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The ATOM
last updated 27 April 2013
Atom cover from early days to about 1909 Atom cover 1909 approx to 1930 Atom cover 1931 to 1935 Atom cover 1936 to 1952 Atom cover 1954 to 1958 Atom cover 1959 to 1974 Atom cover 1975 onwards
up to c1909 c1909-1930 1931-1935 1936-1952 1954-1958 1959-1974 1975 on

The school magazine for the school was called The ATOM. It may surprise some to know that it appears that the first edition of the ATOM dates back to 1885 (at least according to a later edition), the year that the Boys' High School was opened.

The magazine had articles about the school's achievements and activities through the year, the results of school competitions, reports on schools societies, plus poetry, prose and art.

Publication was sometimes irregular - in some years there were two editions published, in others there were none, and in 1940 a special "co-ed" edition was published with the Girls' School.

The present-day school has very kindly provided many old ATOMs on loan, going back to 1903. Many are originals, but some are photocopies and of these, several would be difficult to read if scanned and uploaded.

All the ATOMs that the school has are shown in the table.

P indicates I only have a photocopy and
X
indicates I have an original but it is in a poor state
(bracket) indicates that there is an edition, but I don't have a copy

In all these cases, a decent original would be appreciated (even if it just to scan and return)..

Where I don't know otherwise, I've assumed that two editions were produced in a year but I've used ??? to indicate that it isn't clear whether or not an issue was produced.

  1910: ? 1940: MarP see note 1970: Jun
  1911: AprP  ??? 1941: AprX 1971: Jun
  1912: ? 1942: ? 1972: May
  1913: ? 1943: NONE 1973: Jun
1914: ? 1944: NONE 1974: Jun
1885: ? 1915: ? 1945: NONE 1975: Jun
1886: ? 1916: ? 1946: Apr 1976: Jun
1887: ? 1917: Feb 1947: Mar 1977: ?
1888: ? 1918: ? 1948: Mar  Dec 1978: ?
1889: ? 1919: ? 1949: ? 1979: ?
1890: ? 1920: ? 1950: Apr  
1891: ? 1921: ? 1951: Jan  
1892: ? 1922: Mar 1952: Jan  
1893: ? 1923: Oct 1953: NONE  
1894: ? 1924: ? 1954: Jan  
1895: ? 1925: OctP 1955: Jan  
1896: ? 1926: AprP NovP 1956: Jul  
1897: ? 1927: AprP NovP 1957: Jul  
1898: ? 1928: Mar  OctP 1958: Jul  
1899: ? 1929: MarP 1959: Apr  
1900: ? 1930: Mar  OctP 1960: May  
1901: ? 1931: MarP  Nov 1961: May  
1902: ? 1932: Mar  Nov 1962: May  
1903: Dec 1933: AprNov 1963: May  
1904: Jun 1934: Mar  Dec 1964: May  
1905: ? 1935: JunP  Dec 1965: May  
1906: ? 1936: MarP  Dec 1966: May  
1907: ? 1937: Mar  DecX 1967: May  
1908: ? 1938: AprX (Dec)  1968: May  
1909: ? 1939: Jun 1969: Jun  

March 1940 edition was a double edition - the Girls Grammar had temporarily relocated to the Harton site, and half of this edition was their Chronicle magazine.

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