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41-576: Before the Kent Report, Go-Set magazine published weekly Top 40 Singles from 1966, and albums chart from 1970 until the magazine's demise in August 1974. David Kent later published Australian charts from 1940 to 1973 in a retrospective fashion, using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations. Kent had spent a number of years previously working in the music industry at both EMI and Phonogram records and had developed

82-694: A licensing arrangement with Kent to use the top 50 portion of the Report under their own banner. In 1988, the arrangement with ARIA ended, and the ARIA Charts were produced in-house by the Association. On 4 January 1999, the AMR charts ceased publishing, leaving the ARIA Charts as the only nationally recognised chart publication. In 1993, David Kent published his Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . This

123-540: A martial arts hall, a fencing cage, a boxing studio and ring, a 1500m sq. gym, an aerobics studio and two swimming pools. Clayton Campus plays host to a range of cultural events throughout the year, including plays, musicals, concerts, exhibitions and conferences. Notable facilities include the Robert Blackwood Hall (with a capacity of 1600 people), the Alexander Theatre (capacity of 508),

164-428: A monthly basis, and this is reflected in his published data. Although ARIA published the official Australian National charts from 1988 onwards, Kent continued to calculate charts from this date, data from which were published in a third book in his Australian Chart Book series. Go-Set Go-Set was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and

205-974: A progressive political newsletter, from 1999 through 2013, after which he returned to Australia. In 2012, Brett published Lola Bensky , her sixth novel, a semi-autobiographical work of fiction based on her experiences as a writer for Go-Set . The book was long-listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award , and won the 2014 Prix Medicis étranger in France. From March 1966, Go-Set published radio station 3UZ 's Top 40 singles for Melbourne and 2SM 's King 40 for Sydney. A national Top 40 chart appeared on 5 October 1966 alongside top 15s from 2SM, 3UZ, 4BC in Brisbane , 5AD in Adelaide and 6KY in Perth . In February 1967, Ed Nimmervoll compiled

246-682: A promotional arrangement with BOAC airlines, Brett and Beard were flown to London and the USA. They spent four months in the United Kingdom from January 1967 touring with Australian singer Normie Rowe, and The Troggs, The Who , The Small Faces , The Easybeats and others. In America they covered the New York City scene and attended the Monterey Pop Festival from 16 to 19 June 1967. The first full colour centre spread

287-454: Is also an author of books on the same subject. By January 1974, Go-Set was sold to Sungravure Ltd (part of the Fairfax company), with Jenny Irvine as editor. Reprints from UK and US papers replaced staff writing during 1973 and 1974. Sungravure was taken over by IPC Magazines , after which Go-Set' s circulation declined with the final issue being on 24 August 1974. Meldrum remained to

328-681: Is also based at the Clayton Campus, which contains the largest monoclonal antibody production facility in the Southern Hemisphere. The largest wind tunnel in the Southern Hemisphere is another facility based on campus. Many of these facilities are located in the Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct (STRIP), a major development which houses corporate and university science and technology enterprises. The Clayton Campus has

369-557: Is home to numerous restaurants, cafés and retail outlets, largely located in the Campus Centre. The Notting Hill Hotel, known among students as The Nott, is a large pub located adjacent to the campus and forms a major part of the social life for students on campus. It contains three bars, two beer gardens and two bistros. Now something of an institution, the Nott was founded in 1891 as a half way house for travellers, but boomed from

410-583: Is run on the Monday night of O-week every year. The Clayton Campus is also a short trip from Chadstone Shopping Centre , the largest shopping mall in the Southern Hemisphere. Monash Residential Services is home to over 3000 students and staff. There are twelve residential halls on campus, Deakin Hall, Farrer Hall, Howitt Hall, Normanby House, Richardson Hall, Roberts Hall, Briggs Hall, Jackomos Hall, Campbell Hall, Holman Hall, Logan Hall and Turner Hall, along with

451-657: Is the main campus of Monash University located in Clayton , which is a suburb of Melbourne , Australia , in the state of Victoria . The campus covers an area of over 1.1 km and is the largest of the Monash University campuses, both in terms of size and student population. As of 2017, the Clayton Campus had over 41,000 students. The campus has its own suburb and is one of the few university campuses in Australia to have its own postcode (3800), and shares

