Hermes is the annual literary journal published by the University of Sydney Union. It is the oldest such journal in Australasia, having been established in 1886.
History Hermes was established in 1886. The first issue of Hermes appeared in July 1886. Publication was suspended in 1942–1944, 1953, 1955, 1964, and 1970–1984.Hermes: an undergraduate magazine at National Library of Australia Hermes is edited by current students and all content within the publication is provided by students, staff and alumni from the University of Sydney. 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 (1897),McCarthy J Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (1874 - 1941) in Australian Dictionary of Biography (1979) H. V. Evatt (1916), John Le Gay Brereton (1892-94),Professor Brereton's lecture at Sydney Morning Herald 12 September 1927, p.10; at Trove Clive Evatt (1926), James McAuley (1937), Jock Marshall (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
Editors Year Notes S.A. Thompson and G. P. Barbour 1887R. Windeyer and A.S. Vallack1890T. Darbys, A.E. Henry, and H. F. Maxwell1894W. J. Bradley1917W. E. R. Francis1920W. J. V. Windeyer1921 - 1922A. B. Barry1923J. W. Bavin1925 Clive Evatt 1926R. Ashburner1927I. M. Edwards1928H. M. Cromarty1929Howard Daniel1933James McAuley1937R. W. Rutledge1939Noel Hush and George Munster1946P. Gerber1947Lex Banning and Derick Hoste1951Derick Hoste1952Eddie Camion and Peter Condon1954Mari Kuttna and Brian Hennessy1956Martin Davey1957John Joseph Howard1960Brian Sommers1961Les Murray and Geoff Lehmann1962Don Anderson and Neil A. McPherson1963Ron Blair1965Brian Freeman and Albert Moran1969Bev Elizabeth Brown, David Ellison, Matthew Karpin, Peter Kirkpatrick, Margo Lanagan, and Judy Quinn1985"New Issue Vol. 1, No. 1: 1985"Judith Elen, David Ellison, Katie Florance, Mike Funston, Matthew Karpin, David Musgrave, Judy Quinn, Maria Simms, Gerry Turcotte, and Theresa Willsteed1986Naomi Cameron, Sean Kelly, Julia Martin, David Musgrave, Mark Pollock, and Jane Sutton1987Stephen Craft, Delia Falconer, Keri Glastonbury, Eugene Hoh, Anthony O'Shea, Jason Saltearn, Alanna Sherry, and Jane Sutton1989Stephen Craft, Delia Falconer, Keri Glastonbury, Eugene Hoh, Julia Leigh, and David Musgrave1990Maisie Dubosarsky, Lucy Howard-Taylor, Amy Ireland, and Lukasz Swiatek2007No themeAmelia Walkley, Bronwyn O’Reilly, Khym Scott and Raven Dakota2009 Connie Ye, Dominic McNeil and Michael Falk 2011 Theme: 2011 A.D. Chenoa Fawn, Jackson Busse, Gabriella Edelstein and Kate Farrell 2012 Theme: Odyssey, former editor Geoffrey Lehmann guest speaker Melanie Kembrey, Nick Fahy, Patricia Arcilla and Nick Richardson 2013 Theme: Elements, Delia Falconer guest speaker Rebecca Allen, Whitney Duan, Celeste Moore and Eleanor Turner 2014 Theme: Liminal, Richard Glover guest speaker Elle Burchell, Phoebe Corleone, Madeleine Gray and Tahlia Chloe 2015Theme: Manufactured, David Malouf Guest SpeakerMichael Sun and Marilyn Meen Yee Ooi2016Theme: Warped Alexandra Bateman and Samantha Clemente 2017 No theme
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, Hermes and Arna
External links Hermes : an undergraduate's magazine, digitised collection from 1886 -1990, University of Sydney Library, and illustrated covers of same