YWCA Australia is putting gender equality into practice and has been for over 140 years. As a feminist organisation, its goal is to mobilise communities and push for change. In August last year, the Illawarra region formed its Youth Frontiers Mentoring Program. I had a chat with Lauren Heslin, a
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Merrigong Theatre Company and Branch Nebula are introducing the new and exciting world premiere of Air Time, an invigorating fusion of street style dance, theatre and sport with an eccentric electro soundtrack by Phil Downing. These energising shows – taking place from 20 to 22 April at Wollongong Town Hall – challenge
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New details have emerged about deceased Nazi collaborator Bob Sredersas, whose art donations helped establish the collection at Wollongong Art Gallery. Last year, former Wollongong councillor Michael Samaris raised concern over alleged links to the Nazi SS in Lithuania, which was responsible for leading the murder of European Jews during
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UOW Security are investigating after the rainbow steps were vandalised this week, which the student union labeled "an attempt to intimidate and upset LBGTQIA+ students." UOW confirmed this Friday staff removed graffiti messages from the steps and another, unspecified location on campus. Co-Coordinator of UOW’s All Sorts
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Photos: Bailey Burgin Last semester for my second year photography subject, I explored how we tell nude photography and pornography apart. For my investigation, I reviewed past papers on prominent figures in nude photography, interviewed OnlyFans creators and even became an adult model to better understand the topic. Initially I
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Feature image: Instagram/ TheWollongongMap There hasn’t been a birds-eye, hand-drawn map of Wollongong since 1840. Until now. Local cartographer and artist, Alex Pescud, sought to capture a moment in time in Wollongong with his ambitious project, The Wollongong Map. We viewed the nearly complete map in Pescud’s art
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Yeehaw United’s Ela Akyol has been elected President of the Wollongong Undergraduate Student Association. Running under a joint Labor caucus, Akyol received 302 votes, beating Left Action’s Jack Mansell by 34 votes. In a significant move, both Labor factions decided to run under a joint caucus, making use
*The Tertangala does not endorse shoplifting or any crime in that matter. However, we understand that many will have to do what they have to do to survive. This editorial is not reflective of the Wollongong Undergraduate Students Association (WUSA) or the University of Wollongong. The outrage against our University
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The first time I visited Sarcasm the guy at the gate checking ID cards told me I wasn't weak enough to be seeking refuge. Knowing my own poverty, I assured him he had it all wrong. 'I don't care. Fuck off,' he replied.
The love of blue and redness, No green nor minor greys. Of ordered seats and houses Is in your veins ablaze, Strong love of clear division And policy resolute I know but cannot share it, My love is for dispute I love a hung parliament, A land of sweeping range,
From the moment our eyes first met, Until your last dying breath, Never could I have foretold, What warmth you brought from the cold. It was only upon finding you, Could I discover a part of me, And with the light, you shined through, I found the courage I was