Oz (magazine)

Oz was a satirical humour magazine first published between 1963–69 in Sydney, Australia and, in its second and more famous incarnation, from 1967 to 1973 in London, England. Strongly identified as part of the underground press, it was the subject of two celebrated obscenity trials, one in Australia in 1964 and the other in the UK in 1971. On both occasions the magazine's editors were acquitted on appeal after initially being found guilty and sentenced to harsh jail terms.

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Sydney - Australia - London - England - Underground press - Obscenity - 1964 - UK - 1971 - Appeal

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The UK trial is widely regarded as the start of the backlash in the UK against the cultural values of the permissive sixties. Oz has been parodied in the short-lived television series Hippies.

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Permissive - Hippies

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The central editor throughout the magazine's life was Richard Neville. Co-editors of the Sydney version were Richard Walsh and Martin Sharp. Co-editors of the London version were Jim Anderson and, later, Felix Dennis.

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Richard Neville - Richard Walsh - Martin Sharp - Jim Anderson - Felix Dennis

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