Dawn (magazine)
Dawn was an Australian magazine published in Sydney, created by the New South Wales Aborigines Welfare Board and aimed at Aboriginal Australians. It was relaunched by the NSW Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare as New Dawn in April 1970, which ceased publication after July 1975. All back issues of both magazines are available online on the AIATSIS website.
History
The magazine Dawn was created by the Aborigines Welfare Board in New South Wales, for Aboriginal readers. It ran monthly from January 1952 until December 1968. Two issues were published in 1969, before the disbanding of the Aboriginal Welfare Board led to the publication ceasing.In 1953, E. J. Morgan, manager of Moree Aboriginal Station, wrote of the beneficial effects that the magazine had had on the Aboriginal people, including a better attitude towards the board and less interest in Communism. He reported that it was very popular and he felt that Dawn had "broken through the apathetic acceptance of their humble state, stimulated their self-respect, and their urge to achieve recognition in the general community", through reading about Aboriginal people who had achieved success in sports and other walks of life. It was described by Superintendent A. W. G. Lipscomb, Superintendent of the board, as a successful experiment: