Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. The contents of the material may be subject to copyright protection under the Act. Farrago encourages contributions from students in both written and/or visual forms, because without these it would not be an accurate representation of students at the university.ĬOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Warning This material has been reproduced by or on behalf of The University of Melbourne pursuant to section 200AB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). In the 2000s, Farrago switched to a magazine format, which it continues to use today.įarrago is a magazine whose content is produced and edited entirely by students, which aims to be a voice, creative outlet and source of information for those who attend the University of Melbourne – irrespective of age, course and interests. Noteworthy past editors include Cyril Pearl, Geoffrey Blainey, Amira Gust, Claude Forrell, Ian Robinson, Morag Fraser, Henry Rosenbloom, Garrie Hutchinson, Ross McPherson, Colin Golvan, Lindsay Tanner, Peter Russo, Louise Carbines, Jim Brumby, Pete Steedman, Arnold Zable, Kate Legge, Nicola Gobbo, Cathy Bale, Christos Tsiolkas, and Nam Le.įor several years, Farrago was published in a newspaper or broadsheet format. Archives of Farrago are available at the Student Union's Rowden White Library and the University of Melbourne's Baillieu Library. The publication was founded in 1925 by Randal Heymanson, who was the first editor, and Brian Fitzpatrick, who was the first chief of staff. It is the oldest student publication in Australia. None will mourn its demise, Honi Soit least of all.Farrago is the student publication of the University of Melbourne, published by the University of Melbourne Student Union. Like the insufferable Media and Comms-studying, oat latte-sipping campus literati who ran it to the ground, Farrago had few friends but many enemies. Its editors were four overworked, underpaid uni students trying their best, or incompetent cartoon supervillains who loved nepotism and attacked innocent student politicians as bloodsport. Farrago was the Schrödinger's cat of student publications depending on who you asked, it was too left-wing or not left-wing enough, Stand Up!’s propaganda machine or its bitter nemesis. Farrago might have a reputation as ‘leftist crap… the product of politically opinionated hippies’, but any politically opinionated hippie on campus would furiously disagree. Nor was it beloved within the student union it was part of. (Of course, one could argue that Farrago is student-run, meaning if these esteemed critics wished to diversify the range of opinions published they could submit …. One Redditor found Farrago “ incredibly depressing and borderline narcissistic”, adding that it platformed the opinions of privileged, performative social justice advocates while censoring everyone else. Rumours are afoot that the editors had even set up a Farrago TikTok in a last pathetic attempt at relevancy.įarrago’s reputation on campus had also soured. Radio Fodder draws an impressive average of four listeners per show, while the Farrago YouTube channel is a barren wasteland which’s most (only) successful content was uploaded five years ago. The Media Department’s other endeavours have also fizzled out. Small wonder that stacks of Farragos from 2019, 2020, and 2021 languish unread in the Media Space, feeding the Union House rats. Once a bastion of student journalism, edited by such illustrious figures as Nicola Gobbo esq., it had of late become, to quote one unbiased critic, little more than a ‘ glorified poetry competition’.īehind Farrago’s deceptively glossy covers lay lukewarm news stories from five weeks ago, op-eds so bland and uncontroversial you wonder when exactly the editors lost their spines, a satire team too haunted by the spectre of cancellation to make any actual jokes, and an entire section devoted to that horror of all horrors: student poetry. While this news may surprise some, many will agree that Farrago’s demise was long overdue. As of today, Farrago Magazine, Australia’s oldest student publication, will cease operations under the current four editors.
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