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BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Judging by the number of queries we've had over the years from people looking for back issues, the Aussie Post (as we'll call it on this page) is one of the most eagerly sought publications in Australia. We'll mirror those ads on this page and encourage anyone with recollections or comments concerning the Aussie Post to send in same, either via email or snail mail. You'll find contact details at the end of this page. Normally I don't load pages until they're somewhat finalised. However, this page will depend upon contributions so I've inserted images of some of the better known columns to get things going. Collections acquired are sometimes related to a subject, column, or as you'll find below, the cover model.

HISTORY
You can find the early history of the Aussie Post on the Wikipedia site. Below are covers of the original AUSTRALASIAN in September 14, 1867, WW2 format from 1941 and the first of the modern issues of the Aussie Post from 31st October 1946.

REGULAR COLUMNS and COLUMNISTS

THAT'S AUSTRALIA ALL OVER.

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WAKE UP AND LAUGH. Also 'Jest a moment' which came later and was a shorter version although they later ran concurrently.

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COME IN, SPINNER by Bill Wannan. A tribute to Bill Wannan can be found here.

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MR WISDOM'S WHOPPER

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STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART, penned by Alan Wauchope, who often championed Black Australians in his stories of Central Australia.

Hugh Buggy wrote regular war and true crime articles.

OTHER CONTENTS
CEDRIC by Douglas Tainsh - cartoon.
NED and his NEDDY by Ken Maynard - cartoon
NIPPER by Doug Wright - cartoon (import?)
VICKY THE VIKING by John Norton - cartoon (import?)
IN THE MICROGROOVE by Bruce Kneale - recordings
BETWEEN YOU AND US aka POST IT TO POST - letter column
LONG SAM by Al Capp and Bob Lubbers - comic strip
THE FACE OF AUSTRALIA - full page colour pictures of Australia
QUIZ YOU - puzzles
CORN, BEEF and COLLIE by Ken Collie - humour
HOW'S YOUR EYE FOR DETAIL? - twin picture puzzle
ANY QUESTIONS?
REVIEW - books - by, among others?, Gordon Williams
WILDLIFE WORLD of David Fleay
TEST YOUR JUDGEMENT - legal arguments

