Alliance remained proud custodian of the awards for many years. In 2000, the Alliance voted to formally establish the awards as the Walkley Foundation for Journalism.

The Walkley Foundation's aims and objectives are to organise, administer and promote the Walkley Awards as well as continuing to advance the interests of professional and ethical journalism in Australia. The Walkley Foundation is located at the MEAA headquarters in Redfern, Sydney.

http://magazine.walkleys.com/

The Walkley Magazine is Australia’s premier media publication dedicated to exploring media issues. The Walkley Magazine is the only forum for the discussion of the media by Australia’s most senior journalists and media professionals, canvassing all the issues of the day from politics to business and insider industry info. Produced six times a year, the full colour Walkley Magazine showcases the best in Australian journalism and photojournalism and creates a unique forum for discussion of professional issues as well as interesting news on the craft and practice of journalism and public relations.

 

Print

Australian Cartoonists’ Association

http://www.abwac.org.au

The ACA is the world's oldest cartoonist organisation, formally the Australian Black and White Artists' Club, founded in 1924. ACA was known for many years as the Australian Black and White Artists’ Club. Our first objective is to “improve the standing of ‘black and white’ artists in Australia and to stimulate public interest in ‘black and white’ art.” The second objective is “to promote competitions and/or awards with the object of improving the standards of ‘black and white’ art.” ACA members include Australia’s best cartoonists, caricaturists, illustrators, comic book artists, animators and illustrators who work for newspapers, magazines, and production houses. Attention is focused on matters such as syndicated cartoons from overseas and issues of copyright, public education and promotion to newspaper and magazine editors and publishers. ACA’s membership stands at over 200 nationwide. The Association is based in Strawberry Hills, NSW.

Australian Press Council

http://www.presscouncil.org.au/

The Australian Press Council Incorporated is the self-regulatory body of the print media. It was established in 1976 with two main aims: to help preserve the traditional freedom of the press within Australia and ensure that the free press acts responsibly and ethically. According to its Constitution, the objects of the Australian Press Council are to promote freedom of speech through responsible and independent print media, and adherence to high journalistic and editorial standards. The Press Council is based in York St., Sydney.

Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association (PANPA)

http://www.panpa.org.au/

Founded in 1969, The Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association (PANPA) is an industry association representing newspapers in the Asia-Pacific region. It has a membership comprising every significant newspaper company in Australia and New Zealand, as well as most English-language newspapers in South East Asia and the South Pacific. PANPA also is supported by associate members who supply goods and services to the newspaper industry. A not-for-profit organisation, PANPA seeks to connect its members with the world’s best industry practice and to promote awareness and understanding of newspapers within the community. The organisation acts as an information exchange for the newspaper industry through a magazine, the PANPA Bulletin, through specialist workshops and seminars covering all aspects of the newspaper industry, and through the Annual Conference. PANPA covers areas of expertise in professional newspaper publishing such as management, marketing, advertising, editorial, technical and production. PANPA is based in Ultimo, Sydney.

 

Broadcasting

A history of Australian radio

http://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/intro/history_OZ-radio.pdf

A brief overview of the history of radio broadcasting in Australia (PDF format).

A history of community radio

http://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/intro/history_com-radio.pdf

A brief overview of the early history of Community Radio broadcasting in Australia extracted from a paper, ‘The Social and Political forces that led to the Development of Public Radio in the 1960's’, written by Dr Jeff Langdon in 1995. The paper looks at the development of community radio in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s.

Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

http://www.acmi.net.au/

World leading and state-of-the-art, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) celebrates, champions and explores the moving image in all its forms - film, television, games, new media and art. Through a diverse and engaging annual calendar of award winning major exhibitions, film programs, live events, creative workshops, education programs, community activities and lending services, ACMI brings the best of moving image culture from across the globe to Australian audiences.

Starting life as the State Film Centre in 1946, ACMI evolved from being a Collection based institution to a hub for screening and industry advocacy, education and audience development to the point where it became a centrepiece of Federation Square on its opening in 2002. As the newest of the Victorian State Government’s arts agencies, since then ACMI has strengthened its world-class position and independent voice as one of only a handful of international moving image centres.