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492-667: The Caulfield campus to the Clayton campus. As well as the Australian Synchrotron , the Clayton Campus is adjacent to the CSIRO . Bosch , Bayer , Agilent Technologies and several other science and technology companies are also located nearby. John Monash Science School is also located on the campus. The Clayton Campus is home to large and sophisticated research facilities. The Australian Synchrotron , adjoining

533-915: The Monash University Accident Research Centre , which includes an advanced driving simulator capable of simulating motor vehicle accidents. The campus also houses some of the world's largest regenerative medicine stem cell research facilities, including the Australian Stem Cell Centre , the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories, the Monash Medical Research Institute and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute . The Monash Antibody Technology Facility

574-414: The pen-name of "Mummy Cool" (1971–1972). Maree Menzel wrote quirky pages covering fashion and accessories, and often modelled for the illustrations as well, photographed by Ray Strong. Ian "Molly" Meldrum wrote a weekly column for Go-Set from August 1966 until its demise in 1974. His writing style represented his own stream of consciousness and came across in the same "bumbling" manner which

615-590: The 630, 631, 703, 733, 737, 742, 802, 804, 862 and the Smartbus 900 routes. It is also accessible via the route 601 shuttle bus service which operates to commute solely between the campus and the nearby Huntingdale station . The university also operates inter-campus shuttle buses to its Caulfield and Peninsula campuses. In 2018, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announced that a new tram line would be constructed between Caulfield station and Rowville via Dandenong Road and Wellington Road, which would connect

656-472: The South East Flats. The Clayton Campus is also affiliated with Mannix College (adjacent to the university). Although many faculties have a presence on multiple campuses, the majority are based at Clayton. The following faculties are based at Clayton Campus: In 2002, Huan Xing Yiang, an international student, shot dead two students and wounded several lecturers and students. He also stabbed

697-849: The Student Theatre and the Monash University Museum of Art. The campus has three major academic libraries: the Louis Matheson Library (for arts and commerce), the Hargrave-Andrew Library (for engineering, science and technology) and the Law Library. It is also home to numerous smaller academic libraries, as well as the Student Union Recreational Library (formerly John Medley Library). The campus

738-407: The campus, is one of the most recent and sophisticated of these. It is a 3 GeV synchrotron radiation facility that opened on 31 July 2007. It is capable of viewing matter at the molecular level using synchrotron light . Monash University contributed $ 5M towards the $ 206M cost of the synchrotron as a member of the funding partnership for the initial suite of beamlines. The campus is also home to

779-727: The company) and founded The Digger in September 1972. Frazer also launched the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine first as a supplement in the fourth issue of Revolution , then as a fully-fledged magazine in early 1972. Frazer left Rolling Stone Australia in 1974 but continued with The Digger until December 1975, after which he moved to United States. Go-Set reached its peak in circulation, with 72,000 copies per week, in June to December 1970. After Frazer left as editor in 1972 to concentrate on The Digger , Piotre Olszewski

820-533: The discos and dance halls. These were its original target audience - the thousands of teenagers, especially girls, caught up in the excitement of the swinging sixties , following their favourite local Rock group around the suburban dancehalls of Melbourne. Go-Set started its annual pop poll in October 1966 with readers voting for Normie Rowe as 'Best Male Vocal', Lynne Randell as 'Best Girl Vocal' and The Easybeats as 'Best Group'. The following year, Normie Rowe

861-638: The early 1960s after the establishment of Monash, expanding to cover an area of 0.8 hectares. It was owned and run by Australia's longest-serving publican, Kath Byer (known as the Reverend Mother by students) from 1936 until her death in 2010. Monash Clayton also runs Host Scheme , the largest student-based orientation program in the Southern hemisphere. It has been in existence since 1974, and includes orientation camps, tours, BBQs, functions, festivals, and massive party called Host Scheme Night, which

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902-502: The holidays including the idea to create a teen-oriented pop music newspaper. Local rock group The Mood's manager , Peter Raphael, joined Frazer and Schauble and together they founded Go-Set Publications. Raphael brought in photographer Colin Beard and advertising manager Terry Cleary. Waverley Press, which owned Waverley Offset Printers, had printed Lot's Wife , and agreed to print Go-Set on credit. Schauble, Frazer and Panther produced

