Oz Magazine No. 28
Category
Ephemera
Date
May 1970
Materials
Paper magazine attached to cardboard mount with sellotape and inside cellophane envelope
Measurements
300 x 220 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672451
Summary
A copy of Oz Magazine No. 28 published in May 1970. This edition of the magazine is known as ‘The School Kid’s Issue’ as it was written by around twenty secondary school children who had answered an advert for contributors in issue number 26. The title of the magazine is in green letters at the top centre of the front cover above an image of two naked females. ‘4s’ is printed inside the letter O of the word ‘Oz’. The head of a third person is visible at the extreme right hand edge of the cover, with this person licking the neck of the female on the right. A hand is visible appearing from behind the legs of the female on the left of the cover. Towards the bottom right corner there is a photo of a long haired male dressed in a school blazer and wearing a headband. At the bottom of this photo is the issue number 28. The rear cover of the magazine features three naked females and the head of a fourth person. The magazine is in a cellophane envelope and is attached to a cardboard mount with sellotape. Oz magazine was a counter-cultural magazine originally published in Australia, with a UK edition published between 1967 and 1973. The magazine was regularly controversial as it covered issues such as drugs, homosexuality and contentious political stories. This particular issue featured a highly sexualised parody of the Rupert Bear story which resulted in the creators facing a trial for obscenity at which they were found not guilty of the main charge while being convicted on lesser offences.
Provenance
Published in May 1970. Purchased by The National Trust Museum Of Childhood in 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project.