Australian Children’s Television Foundation

http://www.actf.com.au

The ACTF is a national non-profit organisation. It is committed to providing Australian children with entertaining media made especially for them, which makes an enduring contribution to their cultural and educational experience. The ACTF is funded by the Commonwealth Government, and the governments of each State and Territory in Australia.

The ACTF develops and produces high quality television programs for children. It aims to create innovative, entertaining and educational programs. ACTF programs have screened in over 100 countries and have won over 95 local and international awards. The ACTF actively engages in debate on issues concerning Australian children’s program content. It prepares submissions to regulatory bodies and government, and seeks to inform key decision makers.

Australian Television History

http://www.austvhistory.com/index.htm

Aus TV History.com is a resource for Australian television history, preserving the telly we all grew up with. On this site you can revisit the history of the big networks and the local regional channels, watch the catchy station idents and promos we all sang along to, and find lots of stuff that makes you say ‘ I remember that!’ So go exploring, and celebrate the first 50 years of Australian television!

Commercial Radio Australia

http://www.commercialradio.com.au/

Commercial Radio Australia is the national industry body representing Australia’s commercial radio broadcasters. We represent 98% of commercial stations on air in Australia. There are currently about 261 commercial radio stations on air in Australia, of which 257 are members of Commercial Radio Australia Ltd. Commercial Radio Australia is based in Surry Hills, Sydney.

Community Broadcasting Association of Australia

http://www.cbaa.org.au/

The CBAA is the peak body for community radio and television stations. We provide leadership, advocacy and support for our members to actively provide independent broadcasting services and to build and strengthen local communities. We are the national representative organisation for community broadcasters, both fully licensed stations and groups aspiring to hold a permanent licence. Organisations and individuals who support the development of community broadcasting can also join as affiliate members. Besides its representative function, the CBAA constitutes a forum for discussion and implementation of policies designed to advance the development of community broadcasting and the interests of community broadcasters. The CBAA also hosts the Community Radio Network satellite service (CRN), which distributes programming produced by member stations and affiliated groups to around 180 stations throughout Australia. The CBAA is based in Alexandria, Sydney.

Crawfords Australia

http://www.crawfords.com.au/winprofile.shtml

Crawfords is Australia's most established and respected television production company. The name of Crawfords Australia has become synonymous with high quality, locally-produced entertainment for over 50 years. Crawfords Australia has pioneered television drama in Australia, ranging from police drama, sitcoms, mini-series, telemovies and children's drama. Now part of the WIN television group and under the proprietorship of Bruce Gordon, Crawfords Australia's eight-acre studio complex in Melbourne remains a key centre for film and television program production in Australia. Crawfords Australia is based in Bourke St., Melbourne.

Free Television Australia

http://www.freetv.com.au/

Free TV Australia is an industry body which represents all of Australia's commercial free-to-air television licencees.  Free TV has represented the commercial free-to-air television industry for over 40 years and is one of the few industry bodies in Australia which represents every organisation in its industry.  Free TV Australia provides a forum for discussion of industry matters and is the public voice of the industry on a wide range of issues. Free TV Australia’s constitution commits it to promoting, defending and conserving the rights and interests of its members in commercial free-to-air television broadcasting in Australia. Free TV Australia is governed by a Board of Directors representing the major member groups; the Nine Network, Seven Network, Network Ten, Southern Cross Broadcasting, Prime Television, WIN and a representative of Swan Television Broadcasters, NBN and Imparja Television.  The Board is supported by a number of committees which formulate advice and recommendations in relation to policy and regulatory issues, engineering and technical issues, marketing, industrial relations and other areas affecting the industry.  Project committees may also be formed to address specific matters. Free TV Australia actively participates in a number of government and industry bodies.  These include overseas broadcast organisations, such as the European Broadcasting Union, Asia Pacific Broadcasters Union, and the US National Association of Broadcasters. Free TV Australia has a small secretariat based in Sydney, which is responsible for implementing policy decisions of the Board and pursuing a range of activities on behalf of members. Free TV is based in Mosman, Sydney.

