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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Magazine |
| Owner | Arc @ UNSW Limited |
| Founded | 1953 (Tharunka) 2024 (Gamamari) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Website | gamamari |
Gamamari is a student magazine published at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Established in 1953[1] as Tharunka at the then-New South Wales University of Technology, the magazine has been published in a variety of forms by various student organisations. Until its shutdown in 2023, Gamamari was published three times a year by Arc @ UNSW Limited. In mid-2024 the publication changed its name to Gamamari after concerns about the name Tharunka, which was originally thought to mean "message stick" in a Central Australian Aboriginal language, were raised, with it having been potentially stolen or made up as a name.[2][3]
The first issue of Tharunka was published in March 1953 by the Students' Union, with Sid Dunk and Harold Spies as editors.[1] 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.[4] 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.[5]
The magazine temporarily ceased publication at the end of 2023,[6] after its editors expressed concerns that the term "Tharunka", although it did not appear to be an actual Indigenous word, had not been chosen with "appropriate permission or consultation".[7][8] The magazine was relaunched in mid-2024 called Gamamari, which means “talking for a purpose” in the Dharawal Language.[9]
In early 2024, the independent student publication Noise@UNSW (of no affiliation to the Arts Faculty Society paper in the 1960s) was formed in protest of this shutdown.[10] The editorial team of Noise expressed doubts over the justification of Tharunka's shutdown.[11]
The content of Gamamari varies year to year in line with the priorities of student politicians, the editors and the wider contributor base. Gamamari'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 Gamamari to be released as part of the university's annual Foundation Day celebrations.[12] News satire is a regular feature of the publication.
As the journal of a political organisation, Gamamari's editorial direction was often influenced by the dominant faction within the student body at the time. Where the editors distanced themselves from the agenda of student representatives, conflict was often the result. A plan by then editor Michael Shane to devote an issue to coverage of issues facing men was met with fierce resistance by the Student Guild's governing council in 2000. Rules were enacted to give the Guild Women's Department a right of veto over content.[13] With the end of the Guild and Union, and founding of Arc, Tharunka is now under the auspices of Arc's Marketing Department, rather than a political organisation. However, editorial remains edgy with Issue 1 of 2010 containing the word 'fuck' on its front cover.
In November 2004, the Guild was attacked by Daily Telegraph columnist Michael Duffy for attempting to prevent the expression of support for voluntary student unionism at UNSW. "Student politics is still notoriously corrupt and secretive", Duffy wrote, reporting that "the editors of the student union magazine Tharunka, have been told by the Guild Council ... not to publish articles in support of voluntary unionism."[14]
In October 2010, the Arc withheld the final edition of Tharunka for the year even though 2000 copies had already been printed. The edition had originally included an article on the subject of BDSM sexual practices, which the CEO of Arc refused to publish. The editors complied by withdrawing the offending article, but printed in its place a mocking note making fun of censorship. As a result, the magazine was refused distribution.[citation needed]
Tharunka is one of a number of periodicals that have emerged from the university.
The paper has been partially digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[23][24]
All issues of Tharunka from 1953 to 2023 have been digitised by the UNSW Library and are publicly available through the UNSW Archives digital collections website.[25]
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Gamamari is a student magazine published at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Established in 1953 as Tharunka at the then-New South Wales University of Technology, the magazine has been published in a variety of forms by various student organisations. Until its shutdown in 2023, Gamamari was published three times a year by Arc @ UNSW Limited. In mid-2024 the publication changed its name to Gamamari after concerns about the name Tharunka, which was originally thought to mean "message stick" in a Central Australian Aboriginal language, were raised, with it having been potentially stolen or made up as a name.
Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Oxley from 1996 to 1998. Born in Brisbane, Hanson worked in small businesses and was a councillor of Ipswich City Council, joining the Liberal Party in 1995. She was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the division of Oxley at the 1996 federal election, but was disendorsed by the party shortly before the election for her controversial comments about Aboriginal Australians. Hanson remained on the ballot paper as the Liberal candidate, winning the election to sit as an independent, before co-founding One Nation in 1997. She was unsuccessful in her re-election attempt at the 1998 election. Hanson unsuccessfully contested the 2001 election as the leader of One Nation, but was expelled from the party in 2002. A District Court jury found Hanson guilty of electoral fraud in 2003, but her convictions were later overturned by the Queensland Court of Appeal. She spent 11 weeks in jail prior to the appeal being heard. Following her release, Hanson ran in several state and federal elections, as the leader of her United Australia Party and as an independent, before rejoining One Nation in 2013 and becoming leader again the following year. Narrowly defeated at the 2015 Queensland state election, she bounced back to get elected to the Senate at the 2016 election, along with three other members of the party. She was re-elected at the 2022 election. Since 1996, Hanson has been widely characterised as radical right, far-right and right-wing populist. She has called for massive reductions in the number of migrants allowed into Australia, and has made controversial critical comments about Indigenous Australians, Asian Australians, Islam and African migrants. In 2017 and 2025, Hanson gained media attention for wearing a burqa into the Australian Senate. She was suspended from the Senate for seven days for the 2025 event.
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Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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