Pelican (magazine)
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| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Magazine |
| Owner | University of Western Australia Student Guild |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Perth, Western Australia |
| Website | www |
Pelican is the University of Western Australia's student magazine. It is financed by the UWA Guild with approximately 1,000 copies of each issue published and distributed around the university campus. It is Australia's second oldest student paper, having begun publication in 1929.[1]
Pelican publishes six print editions per year. Pelican is aimed at Perth's tertiary students and young people aged between 18 and 28 frequenting the inner-metropolitan area.[2] Each print edition is centred on a theme, and includes regular reviews (books, music, television, film, and arts); opinion pieces; campus news; and current affairs analysis.
Founded in 1929, Pelican lays claim to being the country's second-oldest student newspaper, after Farrago.
Originally, Pelican took the form of a weekly current affairs broadsheet. Geoffrey Bolton's anecdotes of the 1950s Pelican notes the involvement of Rolf Harris and John Stone.[3] It also had various fluctuations in its publication.[4] Before the student union had its own building in more recent years, the publication's office was in what has since reverted to university usage.[5][relevant?]
Over the years, it has moved between being a "tabloid"-sized magazine, and having both glossy finishes and newspaper print covers. It became an ongoing tradition that the Pelican editor appears naked on the cover of the final edition, although it is unknown when this tradition began. Research by former Pelican editor Henry Skerritt, published in his final editorial of 2000, suggests that this tradition began in 1972.[6][dubious – discuss]