AN OPINIONATED INDEX being a listing of major contents (not necessarily the actual titles if said titles don't accurately describe the contents of same), occasional named Aussies and interesting snippets of issues held. Why not forward similar details of issues in your possession?
1954
September 9, 1954: 'Lifer' by William Doyle part 5 serialised account of a lifer in a US prison, great reading; Australia Invaded; Australia's tennis factory female players production line; Six-cylinder Wives are Best; 'Beat the Devil' Bogart movie review.
November 11, 1954: Cover girl is Michele Safargy from Sydney; 'Circus Doctor' part 2 serialised account by Doug Henderson; Oomph at The Alice; 'Davey's Back', Jack back after his heart attack; 'I Ate Tomorrow's Oil', oil search on the WA coast; Laughter in the Courts; Len has a new look - Len Hutton; Sing Song History.
1955
February 10, 1955: Cover girl is Liba Lippka; 'In for life' by Tom Runyon part 4 another true life prisoner to author; "The Girl we didn't see' the cover girl; Tassie starts ticking!' uranium in Tasmania; 'Fair go for our music-makers'; North Sydney a second 'twin' city; 'Backs to the Wall' Darwin in WW2; Coonamble; Tahiti; Are you broadminded?; Mickey Spillane on the screen.
February 14, 1955: Cover girl is Barbara Rush; 'Atlantis - phantom raider' new serial by Ulrich Mohr; Diana Dors; Let's be proud of our convict ancestors!; cricketter bowler Pat Crawford; Jacques Fath; Our "few" RAAF in WW2; The blind will see with RADAR; Olympic Games yachts; Anne Kidman; 'The Caine Mutiny' review.
May 5, 1955: Cover girl is Leah McCartney; 'Desert Doctor' is Alberto Denti; Bob Dyer; Ladies' night atire; Our TP (time payment!) debt; How to become a politician; RAAF over the Bismarck Sea; Yarra Bank barackers; Brando.
June 9, 1955: Cover girl is Mara Corday; Marriage in Australia; Betty Hutton in Australia; The Bullockys!; Jap advance in Malaya WW2; Boom in The Alice; Duffing (Rustling) in the Never Never; W J Chidley of Melbourne.
July 14, 1955: Cover girl is Mala English; Shocking Hollywood; Philosophy and Tears with Jack Davey; Witches; Albert Mueller; The old Bush Liars; WW2 wooden artillery; Early fliers.
September 8, 1955: Cover girl is Ann Vines of Sydney; Flying Saucers; Our aristocracy; Jean Maley; Shoplifting; WW2 Torture Track to Java; RAAF in WW2; Alex Griffiths the Bird Man; Racing babies; Legends of the silent Aussie; Monsters 'This Island Earth'.
1956
January 5, 1956: car advances; pogo!; What's your allergy?; What's behind the Black Stump?; fighter Billy McDonnell; The Old Man and his spider; WW1 Bullecourt; Gold coast boom; Albert Namatjira; This is the greatest book against war 'Doctor at Dien-bien-phu'; Helsinki Russian athletes; Japanese tattoo.
January 19, 1956: Lung Cancer: Sing a song of Outlaws - folk heroes from Kelly country; WW1 Passchendaele; Toby the dancing poodle photo; NY City gold storage; Tram ticket psychology in 'See how you fare'.
April 5, 1956: Cover girl is Cleo Moore; True confessions of a surgeon; Carnival of kisses; Jon Henricks (of Tuncurry and Rhodes, NSW); Backblock Cockatoos; cricketer 'Big' Jack Gregory; making ice cream in RAAF Sabre jets; Jan Cridland; He gave missus a glass of beer - gaoled; SF book review.
July 19, 1956: Cover girl is Toni Rees from New Guinea; The Long Walk (escape from Siberian prison camp); Sylt, the island with nothing on; Forgers; Virgin birth; Colin Ross murder trial; John Edmondson VC (snippet); Beryl White (snippet); George Edgington of The Alice; Terror of the Sargasso; Match inventors.
August 23, 1956: Cover girl is Pauline O'Dwyer of Melbourne; Lt Col G Nicol, OBE's Good on yer, Dig!; Deserted women in Australia; Ghost nurse of Sydney's Prince Alfred; Gladys Tester; Crommelin couple of West Perth; Frank Turner's miracle Holden; "Kenny" Burn; Addington trotting track in NZ; Coccinelle; lost property; salt.
1957
February 14, 1957: Cover girl is Greta Hellingman; Minnie Mangum embezzler; Fairies; Nullarbor caves; David Fleay on kangaroos; Bikinis in Queensland; Sharks; Hangman who died first!; Joe Soloman of Kalgoorlie; Paule Guillou; Bar drinkers; 'Tikki' Taylor; Tidal Waves.
