T. S. Hepworth Australia
- Born
- 29 June 1916 in Australia
- Died
- 1 September 1985 in Australia
- Age
- 69 years
- Credited for
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editing
writing
- Also known as
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Tom Stanley Hepworth
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Biography
Hepworth worked as a teacher at Colamba (near Chinchilla) in Queensland. By 1948 he was senior history and economics master at Brisbane Grammar School. He then studied education at Harvard University and graduated as Doctor of Education.
In 1951 he was appointed Education Officer with the Commonwealth Office of Education.
For Educational Press in Sydney he edited the The Australian Children's Newspaper (1953-1969) and associated annuals The ABC Children's Hour Annual #1-3 (1956-58) and The Australian Children's Annual #4-8 (1960-65). Monty Wedd provided many illustrations, cartoons and comics for his publications, including authoring a series of comic stories set in convict times.
In 1960 he established the Australian Reading Research Foundation to investigate and treat dyslexia.
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Australian Broadcasting Commission Children's Hour Annual (Educational Press, 1956? series) #1 (December 1956) — The Adventures of the Outcasts |
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Comic: Comic story | |
Australian Broadcasting Commission Children's Hour Annual (Educational Press, 1956? series) #2 (December 1957) — Captain Mystery |
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Comic: Comic story | |
The Australian Children's Newspaper (Educational Press, 1953 series) v8#12 (December 1960) — Untitled (Valley of the Lost Churinga) |
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Story paper: Comic story | |
The Australian Children's Newspaper (Educational Press, 1953 series) v9#3 (March 1961) — Untitled (Devil's Mountain) |
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Story paper: Comic story | |
The Australian Children's Annual (Angus & Robertson, 1963? series) #6 (November 1963) — Devil's Montain |
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Book: Comic story | |
The Australian Children's Annual (Angus & Robertson, 1963? series) #7 (December 1964) — Captain King-Town |
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Book: Comic story |