The Children's Hour (Australian magazine)

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The Children's Hour was a periodical of 16 pages produced by the Education Department of South Australia for distribution in the State's primary schools, first published in 1889. [1] Oliver David Jones (died 1933) was principal contributor and editor from March 1892 to April 1912. [2] The magazine was started at the instigation of John Anderson Hartley (died 1896), South Australian Inspector-General of Education, and price per copy was one halfpence, [3] soon increased to one penny ("still cheaper than an English import"). Assistant Inspector-General Charles Lawrence Whitham (died 1908) was the first editor of the magazine, [4] which was generally well received. [5]

The magazine was intended for supplementary reading and recreation, supplying impeccably-written up-to-date information on current events appropriate to schoolchildren, with an emphasis on patriotism and good citizenship, [6] as well as stories, plays and poems, often introducing unfamiliar words to extend the child's vocabulary. Also included were a pot-pourri of jokes, puzzles and anecdotes of an "improving" nature. The editor was the source of most material and inclusion of contributions by schoolchildren was exceedingly rare. A reproduction of a famous painting was usually printed on the cover, otherwise it contained no illustrations. [1] Aquila Monk (1851–1914), headmaster of the Goolwa school, provided chess problems. [7]

Bertie S. Roach (died 1944), lecturer in history and literature and headmaster at Walkerville school and much else, [8] also served as editor from 1906 to 1915, when he was appointed Inspector of Schools. [9]

Phebe Watson was editor from 1931. When Adelaide Miethke retired as Inspector of Girls' Schools in June 1941, she took up editorship the following month. [10]

In the 1950s a braille version of The Children's Hour was made available to blind children at Townsend House slightly ahead of the printed version to other schools. [11]

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  2. ↑ "Mr O. D. Jones". The Border Watch . LI (4995). South Australia. 30 December 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "The Education System". The Weekly Times (Melbourne) (1, 338). Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1895. p. 27. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ ""The Children's Hour"". The Herald (Adelaide) . X (443). South Australia. 4 April 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ ""The Children's Hour"". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . LVIII (17, 954). South Australia. 29 April 1916. p. 13. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "The Children's Hour". The Register (Adelaide) . LXXVI (20, 143). South Australia. 3 June 1911. p. 12. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Notes". The Observer (Adelaide) . LXIV (3, 447). South Australia. 26 October 1907. p. 48. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via Trove. Properly spelled Monks, he was a member of the pioneering Monks family of Littlehampton and Mount Barker.
  8. ↑ "The S.A. Treasurer". The Register (Adelaide) . LXXXIX (26, 103). South Australia. 25 August 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Appointment of School Inspector". Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail (244). South Australia. 29 January 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via Trove.
  10. ↑ "New Editor". The Mail (Adelaide) . 30 (1, 514). South Australia. 31 May 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Good Morning". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . 96 (29, 824). South Australia. 17 May 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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