*** Welcome to piglix ***

Tharunka

Tharunka
Tharunka 2016 Issue 8.jpg
Tharunka, issue 8 2016, front cover
Type Student newspaper
Format Magazine
Owner(s) Arc @ UNSW Limited
Editor Brittney Rigby
Founded 1953 (1953)
Language English
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Website tharunka.arc.unsw.edu.au
Year Volume Editions Format Parody cover Organisation
1975 21 28 Newspaper Student Union
1976 22 28 Newspaper Women's Weekly (Women's Weekly) Student Union
1977 23 Newspaper Student Union
1978 24 28 Newspaper Benthouse (Penthouse) Student Union
1979 25 28 Newspaper Kids' Stuff Student Union
1980 26 27 Newspaper Student Union
1981 27 14 Magazine Student Union
1982 28 The National Slimes (The National Times) Student Union
1983 29 15 Magazine Student Union
1984 30 13 Magazine Student Union
1985 31 15 Magazine Student Union
1986 32 14 Magazine The Drug Expensive (parody of Australian federal government "Drug Offensive" information kit) Student Union
1987 Magazine Greed Weekend (Good Weekend) Student Union
1988 Up the TV Creek (TV Week); Bastard Review Weekly (Business Review Weekly) Student Union
1989 Student Union
1990 36 14 Magazine Golly (Dolly) Student Union
1991 37 14 Magazine The Spew Age Student Union
1992 38 14 Magazine Who Cares? (Who magazine) Student Union
1993 39 Magazine Student Guild
1994 40 14 Magazine The Fake Student Guild
1995 41 13 Magazine The Typograph Error (The Telegraph Mirror) Student Guild
1996 42 14 Magazine Piss Weakend (Good Weekend) Student Guild
1997 43 14 Magazine Crawling Home (Rolling Stone) Student Guild
1998 44 Magazine Trivial Geographic (National Geographic) Student Guild
1999 45 14 Magazine Weekly UNSW News (Weekly World News) Student Guild
2000 46 14 Magazine Weekly UNSW News (Weekly World News) Student Guild
2001 47 10 Magazine The Gorgeous Edition (Hello! Magazine) Student Guild
2002 48 Magazine Ben's Health (Men's Health) Student Guild
2003 49 13 Magazine Nude Scientist (New Scientist) Student Guild
2004 50 17 Newspaper Foundation Day-Mart (Kmart) Student Guild
2005 51 Newspaper Bowling Stoned (Rolling Stone) Student Guild
2006 52 Magazine Homeboy (Playboy) Student Guild
2007 53 10 Magazine Notional Geographic (National Geographic) Arc @ UNSW
2008 54 10 Magazine Dumb Media (Drum Media) Arc @ UNSW
2009 55 10 Magazine The UnAustralian (The Australian) Arc @ UNSW
2010 56 10 Magazine The Ecominous (The Economist) Arc @ UNSW
2011 57 11 Magazine Shitz (Blitz) Arc @ UNSW
2012 58 13 Magazine Wankie (Frankie) Arc @ UNSW
2013 59 12 Tabloid newspaper Theo (Cleo (magazine)) Arc @ UNSW
2014 60 14 Tabloid Newspaper The Daily Terrorgraph (The Daily Telegraph (Australia)) Arc @ UNSW
2015 61 Magazine Domain (Sydney Morning Herald Property) Arc @ UNSW
2016 62 8 Magazine Sydney Mourning Herald (Sydney Morning Herald) Arc @ UNSW

Tharunka is a student magazine published at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Established in 1953 at the then New South Wales University of Technology, Tharunka has been published in a variety of forms by various student organisations. At present, Tharunka is published 8 times a year by Arc @ UNSW Limited. The name Tharunka means "message stick" in a Central Australian Aboriginal language.

The first issue of Tharunka was published in March 1953 by the Students' Union, with Sid Dunk and Harold Spies as editors. Until 1980, Tharunka was a weekly newspaper, switching to a fortnightly magazine format from 1981. In 2004 and 2005, Tharunka returned to a tabloid newspaper format. In 2006, Tharunka returned to the fortnightly magazine format. Since 2013, the newspaper has been published in a tabloid newspaper format.

Tharunka was published by the UNSW Students Union from 1953 until 1992, when that body was replaced by the University of New South Wales Student Guild. The Guild published Tharunka from 1993 until 2006. A new student organisation, Arc @ UNSW Limited, took over publication of Tharunka from 2007, with Tharunka now published by a student team under the steerage of its Marketing Department.Tharunka is managed by a small staff and a wider group of volunteers. Including staff wages, the publication's budget is under $40,000 per year.

The content of Tharunka varies year to year in line with the priorities of student politicians, the editors and the wider contributor base. Tharunka's at times irreverent approach has seen copies seized by police, destroyed by political opponents and censored by the student organisation.

It is traditional for a parody edition of Tharunka to be released as part of the university's annual Foundation Day celebrations. News satire is a regular feature of the publication.


...
Wikipedia

...