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The Free Thought
Motto:The Ukrainian Newspaper in Australia
Type:weekly newspaper
Format:A2
Foundation:10 July 1949
Founder:Wolodymyr Shumsky
Chiefeditor:Wolodymyr Shumsky
Editor:Mark Shumsky
Headquarters:Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
Language:Ukrainian and English
Circulation:1,500
Oclc:17664565

The Free Thought, also known as Vil'na dumka, Vilna Dumka and in (Ukrainian: Вільна думка); is a weekly Ukrainian newspaper published in Australia since 1949.[1] [2] In addition to serving post-World War II immigrants and the second and third generations of those immigrants, the newspaper also caters to newer immigrants from post-Soviet Ukraine. It has sections in both Ukrainian and English.

History

A large group of Ukrainian immigrants arrived in Australia in 1948, 1949, and 1950 with the assistance of two-year work contracts offered by the Australian government. This was the impetus for the creation of two Ukrainian-language newspapers in Australia, one of which was The Free Thought.[3] Upon receiving the Federal Government's permission, the first edition was published on 10 July 1949.[1] Since then, the newspaper has had a role in reporting on the establishment and development of Ukrainian Australian cultural and social life.

In the 1980s, The Free Thought helped establish the Ukrainian Studies Foundations in Australia Ltd. to support Ukrainian studies at the university level. In 1994, The Free Thought joined with the Ukrainian Studies Foundation to publish a history called the Almanac of Ukrainian Life in Australia, .[4] Another book was published in 2001, this time with the Ukrainian Heritage Society in Australia, containing over 2000 biographies of Ukrainian Australians, titled Ukrainians in Australia: an Encyclopedic Guide .[5]

Organization

The founder, owner, and editor was Wolodymyr Shumsky (Szumskyj), who edited more than 3000 editions of the newspaper since its launch in 1949.[1] An active member of the Ukrainian Australian community, Shumsky was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009 for "service to the Ukrainian community through cultural, educational and literary contributions".[6] [7] [8]

Over the years, contributors to Vilna Dumka have included Dmytro Nytczenko, Bohdan Podolianko,[9] and Wasyl Onufrienko.[10]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Newspapers Online: Free Thought . NSW Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum . New South Wales Government . Haymarket, NSW . 3 February 2011.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=k6A_AAAAIAAJ&q=vilna+dumka Gilson, M. Zubrzycki, J. (1967) The foreign-language press in Australia, 1848-1964 Australian National University
  3. Web site: Faces and Places, Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, "G'day, - amazing Australia!" . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100921222000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24604/20100922-0820/ozeukes.com/ukrainians-in-australia/history-of-ukrainians-in-australia/faces-and-places/index.html . dead . 21 September 2010 . Myron B Kuropas . 21 January 2001 . National Library of Australia . The Ukrainian Weekly, No. 3, Vol. LXIX . 3 February 2011 . AFUO.
  4. Ukrainian Studies Foundation in Australia 1994, Alʹmanakh ukraïnsʹkoho chasopysu vilʹna dumka ta Fundatsiï ukraïnoznavchyk studiĭ v Australiï = Almanac of the free thought Ukrainian newspaper and the Ukrainian Studies Foundation in Australia The Free Thought Ukrainian Weekly in Australia and the Ukrainian Studies Foundation in Australia Ltd, Sydney (Libraries Australia ID 30403309)
  5. Shumsʹkyĭ, Volodymyr & Shumsʹkyĭ, Marko & Ukrainian Heritage Society in Australia & Free Thought Ukrainian Weekly in Australia 2001, Ukraïnt︠s︡y Avstraliï : ent︠s︡iklopedychnyĭ dovidnyk = Українці Австралії — Енциклопедичний Довідник, Vilʹna Dumka i Tovaristvo Zberezhenni︠a︡ Ukraïnsʹkoĭ̈ Spadshchyny v Avstraliï, Sidneĭ (Libraries Australia ID 34684777)
  6. http://www.gg.gov.au/res/File/PDFs/honours/qb09/Media%20Notes%20OAM%20(S-Z)%20(final).pdf The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List
  7. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1141302 SHUMSKY, Wolodymyr
  8. http://www.news-mail.com.au/story/2009/06/08/queens-birthday-honours-list/ 'Queen's Birthday honours list 2009' on www.news-mail.com.au, 8 June 2009
  9. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A0QD Podolanko, Bohdan
  10. Book: Arnold. John. Hay. John A.. The Bibliography of Australian Literature. 2001. Australian Scholarly Pub.. 978-0-7022-3598-6. 584.

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