Friends of the ABC

http://www.fabc.org.au

Friends of the ABC (FABC) represents the public's interest in its national public broadcaster. It is comprised of Friends of the ABC organisations from every Australian state and territory working together in a national campaign.

Friends of the ABC's objectives:

  • to support the maintenance and advancement of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • to fulfil to a high standard its role as an independent and comprehensive national public broadcaster
  • to be adequately funded by government to fulfil its role;
  • to remain independent of government influence, commercial sponsorship and advertising; and
  • to promote Australian culture in all its diversity

Friends of the ABC engages in a range of activities at national, state and local levels. These include informing the public, communicating with Members of Parliament and media, presenting submissions to government reviews and inquiries, addressing public meetings, conducting rallies and publishing newsletters.

Radio Adelaide 101.5 (formerly 5UV)

http://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/intro/

On 28 June 28 1972, Radio VL-5UV was the first licensed community station to go to air in Australia. Although the official name has evolved and changed over the years, Radio Adelaide has been the station name since 2003. The 1990s was a decade of great change for the station. It became one of the first Australian stations to broadcast 24 hours a day on the internet. As part of a plan to emphasize the greater community reach of the station and to refresh the station image in 2002 it made the move from 5UV on 531 AM to Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM (this became the station’s formal name from 1 January 2003).

Radio station 2SM

http://www.debbiekruger.com/broadcaster/2sm.html

A fan site for Sydney radio station 2SM….“If you are a former 2SM junkie like me, this is the place for you!! Settle in for a long trip down memory lane”. The site contains animations, promotions, jingles and other snippets.

The site also contains a brief station history written by media historian Glen A. Baker:

http://www.debbiekruger.com/broadcaster/2sm/baker.html

The Radio Wave

www.allaboutradio.net

The Radio Wave is a free e-letter which goes out to radio people world-wide every three weeks. The Radio Wave is aimed at people who'd like to be in radio, newbies who've just started and full-time professionals. Editor Ian MacRae can be contacted at ian@allaboutradio.net. Back issues are available at: www.allaboutradio.net (click on archives). To subscribe just send a blank email to: radiowave@allaboutradio.net.

Radio Yesteryear Inc., History of Australian Broadcasting

www.radioyesteryear.org.au 

Radio Yesteryear broadcasts from Kariong situated above the city of Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Volunteers at Radio Yesteryear Inc. are researching the development of early Australian broadcasting, compiled on a ‘station by station’ and ‘State’ basis. Radio yesteryear has conducted research into the early history of each AM radio station (over 600), and plans to release the details by the end of 2008. Contact Bruce Carty at radioyesteryear@integritynet.com.au

Seven Network Group

http://www.investsmart.com.au/company_profile/summary/default.asp?SecurityID=SEV&ExchangeID=ASX

Seven Network (SEV) is an investment company. In 2006, SEV sold its major assets, a metropolitan free-to-air TV network, Pacific Magazines and an online JV Yahoo!7, into Seven Media Group (SMG), an unlisted JV with private equity group KKR.

For more information about the Seven Media Group see:

http://www.sevencorporate.com.au/default.aspx?page=2

Southern Cross Broadcasting Network

http://www.mytalk.com.au/

This is the homepage for Australian radio stations broadcasting as part of the Southern Cross radio network. The site contains several brief histories of stations in its network:

2WG Women’s Club

http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/1077-introduction-radio-station-2wg-womens-club.asp

Radio station 2WG began broadcasting from a site in Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga in 1932 and after struggling during the Depression, was a great success. In 1937, Nan Roberts, wife of the station owner, Eric Roberts, and more generally known by her radio name of Auntie Nan, launched the 2WG Women's Club. For the next 30 years, the Club played a pivotal role for women of the Riverina with its president for much of this time, Ada 'Cobby' Webb, leading it with commitment and enthusiasm. The establishment of The Haven, Wagga's first aged care facility, was the major achievement of the 2WG Women's Club. With the advent of television, increased mobility for women in regional and rural areas, the growth in women working outside of the home and changing approaches to the support and funding of public services, the role of the Women's Club declined, and finally ceased in the mid 1960s.