943-778: The last issue and became an integral part of Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV pop music series Countdown , which began broadcasting nationally in November 1974. He initially worked behind the scenes as a "Talent Co-ordinator" but, from 1975, he became an on-screen host and developed a news and gossip segment titled Humdrum . Countdown re-united Meldrum with Grant Rule from his Kommotion days. After Countdown ended in 1987, Meldrum continued his music commentary for various TV shows, including Hey Hey Its Saturday . Frazer has edited and managed political magazines in America and, with Jim Hightower , published The Hightower Lowdown ,

984-417: The most extensive sporting facilities of any Monash campus. These are used by the campus' many sporting clubs, as well as recreationally by staff and students. Facilities at the campus include: five football and cricket ovals (including a pavilion), 12 tennis courts, eight squash courts, a hockey field and pavilion, an American football field, a baseball field and pavilion, 21 badminton and table tennis courts,

1025-654: The name Leslie Pixie. Ian "Molly" Meldrum wrote his first story for Go-Set in July 1966, and joined as a news, gossip and feature writer in August. Frazer urged Meldrum to join week day, TV show Kommotion on Channel 0 as a mimer so that Go-Set could get more inside stories. A key element in the early success of the newspaper was the centre page spread called "The Scene-The Seen", a weekly pictorial survey photographed by Beard in Melbourne and Grant Mudford in Sydney around

1066-565: The national chart, with commentary and statistics. The newspaper began publishing Australia's first national weekly album chart on 23 May 1970. In May 1974, the first Kent Music Report was published by David Kent , which became Australia's official national charts. The Kent Music Report appeared just before the last Go-Set charts were published on 24 August 1974. Lot%27s Wife (student newspaper) 37°54′36″S 145°08′02″E  /  37.910°S 145.134°E  / -37.910; 145.134 Monash University, Clayton campus

1107-735: The newspaper from their home in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern . The first edition of Go-Set , dated 2 February 1966, was published with Schauble cited as editor because Frazer, a medical student, asked to be listed in the low-key role of designer and Panther, who had not registered for the military draft , was described as a feature writer. The first issue showcased Tom Jones (see right) and Herman's Hermits interviewed by Panther and photographed by Colin Beard at Palais Theatre , St Kilda . Initial sales were low, about 3000 to 5000 but Issue 3, which covered The Rolling Stones tour in Melbourne and Sydney, doubled their sales. Initially Go-Set

1148-458: The original Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine in late 1972. In 1964, Monash University student newspaper Chaos' co-editors, John Blakeley, Damien Broderick and Tony Schauble, renamed the paper Lot's Wife . Phillip Frazer was a staffer and later became co-editor with future parliamentarian Peter Steedman . Late in 1965, Schauble, Frazer, Broderick, and another student writer, Doug Panther, discussed ideas to make money during

1189-593: The primary tabulations. Some radio station chart data was used as supplementary information, however. At about the same time, the Australian Recording Industry Association was established by the major record companies, being EMI , Festival Records (later FMR, now known as Warner Music ), CBS (now known as Sony Music ), RCA (later BMG, now known as Sony Music ), WEA (now known as Warner Music ) and Polygram (now known as Universal). From mid-1983 until early June 1988, ARIA had

1230-438: The radio station charts (which were also based on sales data). His operation grew and staff were employed to assist with research. Within a year or so, the major record companies started using the Report for their own marketing programs and it had established itself as the leading national chart publication. From 1982, retail sales data collected by Kent and his staff were used exclusively and radio station charts were dropped from

1271-639: The report initially as a hobby. The Kent Music Report was first released on a commercial drive basis in July 1974 and was offered for subscription. The report data was initially based solely on radio station charts from around the country, which were then amalgamated using a points based ranking system that Kent had developed. These radio station charts were compiled primarily using data collected from local record stores and, as such, were based primarily on retail sales (i.e. they were not airplay charts). In 1976, as funding from subscriptions grew, Kent himself started collecting sales data from retail stores to supplement

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1312-484: The telephone number extension of 990 with the other city campuses of the university. The Campus features a wide range of native Australian flora and fauna, including over 2000 different kinds of plant life. The campus is located in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Clayton . It contains the greatest density of high technology industries in Victoria. The campus is accessible via several suburban bus routes, including

