By the end of 1932 (a difficult time economically, being the Great Depression in Australia), there were 290 members; among the ranks were Miles Franklin, Dorothea Mackellar, and Frank Clune.
[2] In 1947 a branch was created in Tasmania by historian John Reynolds, E. Morris Miller, Louis Triebel, Basil Rait, and Joyce Eileen Eyre, who took the role of corresponding secretary.
[8] Early prominent members include: in New South Wales, Flora Eldershaw, Marjorie Barnard, Frank Dalby Davison, Dymphna Cusack; in Victoria, Nettie Palmer; and in Western Australia, Henrietta Drake-Brockman and Katharine Susannah Prichard.
[citation needed] The FAW was, with ex-Prime Minister Jim Scullin, largely responsible for a trebling of the Commonwealth Literary Fund's budget in 1939.
An editorial written in The Telegraph during the week commented on the popularity of Ion Idriess and suggested that: Therein is cause to hope that ere long the appreciation for Australian writings will grow and widen to embrace the works of many others who, with a growing confidence in ultimate success, are continually and obscurely working to give Australians a literature which they may call their own.
[12]The events of the week were mostly held during the day and hence primarily reached, or in some cases specifically targeted at, women, children and teachers.
[13] Overall, the Week was deemed a success, with Marjorie Barnard writing that they'd received "a good deal of publicity" and were "pretty satisfied with the effort".