Pertinent was an Australian monthly periodical edited by Leon Batt. Started in 1940 the magazine ceased publication in 1947. Contributors included Ian Mudie, Kylie Tennant, William Hart-Smith, the artist Rosaleen Norton and the poet Gavin Greenlees, Dulcie Deamer (the 'Queen of Bohemia'), Yvonne Webb, George Farwell, Marjorie Quinn, Marien Dreyer, and Robert Crossland The magazine had a small circulation and could not manage to reach mainstream audience.
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