February 21, 1957: Cover girl is Joanne Hellingham, sister of last week's: Death in the Centre; Australia's forgotten children; Anne Heywood; Josephine Brodie of NZ; Gustava Rojos; David Fleay on the Goanna; Sawfish; HMAS Yarra; Murder without the body; Ruth Smith; MUP CSIRAC computer; Denham; Slaves for sale; Jack Bohning of the alice; Robert Howes and Jean Turner; Margot Day and Tod Devine; Pat Chapman.
February 28, 1957: Cover girl is Pamela Sanders from Sydney, Mis South Pacific; Tiger in Kempekarai; Fried egg can be poisonous; Olympic policy; David Fleay on the emu; Helga Gonet Melbourne tram conductress, Sgt W E Brown, VC, DCM; Arthur Trotter; Hadspen church; Cat Tarama of Dave McConaghy and John Jesperson; Wendy Martin; Paula Adams; Jack Braun; Good health.
1964
November 5, 1964: Sean Connery; Phobias; Women made-to-order; How to bowl fast by Ian Meckiff; Frederick Mellinger; Cameron McTavish; Bob Cummings.
1965
August 19, 1965: Cover girl is Jacqueline Hickmont (also 14 Oct 65, 17 Aug 67) of Sydney; Ned Kelly's girl; What makes an Idol? Normie Rowe; Trams don't run at Lightning Ridge; The Matterhorn disaster; Cape Melville cyclone gravestone; Jack Palance.
October 14, 1965: Cover girl is Jacqueline Hickmont (also 19 Aug 65, 17 Aug 67) of Sydney; Surfing at 20 knots!; What every drinker should know; Darby McCarthy; Oberon subs; Dead Heart tourists; Our biggest little railway - Diamond Valley; Boomerang plane at Blacktown; NZ 'Bloodless' TV; Von Ryan's Express review.
December 16, 1965: Cover girl is Carol Lynley; Marilyn extracts from Edwin Hoyt book; Beatletown (Weybridge); George Stone; Have a good night's sleep; Savages in the court (Justice R T Gore); Are you artistic?; Wycheproof road/rail; Lady Hopetoun facelift; Our Man Flint.
1966
February 10, 1966: Cover girl is Elke Sommer; Amazons on the mat; You and the new gas age; Picaninny Ponds; Women men can't resist; Market/Sussex Sts, Sydney 75 y ago and now; Jamieson (Vic) Junction Hotel; Stella Stevens; David Janssen.
October 27, 1966: Cover girl is Kathy Ford of Surfers; Lita Grey on Charlie Chaplin; How to drown-proof your baby; Constantine Alonso Esteban; Pigs; Billycart Brabhams; Early Migrants; Yvonne Stagg; Clive Sinclair's Microvision; Rookwood Cemetery rail line; Katoomba telescope; Wallaby steam loco at Port Kembla; Bermagui photo; Shirley Bassey; L-Cpl Rambahadur Limbu, VC; George Sanders; Maureen Farley.
November 3, 1966: Cover girl is Mary Azzopardi of Melbourne; Graham Kennedy and his money; Japanese massage; Mijanou Bardot; Diggers in Vietnam - Russell Durant of North Ryde, John Wiles of Epping, David Johnson of Indrop., Mike McBride of Manly, John Ladmore of Bateman's Bay, John Williams of Narrabeen, John Ackerley, Ray Suiter, Ashley Eyles of Annandale; Sean Connery; Redeye missile; Rose Cottage at Wilberforce; Ferrari 365P Special Berlinetta 3-seats; Joe from Borneo; Kevin Layt of Toowoomba; Kenneth McIntyre; Eileen O'Neill; "Frosty" Campbell of Thargomindah.
November 10, 1966: Cover girl is Norma Gavin of Sydney; Cindy Ray; How to drive fast and be safer by Ian Fraser; Kathy Troutt; Myer's of Melbourne; June Webb; Janette McPherson; Shirley Adams; Buchan Caves Reserve photo; Ossie Shoebridge; Sybil Burton; Caryl Joan Horsford.
1967
June 15, 1967: Cover girl is Christine Lushwitz; Rosaleen Norton; Andy Ritter; Yanks who come to stay; Wendy Myers; Christine Keeler; Christian names; Joseph Moir; Do you talk too much?; Channel tunnel; Liz Moore; Raul de Thuin; Diggers' snake; Patrick Kerr; Diane Willman; Rod Taylor; Color freeze photos; Bogie's a cult; Robert Carleson; Trousers and bloomers; steam car; Pia Ambrosini.
July 20, 1967: Cover girl is Deanna Soutak; Barbara Payton; Bill Collins (race caller); Jane Dolinger; Nerves; Twiggy; 8-inch flat screen TV; Stephens Ipswich cotton farm; Princess Fuerstenberg; Wendy Leclaire; Australianisation of a Pommie.
August 17, 1967: Cover girl is Jackie Hickmont (also 19 Aug, 14 Oct 65) now of Newcastle!; Undressed beach; Faces of tomorrow; The big-time punters; Porpoises; The man who make the (Melbourne) cup; Avro 707A in Williamstown (Vic) yard; State Govt office building, Sydney 'Black Stump'; Bill Reid - blind Qld Potter; Sharon Tate; Lana wood; Petula Clark; Sarah Caldwell

LINKS
A tribute to Bill Wannan can be found here.
Douglas Tainsh at the DAAO http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/6046

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