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Salt was produced by the Army Education Service during the Second World War and distributed free to Australian, British and American service personnel. To keep service personnel well-informed and maintain a high morale, Salt published articles on a variety of subjects, including notable people, science, current affairs, military training and historical military campaigns. Contributions were also sought from readers. The Letters-to-the-Editor section supported many debates on social issues at home and abroad. In addition, many readers also contributed original prose and poems.
The magazine contained a 'Guest Author' series in which the works of many well-known writers were printed. Contemporary Australian writers included Alan Marshall, Xavier Herbert, Vance Palmer and Kylie Tennant (qq.v.). But the work of a diverse collection of international writers also appeared, including Mark Twain, William Hazlitt, Leo Tolstoy, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway and Guy de Maupassant. The books of authors appearing in Salt were available in the Army Education Service Box Libraries. Cartoons from artists such as Amby Dyson and Vane Lindesay appeared in Salt, exhibiting a sense of humour similar to the magazine's First World War predecessor, Aussie.
By 1944 around 185,000 copies of Salt were being distributed. But the magazine's role became redundant at the completion of hostilities. It ceased operation in 1946.
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Salt : An Australian Second World War Journal and Its Contemporaries
1993
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 110-115) -
"Women's Work" and the Women's Services in the Second World War as Presented in Salt"
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 18 no. 1 1992; (p. 64-87) - y Salt : A Literary and Sociological Analysis of a Second World War Journal Townsville : 1991 Z1317960 1991 single work thesis
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1942
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— Appears in: Salt , 14 September vol. 4 no. 11 1942; (p. 36) -
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"Editor of SALT, you're a blank, blank",
1941
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poetry
— Appears in: Salt , 3 November vol. 1 no. 6 1941; (p. 24)
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Untitled
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"Editor of SALT, you're a blank, blank",
1941
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Salt , 3 November vol. 1 no. 6 1941; (p. 24) -
Author
1942
single work
column
— Appears in: Salt , 14 September vol. 4 no. 11 1942; (p. 36) - y Salt : A Literary and Sociological Analysis of a Second World War Journal Townsville : 1991 Z1317960 1991 single work thesis
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"Women's Work" and the Women's Services in the Second World War as Presented in Salt"
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 18 no. 1 1992; (p. 64-87) -
Salt : An Australian Second World War Journal and Its Contemporaries
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 110-115)