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbscorporate/index.php?id=1201

SBS is unique. Its radio and television services broadcast in more languages than any other network in the world. Sixty-eight languages are spoken on SBS Radio. Programs in more than 60 languages are broadcast on SBS Television, and Online, SBS New Media provides text and audio-on-demand services in more than 50 languages. SBS was established to give voice and exposure to multicultural Australia; to define, foster and celebrate Australia's cultural diversity in accordance with our Charter obligation to "provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society".

For a document detailing the landmarks in the SBS story, from the beginning of experimental ethnic radio broadcasts in 1975, through the establishment of the permanent radio service, the launching of television in 1980, and its development until mid 1997, see:

http://multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/library/media/Document/id/107

Talkback Radio: An Emotional Homeland and Heartland 

http://www.reportingdiversity.org.au/docs/Talkbackradioreport.pdf

Australia's first extensive study of talkback radio audiences. As part of this study, talkback (also known as talk radio) listeners and callers discussed a range of topics, including why they listen to and/or call talkback, the role it plays in their lives and how they use it.

Ten Network (Television)

http://www.tencorporate.com.au/

The first of the stations that are part of today’s TEN Network began broadcasting in 1959, as ADS-7 in Adelaide (now ADS-10). ATV-0 (later ATV-10) began broadcasting in Melbourne in 1964, the year of The Beatles visit. The following year, TEN hit the airwaves in Sydney, with a variety spectacular “TV Spells Magic,” along with TVQ-0 (later TVQ-10) in Brisbane. NEW-10 Perth began broadcasting in 1988. What is today's TEN network was created in 1995 with the purchase of the Adelaide and Perth stations – ADS-10 and NEW-10. Always the innovator, TEN was the first station to broadcast television in colour in 1975 and has lead the way toward the introduction of digital television on January 1, 2001. The Ten Network has offices in most state capitals.

WIN Television Corporation

http://www.crawfords.com.au/index_about.html

Since it began broadcasting in Wollongong with one station in 1963, the WIN Television Network is now the largest regional television broadcaster in Australia and is the fourth largest in Australia behind Networks Nine, Seven, and Ten. This site gives a brief overview of the company’s history.

 

Music

Jazz archive

http://www.jazz.org.au/about/jazzarchive.php

Jazz Australia is an interactive website resource for the Australian jazz community. The site was commissioned by the Australia Council as part of the National Jazz Initiative, and is designed to act as a national resource, bringing together jazz organisations, institutions, musicians and enthusiasts from across the country. The website structure is interactive enabling individuals, groups and organisations to contribute directly to the site, assisting the promotion and dissemination of jazz information regionally, nationally and internationally. The site content is provided by writers from all over Australia and overseas as well as key jazz organisations across the country.

Miles Ago

http://www.milesago.com/

MILESAGO is a work in progress. Our mission is to compile a comprehensive web-based resource about Australasian (i.e. Australian and New Zealand) popular music, popular culture and social history in the twelve-year period from 1 January 1964 to 31 December 1975. Milesago aims to provide an accurate, comprehensive resource about the groups and solo artists from both sides of the Tasman who produced this music, and also to provide some background about the environment in which they worked. We are gradually building a database of information on the media – radio stations and DJs, newspapers and magazines, TV shows, films and documentaries. We are also developing comprehensive sections with information about promoters, managers and agents, the lightshows and sound systems, roadies and technicians, record labels, producers and engineers, and studios. We also document the vanishing history of our live music scene and music venues – the clubs and discotheques, and the booming city and suburban dance circuit of the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.

 

Biographical

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm

The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online website is the Internet version of the ADB's traditional print volumes. It is operated by the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. The website is a joint production of the ADB and the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. The biographical articles published in the first online edition are those found in the printed ADB: Volumes 1 to 16 in the continuing series and the Supplementary Volume. The articles are concise, authoritative accounts of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history. The ADB Online is available free on the web. It has been designed to enable and encourage scholarly practice in the electronic world, and to provide a service to all users of the Internet. A range of search options are available, from name (e.g. Howe, Murdoch, Syme) to occupation (e.g. journalist, broadcaster, film director).

