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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... 1925 Australian Home Beautiful
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y separately published work icon Untold Story of William Shum : Editor of Australian Home Beautiful 1926-1946 Sue Walker , Roseville : Beagle Press , 2024 28222926 2024 single work biography 'Walker tells the story of her magazine editor grandfather against the larger backdrop of Australian history and cultural growth. William Shum was a pioneer in Australian magazines, as founding editor of (The) New Idea in 1902, and then Australian Home Beautiful in 1926. As founding editor of New Idea and then Australian Home Beautiful (roles he held for over four decades from 1902-1946), William Shum had an extraordinary influence on people's lives through the crucial years when modern Australia was being formed. His impact on the homes, gardens and lives of people from all walks of life was immense, yet he remains an unknown figure. Shum led his readers through a time of great change. He encouraged people to break with traditional thinking about their homes and gardens and be open to ideas more appropriate to a new country. Australia, as we know it today, was taking shape, and Australian Home Beautiful led the way. Beautifully illustrated, with rich visual support for the text, the book contains many of Home Beautiful's memorable hand painted covers, in addition to some of Shum's wonderfully spontaneous photographs of family life in the early decades of the 20th century.' (Publication summary)
The Australian Home Beautiful and William Shum, Editor, 1926–46 Sue Walker , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , November no. 107 2022; (p. 40-50) 'This article draws on research I carried out as an honorary fellow of State Library Victoria for my forthcoming book, The unknown story of William Shum, editor of Australian Home Beautiful, 1926–1946 (to be published by The Beagle Press), which tells the story of my grandfather William Arthur Somerset Shum and his influence on the making of modern Australia. For my research I relied almost entirely on the Library’s extensive collections, in particular the diary and letter book of William Shum’s father, Arthur Hall Shum; the holdings of The Australian Home Beautiful, The New Idea and Everylady’s Journal; and William Shum’s brother-in-law William Moore’s publications City Sketches and Studio Sketches. The Library holds the complete collection of Home Beautiful – an important reference source for contemporary scholars that shows how the Australian dream of home ownership that emerged in the interwar period was nurtured and shaped during Shum’s editorship. Shum introduced fresh ideas, and specifically modernism, to his readers and profoundly influenced their homes and gardens.' (Introduction) 
Australian Home Beautiful Richard Aitken , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : A 2014; (p. 55-56)
Australian Home Beautiful Richard Aitken , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : A 2014; (p. 55-56)
The Australian Home Beautiful and William Shum, Editor, 1926–46 Sue Walker , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , November no. 107 2022; (p. 40-50) 'This article draws on research I carried out as an honorary fellow of State Library Victoria for my forthcoming book, The unknown story of William Shum, editor of Australian Home Beautiful, 1926–1946 (to be published by The Beagle Press), which tells the story of my grandfather William Arthur Somerset Shum and his influence on the making of modern Australia. For my research I relied almost entirely on the Library’s extensive collections, in particular the diary and letter book of William Shum’s father, Arthur Hall Shum; the holdings of The Australian Home Beautiful, The New Idea and Everylady’s Journal; and William Shum’s brother-in-law William Moore’s publications City Sketches and Studio Sketches. The Library holds the complete collection of Home Beautiful – an important reference source for contemporary scholars that shows how the Australian dream of home ownership that emerged in the interwar period was nurtured and shaped during Shum’s editorship. Shum introduced fresh ideas, and specifically modernism, to his readers and profoundly influenced their homes and gardens.' (Introduction) 
y separately published work icon Untold Story of William Shum : Editor of Australian Home Beautiful 1926-1946 Sue Walker , Roseville : Beagle Press , 2024 28222926 2024 single work biography 'Walker tells the story of her magazine editor grandfather against the larger backdrop of Australian history and cultural growth. William Shum was a pioneer in Australian magazines, as founding editor of (The) New Idea in 1902, and then Australian Home Beautiful in 1926. As founding editor of New Idea and then Australian Home Beautiful (roles he held for over four decades from 1902-1946), William Shum had an extraordinary influence on people's lives through the crucial years when modern Australia was being formed. His impact on the homes, gardens and lives of people from all walks of life was immense, yet he remains an unknown figure. Shum led his readers through a time of great change. He encouraged people to break with traditional thinking about their homes and gardens and be open to ideas more appropriate to a new country. Australia, as we know it today, was taking shape, and Australian Home Beautiful led the way. Beautifully illustrated, with rich visual support for the text, the book contains many of Home Beautiful's memorable hand painted covers, in addition to some of Shum's wonderfully spontaneous photographs of family life in the early decades of the 20th century.' (Publication summary)
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Real Property Annual (1912–22) and Australian Home Builder (1922–25).

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