The Lone Hand (magazine)
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The Lone Hand was a monthly Australia
n magazine of literature and poetry modelled on The London Strand
founded in 1907 by J F Archibald and Frank Fox as a sister magazine to The Bulletin
. (Archibald had wanted the name Lone Hand for what became The Bulletin but once established had little to do with its running.) It tended to follow the same themes of Australian individuality, mateship and supported the White Australia Policy
.
In common with The Bulletin, contributions from the public were solicited and paid for at the 'going rate'. A remarkable innovation was a prize offered to readers who found errors (including typo's) in advertisements and contributions. It also sponsored the first Australian beauty contest in 1908 (after a challenge by the Chicago Tribune
) and featured columns by celebrities,
The Lone Hand was an initial success; the first issue (May 1907) of 50 000 copies sold out in three days, the second in one. But two years later, faced with falling circulation (and advertising revenue) mostly due to competition from overseas magazines, Fox instituted radical changes; adding a Women's Section and fashion photography, dropping the price from 1s to 6d and softening the tone of its editorials. In 1914 links with The Bulletin were cut. By 1919 it was larger format, with more articles on higher quality paper. But when the price was raised to 9d, circulation dropped unsustainably. February 1928 was its last issue.
Major contributors included:
Editors were:
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n magazine of literature and poetry modelled on The London Strand
Strand Magazine
The Strand Magazine was a monthly magazine composed of fictional stories and factual articles founded by George Newnes. It was first published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950 running to 711 issues, though the first issue was on sale well before Christmas 1890.Its immediate...
founded in 1907 by J F Archibald and Frank Fox as a sister magazine to The Bulletin
The Bulletin
The Bulletin was an Australian weekly magazine that was published in Sydney from 1880 until January 2008. It was influential in Australian culture and politics from about 1890 until World War I, the period when it was identified with the "Bulletin school" of Australian literature. Its influence...
. (Archibald had wanted the name Lone Hand for what became The Bulletin but once established had little to do with its running.) It tended to follow the same themes of Australian individuality, mateship and supported the White Australia Policy
White Australia policy
The White Australia policy comprises various historical policies that intentionally restricted "non-white" immigration to Australia. From origins at Federation in 1901, the polices were progressively dismantled between 1949-1973....
.
In common with The Bulletin, contributions from the public were solicited and paid for at the 'going rate'. A remarkable innovation was a prize offered to readers who found errors (including typo's) in advertisements and contributions. It also sponsored the first Australian beauty contest in 1908 (after a challenge by the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
) and featured columns by celebrities,
The Lone Hand was an initial success; the first issue (May 1907) of 50 000 copies sold out in three days, the second in one. But two years later, faced with falling circulation (and advertising revenue) mostly due to competition from overseas magazines, Fox instituted radical changes; adding a Women's Section and fashion photography, dropping the price from 1s to 6d and softening the tone of its editorials. In 1914 links with The Bulletin were cut. By 1919 it was larger format, with more articles on higher quality paper. But when the price was raised to 9d, circulation dropped unsustainably. February 1928 was its last issue.
Major contributors included:
- A H Adams
- L W Appleby (photographer)
- Randolph BedfordRandolph BedfordRandolph Bedford was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.-Early life:...
- Zora CrossZora CrossZora Bernice May Cross was an Australian poet, novelist and journalist.She was born in Brisbane, and was educated at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School and then Sydney Teachers' College...
(inc. many pseudonyms) - Victor DaleyVictor DaleyVictor James William Patrick Daley was an Australian poet.He was born at the Navan, County Armagh, Ireland, and was educated at the Christian Brothers at Devonport in England. He arrived in Australia in 1878, and became a freelance journalist and writer in both Melbourne and Sydney...
- C J Dennis
- Edward DysonEdward DysonEdward George Dyson was an Australian journalist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He was the elder brother of talented illustrators Will Dyson and Ambrose Dyson.-Early life:...
- Will DysonWill Dyson]William Henry Dyson was an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist.-Early life:Dyson was born at Alfredton, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the son of George Dyson, then a hawker and later a mining engineer, and his wife Jane, née Mayall. Dyson was educated at state schools at...
(artist) - Mabel ForrestMabel ForrestHelena Mabel Checkley Forrest was an Australian writer and journalist.Forrest was born near Yandilla, Queensland , the daughter of James Checkley Mills and his wife Margaret Nelson, née Haxell....
- Henry LawsonHenry LawsonHenry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...
- Lionel LindsayLionel LindsaySir Lionel Arthur Lindsay was an Australian artist and brother of artist and illustrator Norman Lindsay.-Early life:...
(artist) - Norman LindsayNorman LindsayNorman Alfred William Lindsay was an Australian artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, scale modeler, and boxer. He was born in Creswick, Victoria....
(artist) - Percy LindsayPercy LindsayPercival Charles Lindsay was an Australian landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist, born in Creswick, Victoria. Percy was the first child born to Jane Lindsay and Dr Robert Charles Lindsay...
(artist) - David LowDavid LowSir David Alexander Cecil Low was a New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist...
(artist) - Hugh McCraeHugh McCraeHugh Raymond McCrae was an Australian writer.McCrae was born in Melbourne, the son of the Australian author George Gordon McCrae. He was originally articled to an architect, but later took upon writing and acting, settling eventually in Sydney and Camden...
- Ernest O'FerrallErnest O'FerrallErnest Francis "Kodak" O'Ferrall was a popular Australian poet and short story writer born in East Melbourne....
- Dowell O'Reilly
- Ambrose PrattAmbrose PrattAmbrose Goddard Hesketh Pratt was an Australian writer born into a cultivated family in Forbes, New South Wales....
- Roderic Quinn
- Steele RuddSteele RuddSteele Rudd was the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis an Australian author, best known for On Our Selection.-Early life:...
The Old Homestead (serialised novel) - David Henry SouterDavid Henry SouterDavid Henry Souter was an Australian artist and journalist.Souter was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of David Henry Souter, an engineer, and his wife Ann Smith, née Grant...
(artist) - Louis StoneLouis StoneLouis Stone was an Australian novelist and playwright.Stone was born in Leicester, England, baptized as William Lewis, son of William Stone, a basketmaker, and his wife Emma, née Tewkes....
Betty Wayside (serialised novel) - David McKee WrightDavid McKee WrightDavid McKee Wright was an Irish-born poet and journalist, active in New Zealand and Australia.-Early life:Wright was born at Ballynaskeagh, County Down, Ireland, the second son of Rev. William Wright, D.D. , a Congregational missionary working in Damascus, scholar and author, and his wife Ann ,...
(inc. many pseudonyms) - Blamire YoungBlamire YoungWilliam Blamire Young , commonly known as Blamire Young, was an English Australian artist.-Early life:...
(artist)
Editors were:
- J F Archibald 1907
- Frank Fox 1907 – 1909
- A H Adams 1909 – 1911
- Bertram StevensBertram Stevens (critic)Bertram William Mathyson Francis Stevens was Australian journal editor literary and art critic, anthologist .Stevens was born at Inverell, New South...
1912 – 1919 - Walter Jago 1919 – 1928