Mamma Lena & Dino Gustin

http://www.mammalena.info/

A site dedicated to radio broadcaster, Mamm Lena, and her husband, Dino Gustin, who broadcast Italian language programs in Sydney for nearly twenty years. The site contains a variety of material relevant to radio historians including pictures, sound recordings and digitised archival material.

John Pearce

http://web.archive.org/web/20041106175949/usrwww.mpx.com.au/~encore/index.html

For the Love of Mike is an online autobiography and memoir of Australian radio written by bombastic talk radio personality John Pearce (1925-1996).

William Edward Pidgeon

http://www.pidgeon.info/

A site dedicated to William Edwin Pidgeon, a 3 times Archibald Prize winner, Australia’s premier prize for portrait painting. Pidgeon was also famous for his cartoons and illustrations for the The Daily Telegraph in Sydney and for the Australian Women’s Weekly. Pidgeon helped create the original dummy for the Weekly back in 1933 and became a household name for his covers which were featured on many issues through to the 1950s.

Sir Geoffrey Syme

http://www.sirgeoffreysyme.com.au/

Site dedicated to Geoffrey Syme, Managing Editor of The Age and The Leader newspapers from 1908 until 1942. Geoffrey Syme began as an Age journalist since 1892, first as a cadet, later as a senior journalist. In 1902 he became Editor of the newly founded weekly paper Every Saturday, the forerunner of the Saturday Age. On the death of his father David Syme on the 14th February 1908 he became Managing Editor of The Age and responsible for the editorial policy of the paper.

 

Journals

Australian Studies in Journalism, University of Queensland

http://www.uq.edu.au/sjc/books-and-publications

Australian Studies in Journalism is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to promoting research and scholarship on journalism and the news media in Australia.

Journalism History, Ohio University

http://scrippsjschool.org/about/journalismhistory.php

Journalism History is published four times a year by the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, with the support of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Journalism History seeks articles on topics related to the full scope of mass communication history. Articles may discuss individuals, institutions, or events. Manuscripts which provide fresh approaches and new, significant understanding about a topic in its broader context are especially sought. The journal also will consider topical essays, particularly if they are clearly argued and well supported with documentation.

Media History Monographs, Elon University

http://facstaff.elon.edu/dcopeland/mhm/mhm.htm

Media History Monographs (MHM) is an online journal devoted to publishing scholarly journalism and mass communication history works. The journal is affiliated with the American Journalism Historians Association. Media History Monographs is devoted to publishing historical scholarly works which are too long for regular journal articles and too short for books. All articles are peer-reviewed and all methodologies are welcome. The journal was created to accommodate the increased study of history in the field of mass communications and is sponsored by the School of  Communications at Elon University, Elon, North Carolina. Media History Monographs is published in association with the American Journalism Historians Association. All information contained within published articles is copyrighted and owned solely by the authors of the respective works.

Screening the Past, La Trobe University

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/

An international, refereed, electronic journal of visual media and history.

Studies in Newspaper and Periodical History, Connecticut

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&docId=15315591

The 1995 Annual reflects a wide range of work on serial publication, addressed chronologically, geographically, and theoretically. It spans the period from 1700 through the 1970s and has a distinct international dimension showing how serial publication both followed the expansion of international trade and how it served as one of the sinews that bound together all of the different cultural elements comprising the expanding global economic network. This 1995 Annual volume, edited by Michael Harris and Tom O'Malley, represents the continuation of the Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History. As with previous volumes, this work continues to offer important studies about the history of newspapers and periodicals around the world. This is an annual series published by Greenwood Publishing Group, Connecticut.

Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture, RMIT University

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Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture is an interdisciplinary journal focussing on the connections between communication and politics. Established in 1963, Southern Review is interested in communication and cultural technologies—their histories, producers and audiences, policies and texts. It welcomes articles that connect these areas either to arenas of legislative or parliamentary politics, to governance of social organizations and the institutions they constitute, or to broader negotiations of power. Southern Review produces three issues per year.

