Pix was an Australian pictorial magazine, which was issued weekly from 1938 to 1972, and published by Associated Newspapers Limited in Sydney, Australia.
Pix was an Australian pictorial magazine, which was issued weekly from 1938 to 1972, and published by Associated Newspapers Limited in Sydney, Australia.
The first edition of Pix magazine was published in January 1938, and publication continued until the magazine was merged with the Australian People magazine in 1972. [1] Pix was notable for its irreverent content, its focus on Australian lifestyle and popular culture, and for the inclusion of pin-up style photographs of Australian women. [2]
The editors of the magazine regularly held pin-up girl competitions, and encouraged local women to submit photographs of themselves wearing swimwear for a chance to win prizes. [2] In addition to providing a distraction for Australian servicemen during World War II, the Pix magazine pin-ups are thought to have played a role in the construction of the ideal of the Australian "beach girl" as a representation of Australian womanhood. [2] [3]
Pix Magazine has been digitised by the State Library of New South Wales [4] and is available at Trove hosted by National Library of Australia.
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