Pacific Islands Monthly

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Pacific Islands Monthly
EditorR.W. Robson
FounderRobert William Robson
Founded1930
Final issue2000
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
ISSN 0030-8722  (print)
1563-5759  (web)

Pacific Islands Monthly, commonly referred to as "PIM", was a magazine founded in 1930 in Sydney by New Zealand born journalist R.W. Robson.

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Background

Pacific Islands Monthly was started in Sydney in 1930. [1] The first issue ran in August 1930. [1] It consisted of 12 pages and was in the format of a newspaper. The following year it was presented in magazine format. [2] Its founder Robert William Robson, who was originally from New Zealand, moved to Sydney, Australia during World War I. [3] The journalists for the magazine were said to be some of the Pacific's most respected. [4]

During the 1940s the magazine included advertisements for W. R. Carpenter & Co. [5]

The magazine ran for approximately 70 years with the first issue on 16 August 1930 and the last issue on 1 June 2000. [6]

Pacific Islands Monthly (1931–2000) has been digitised, and is now freely available online through Trove. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pacific Islands Monthly". Fragmented Identities. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. The Australian National University, Canberra Collection DOC 331 - Pacific Islands Monthly Sydney: Pacific Publications. Vol. 1, No. 1+, Aug. 1930+
  3. Craig, Robert D. (18 December 2010). "Pacific Islands Monthly (PIM)". Historical Dictionary of Polynesia. pp. 204–205. ISBN   9781461659389.
  4. Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrell T., eds. (2011). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1404. ISBN   9783110819724.
  5. Fortune, Kate (2000). "Carpenter Group". In Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (eds.). The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. University of Hawaii Press. p. 218. ISBN   9780824822651.
  6. Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L.W., eds. (2004). "Literary Magazines (South Pacific)". Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 905. ISBN   9781134468485.
  7. "Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM". Trove. National Library of Australia.