The Journal for Multimedia History , The University at Albany, State University of New York

http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/

The JMMH is the first peer-reviewed electronic journal that presents, evaluates, and disseminates multimedia historical scholarship. Our project is to publish a journal of history that uses hypertext and multimedia technologies to merge audio, video, graphics, and text into a form that can only be communicated on the World Wide Web (WWW) or on CD-ROM/DVD mediums. It is precisely because so much of what we are doing as professional historians seemed so isolating that we wanted to "get out on the Web," to reach not only academicians, but an entire universe of interested readers. We wanted to bring serious historical scholarship and pedagogy under the scrutiny of amateurs and professionals alike, to utilize the promise of digital technologies to expand history's boundaries, merge its forms, and promote and legitimate innovations in teaching and research that we saw emerging all around us. Based in the Department of History of The University at Albany, SUNY, the JMMH seeks a diverse readership, including academicians, teachers, archivists, museum curators, documentary film makers, and a curious general public. The journal is dedicated to presenting and reviewing historical scholarship focusing on all periods and all nations. The journal is based in the Department of History, The University at Albany, State University of New York.

Media History

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13688804.asp

Media History is an interdisciplinary journal which welcomes contributions addressing media and society from the fifteenth century to the present. Its perspective is both historical and international. It will explore all forms of serial publication in manuscript, print and electronic media and will encourage work which crosses the boundaries of politics, culture and communications. The journal includes contributions covering a wide area of Media History, and welcomes contributions from across the globe. Contributors are encouraged to submit illustrations where appropriate. The journal is published by Routledge.

Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

http://www.iamhist.org/

The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television is an interdisciplinary journal concerned with the evidence produced by the mass media for historians and social scientists, and with the impact of mass communications on the political and social history of the twentieth century. The needs of those engaged in research and teaching are served by scholarly articles, book reviews and by archival reports concerned with the preservation and availability of records. The journal also reviews films, television and radio programmes of historical or educational importance. In addition, it aims to provide a survey of developments in the teaching of history and social science courses which involve the use of film and broadcast materials. It is the official journal of the International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST), and is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences, Louisiana State University.

Film History

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/film_history/

Film History focuses on the historical development of the motion picture and the social, technological, and economic context in which this has occurred. Its areas of interest range from the technical and entrepreneurial innovations of the early and pre-cinema experiments, through all aspects of the production, distribution, exhibition, and reception of commercial and non-commercial motion pictures. The journal is published by Indiana University Press.

Film & History, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory/

The Historians Film Committee exists to further the use of film sources in teaching and research, to disseminate information about film and film use to historians and other social scientists, to work for an effective system of film preservation so that scholars may have ready access to film archives, and to organize periodic conferences and seminars dealing with film. For the past thirty years Film & History has been an inexpensive journal that even "poor" libraries can afford. We study how history is being shaped by media as well as how media are being shaped by history. We examine the evolution of genre over time and how the changes in genre formulas are affected by contemporary pressures. We review relevant books, films, and television specials. Film & History is published twice a year by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (as of June 1, 2007), in affiliation with the American Historical Association and under the direction of the university's Center for the Study of Film and History.  The journal is also a partner with Project MUSE, of The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, University of Queensland

http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/mia/

Media International Australia incorporating Culture andPolicy publishes new scholarly and applied research on the media, telecommunications, and the cultural industries, and the policy regimes within which they operate. MIA was founded by Professor Henry Mayer in 1976. It was published by the Australian Film, Television and Radio School until 1997, when it moved to the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy at Griffith University. At that time, it was merged with the Centre's journal, Culture and Policy. From 2004, it became a publication of the School of EMSAH and the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, at The University of Queensland. In 2005 the Henry Mayer Lecture was established in memory of the journal's founder. Broadly inclusive and inter-disciplinary, the journal welcomes the writing of history, theory and analysis, commentary and debate. While its primary focus is Australia, the journal also aims to provide an international perspective. MIA receives review copies of recent publications from a number of publishers, and these can be made available to reviewers who will undertake to produce the review within the stated time. For more information and a list of available titles, see the Books Available for Review page. MIA is published by the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, in association with the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland.

Prometheus, Routledge

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08109028.asp

The aim of Prometheus is to publish high quality peer reviewed research papers and contributions to national and international policy debate relating to technological change, innovation, information economics, and telecommunications and science policy.
The journal seeks to act as a bridge between disciplines, as well as between scholarly work and the policy process.