''Dawn'' was an Australian magazine created by the New South Wales

Aborigines Welfare Board Aboriginal Protection Board, also known as Aborigines Protection Board, Board for the Protection of Aborigines, Aborigines Welfare Board (and in later sources, incorrectly as Aboriginal Welfare Board), and similar names, refers to a number of hi ...

and aimed at

Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Isl ...

. 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: The magazine was relaunched in April 1970 under the title ''New Dawn'', published by the New South Wales Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare. It continued to be produced on a monthly basis; production slowed in 1974 and a final issue was published in July 1975.

Availability

The Australian Indigenous Index, or INFOKOORI, is an online index to the fortnightly newspaper ''

Koori Mail The ''Koori Mail'' is an Australian newspaper written and owned by Indigenous Australians since 1991. It is published fortnightly in printed form and electronic copies are available. Owned by five community-based Aboriginal organisations based ...

'' as well as to biographical information from various magazines, including all issues of ''Dawn'' and ''New Dawn''. Back copies of both ''Dawn'' and ''New Dawn'' are available on the AIATSIS website, free for use.

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*{{cite web, url=http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/dawn/docs/v21/s01/12.pdf, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904221356/http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/dawn/docs/v21/s01/12.pdf, archive-date= 4 September 2007, title= Aboriginal actor makes good, format= Clip from ''New Dawn'', date=1972 , via= AIATSIS, url-status=dead (about

Brian Syron Brian Gregory Syron (19 November 1934 – 14 October 1993) was an actor, teacher, Aboriginal rights activist, stage director and Australia's first Indigenous feature film director, who has also been recognised as the first First Nations featur ...

) 1952 establishments in Australia Magazines published in Australia Publications established in 1952 Indigenous Australian mass media