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Bertram Stevens Bertram Stevens i(A5038 works by) (birth name: Bertram William Mathyson Francis Stevens)
Also writes as: B. S. ; Frank Grayson
Born: Established: 8 Oct 1872 Inverell, Inverell - Ashford area, New England, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 14 Feb 1922 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 Somerset Maugham in Sydney Bertram Stevens , 1921 single work biography
— Appears in: The Home , (Spring) 1 September vol. 2 no. 3 1921; (p. 16-17, 46)
1 y separately published work icon Oswald Watt, Lieut.-Colonel A.F.C., O.B.E., Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre : a tribute to his memory by a few of his friends Ernest Alexander Stuart Watt (editor), Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney Ure Smith (editor), Sydney : Art in Australia , 1921 Z1470631 1921 selected work biography
1 Digger Writers: Sydney de Loghe Bertram Stevens , 1921 single work biography criticism
— Appears in: Aussie , 15 January vol. 2 no. 23 1921; (p. 11)
1 Autobiography and Other Fiction Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Home , (Winter) June vol. 1 no. 2 1920; (p. 36)
1 Digger Writers Bertram Stevens , 1920 series - author biography criticism
1 Digger Writers - R. Hugh Knyvett Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie : The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 December vol. 2 no. 22 1920; (p. 22-23)
1 Digger Poets Bertram Stevens , 1920 series - author biography
1 2 y separately published work icon The Bulletin Book of Humorous Verses and Recitations Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Company , 1920 Z102351 1920 anthology poetry humour
1 Biographical Note Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: The Poems of Henry Kendall 1920; (p. xiii-xxiv)
1 15 y separately published work icon The Home Sydney Ure Smith (editor), Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney Ure Smith (editor), Leon Gellert (editor), Leon Gellert (editor), 1920 Sydney : Art in Australia , 1920-1934 Z1041748 1920 periodical (125 issues)

The first issue of the Home appeared in February 1920. Published by Art in Australia Ltd, the Home was aimed at the Australian market of middle-class women readers to help underwrite the publication of Art in Australia and other publishing projects. Initially produced by a team of editors, including Sydney Ure Smith (art editor), Bertram Stevens (literary editor) and Julia Lister (fashion editor), the Home suffered early losses, but strengthened to provide the financial stability required by Art in Australia Ltd.

The Home is widely admired for its role in the development of graphic art and advertising in Australian magazines, particularly the influence of its magazine covers. Often proclaiming to be 'modern', the magazine did not, however, embrace all contemporary developments in modern art, rejecting techniques such as cubism, futurism and surrealism. Nevertheless, discussion of modern technology and architecture, and the magazine's role in advertising and cover art gave the magazine a very modern appearance for its time.

Combined with Sydney Ure Smith's advertising connections, the Home and Art in Australia developed a significant network of associates in graphic arts, advertising, printing and publishing. Seizing on this potential, the magazine was bought (with Art in Australia) by the Fairfax press in 1934 to challenge magazines such as Vogue and Fashion and Society. Ure Smith and Leon Gellert were retained as editors, but after the magazines failed to live up to Fairfax's expectations, Ure Smith retired to pursue other projects. Gellert remained as editor until the Home ceased publication in 1942.

While not often recognised for its literary content, the Home published the work of many of Australia's leading writers. Contributors included Dorothea Mackellar, Furnley Maurice, Nettie Palmer, Norman Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay, Joan Lindsay, Kenneth Slessor, Mary Gilmore, Arthur Adams and David Unaipon. Katharine Susannah Prichard's novel The Wild Oats of Han was serialised in Home during 1926 and 1927. The magazine also printed articles on a number of Australian writers and artists, including Norman Lindsay, Barbara Baynton, Will Dyson, George Lambert, Margaret Preston and Hans Heysen.

1 Digger Poets : Oliver Hogue Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie : The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 September vol. 2 no. 19 1920; (p. 24-25)
1 Digger Poets : W. McDonald and John P. O'Donnell Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 October vol. 2 no. 20 1920; (p. 20-21)
1 Digger Poets : A. I'Anson Bloomfield Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 November vol. 2 no. 21 1920; (p. 20-21)
1 Digger Poets : Leon Gellert Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 April vol. 2 no. 14 1920; (p. 6)
1 Digger Poets : "Gerardy" Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 May vol. 2 no. 15 1920; (p. 14-15)
1 Digger Poets : Geoffrey Wall Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 June vol. 2 no. 16 1920; (p. 16-17)
1 Interviews with the Great : III : the Devil Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 July vol. 2 no. 17 1920; (p. 6)
1 Digger Poets : Tom Skeyhill Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 15 July vol. 2 no. 17 1920; (p. 15)
1 Digger Poets : Peter Austen Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work biography
— Appears in: Aussie: The Australian Soldiers Magazine , 16 August vol. 2 no. 18 1920; (p. 18)
1 First Century of Australian Literature Bertram Stevens , 1920 single work prose
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 18 September no. 5652 1920; (p. 9)
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