Date: 1960-1967
Date: 1955-1958
Date: 1955-1960
Date: 1945-1955
Date: 1939-1940
Issue Details: First known date: 1939... 1939 Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

The Melbourne Bread and Cheese Club, an all-male-society, was founded in 1938 to 'foster a knowledge and love of Australian literature, art and music and to cultivate an Australian sentiment.' To support this goal the monthly magazine Bohemia was founded in 1939.

Sixteen issues of Bohemia were published before wartime paper restrictions and a lack of support from advertisers and subscribers forced its closure in 1940. These issues included reviews, articles on publishing, poetry, short stories and club news. Although interest in earlier Australian writers reflected the club's traditional and patriotic stance, younger writers were also published in Bohemia, most notably Max Harris, Rex Ingamells, Harry Hooton and Gavin Casey.

Bohemia was revived in 1945 as a four-page club magazine. It remained in this form for many years, ceasing production in 1967.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1939

Works about this Work

Last Bite for the Venerable Cheesers... Owen McKenna , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 25-26 February 1989; (p. 11)
Note 1955 single work
— Appears in: Biblionews , vol. 8 no. 9 1955; (p. 28)
The Room with Two Windows J. Alex Allan , 1939 single work column
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , June no. 3 1939; (p. 16)
Bohemia 1939 single work column
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , April no. 1 1939; (p. 10)
Bohemia 1939 single work column
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , April no. 1 1939; (p. 10)
The Room with Two Windows J. Alex Allan , 1939 single work column
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , June no. 3 1939; (p. 16)
Last Bite for the Venerable Cheesers... Owen McKenna , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 25-26 February 1989; (p. 11)
Note 1955 single work
— Appears in: Biblionews , vol. 8 no. 9 1955; (p. 28)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Subtitle:
New series has subtitle: The Official Organ of the Bread and Cheese Club, Melbourne.
Frequency:
Monthly (1939-1940,1945-1960); bi-monthly (1961-1967)
Range:
First series : 16 issues, monthly, April 1939 - July 1940; New series : Vol 1, no1., 25 June 1945 - Vol. 15, no 11,1 July 1967.
Size:
30-34cm, 4-18 pages
Price:
Threepence (1939-1940)
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