''Hermes'' is the annual
literary journal published by the
University of Sydney Union
The University of Sydney Union (USU) is Australia's largest independent student-led member organisation located at University of Sydney in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
The current iteration of USU formed in 1972, as an amalgamation ...
. It is the oldest such journal in
Australasia
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, having been established in 1886.
History
''Hermes'' was established in 1886. The first issue of ''Hermes'' appeared in July 1886.
Publication
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was suspended in 1942–1944, 1953, 1955, 1964, and 1970–1984. ''Hermes'' is
edited
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by current students and all content within the publication is provided by students, staff and alumni from the
University of Sydney
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. While in recent years there have been themes for specific editions, the journal publishes written, creative and visual pieces. A special jubilee edition was published in 1902 to coincide with the University's anniversary.
Today, Hermes acts as the printed Creative Catalogue for the USU Creative Awards. Each year winners of The USU Creative Awards have their work published in Hermes, win prize money and have their works displayed professionally at the Verge Gallery.
Past editors
Distinguished former editors of ''Hermes'' have included
Thomas Bavin
Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin, (5 May 1874 – 31 August 1941) was an Australian lawyer and politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930. He was born in New Zealand and arrived in Australia at the age of 15, where he stud ...
(1897),
H. V. Evatt
Herbert Vere "Doc" Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General of Australia, Attorney-General and Minister for For ...
(1916),
John Le Gay Brereton
John Le Gay Brereton (2 September 1871 – 2 February 1933) was an Australian poet, critic and professor of English at the University of Sydney. He was the first president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers when it was formed in Sydney in ...
(1892-94),
Clive Evatt (1926),
James McAuley
James Phillip McAuley (12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic, and a prominent convert to Roman Catholicism. He was involved in the Ern Malley poetry hoax.
Life and career
McAuley w ...
(1937),
Jock Marshall
Alan John "Jock" Marshall (17 February 1911 – 20 July 1967) was an Australian writer, academic and ornithologist.
Marshall was born in Redfern, New South Wales. Despite having lost an arm in a shooting accident at the age of sixteen, he was ...
(1941), and a duo of
Les Murray and
Geoffrey Lehmann in 1962.
Kathleen M. Commins was the first woman editor in 1931. In 2015 the Editorial team was entirely women: Elle Burchell, Pheobe Corleone, Madeleine Gray and Tahlia Chloe.
Editors 1886-2017
References
Further reading
* Barcan, A
Student activists at Sydney University 1960-1967' Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES), January 2007. The retired education professor Alan Barcan published his personal view of activism at Sydney University during the 1960s, including references to the student publications
Honi Soit
''Honi Soit'' is the student newspaper of the University of Sydney. First published in 1929, the newspaper is produced by an elected editorial team and a select group of reporters sourced from the university's populace. Its name is an abbrev ...
, Hermes and
Arna
External links
Hermes : an undergraduate's magazine digitised collection from 1886 -1990,
University of Sydney Library
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