1353-1005: Was a Beard photograph of Jimi Hendrix taken at The Monterey Pop Festival. In Los Angeles they did personality stories and photographic fashion spreads with Sonny and Cher , The Mamas & the Papas and covered a recording session with The Byrds . In Brett's absence, Meldrum became the principal local feature writer while Vera Kaas-Jager covered the local photography for Beard. Over its nine-year history there were many significant additional contributors including David Elfick , Alex Pezzoni, Vince Lovegrove , Ed Nimmervoll , Stan Rofe , Stephen MacLean , Wendy Saddington , Michele O'Driscoll (aka Mitch), Cleo Calvo (now singer, Clelia Adams), Eril Bilson, Philip Morris (photographer), Ian McCausland (graphics), Jon Hawkes (editor), Geoff Pendlebury (graphics), Geoff Watson (management) and his off-sider Margaret Rose Dunphy on bookkeeping and classifieds, Helen Hooper, Jean Bedford , and Pat Wilson who wrote under

1394-561: Was advertising manager assisted by Terry Cleary. Doug Panther continued as feature writer for several months before leaving for Western Australia with Commonwealth Police and the Australian Army searching for him as a 'draft dodger'. Panther was replaced by Lily Brett who likes to recall that she got the job because she had a car. Other personnel were Honey Lea, originally a typist, who later became fashion editor when Prue Acton dropped out, and Sue Flett who wrote an advice column under

1435-548: Was based on his chart data already published as the Kent Music Report from May 1974 onward. He specially "retro-calculated" charts based on state-based Australian radio station charts available to him dated before May 1974, to fill in the missing years (1970–1974). On this basis, he also put together Australian national charts from 1940 to 1969, published as Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 in 2005. Before 1949, radio station music charts in Australia were only available on

1476-451: Was crowned as the inaugural ' King of Pop ' on TV series The Go!! Show , also on Channel 0. Go-Set had become the indispensable chronicle of the local scene, described by Jim Keays , lead singer of The Masters Apprentices , as the Australian music bible. From 5 October 1966, it featured Australian singles charts and international charts, local state gig listings and record reviews. Go-Set developed an international focus when, in

1517-431: Was editor from May to July before Nimmervoll took over with Meldrum as co-editor. Nimmervoll remained until December 1973 when Sungravure Ltd bought Go-Set and relocated its headquarters to Sydney. In December 1973, Nimmervoll left Go-Set and founded Juke Magazine in 1975. Subsequently, he established Take 40 Australia and, since 2000, he has edited HowlSpace , a website detailing Australian rock music history. He

1558-487: Was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer , Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble. Widely described as a pop music "bible", it became an influential publication, introduced the first national pop record charts and featured many notable contributors including fashion designer Prue Acton , journalist Lily Brett , rock writer / band manager Vince Lovegrove , music commentator Ian "Molly" Meldrum , rock writer / music historian Ed Nimmervoll and radio DJ Stan Rofe . It spawned

1599-1066: Was in March 1971. Nimmervoll, an architecture student, started with Go-Set as the compiler of the national Top 40 charts, beginning in February 1967. He then wrote feature stories and record reviews, and in December 1969 began editing Go-Set' s counter-culture supplement, Core , which was influenced by the US magazine Rolling Stone . Founders, Schauble and Beard had left by February 1969 and Frazer became editor and publisher; Jon Hawkes joined as co-editor in April. Frazer launched two monthly counter-culture magazines, Revolution , which lasted from 1 May 1970 – 1 August 1971, and High Times , co-founded with Macy McFarland and Pat Woolley, which published August 1971 – 1 January 1972. Frazer left Go-Set in February 1972 (after Waverley Press took control of

1640-632: Was intended for Melbourne distribution only. A book distributor, Bill Robinson, managed circulation throughout Victoria , and several weeks later the newspaper was introduced to Sydney and within its first year, all the remaining states. From 28 February 1966, the Go-Set office was three rooms at Charnwood Crescent, St Kilda until December 1970 when it relocated to Drummond Street, Carlton . Key staff included Tony Schauble as editor then manager, Phillip Frazer, who had switched to an arts degree at Monash, as co-editor, and Colin Beard as photographer. Peter Raphael

1681-478: Was to later be a hallmark of his public persona. His nickname "Molly" was given to him and first published in Go-Set in 1968 by fellow columnist and radio DJ Stan Rofe . Both Meldrum's and Rofe's columns contained many camp in jokes . Meldrum became editor of a monthly Go-Set offshoot, Gas , which was aimed at younger teen girls and was first published in October 1968 with a feature on The Monkees ; its last issue

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