The hunt is on for missing editions of the Charles Sturt University (CSU) student publication, Hungappa*.

Mr Toby Mobbs, a Masters of Information Studies student at CSU in Wagga Wagga, is collecting all issues of the student publication since the first edition was published by Rivcoll Student Representative Committee (SRC) in 1989.

As part of a CSU Regional Archives Summer Scholarship, Mr Mobbs plans to collate a full digital collection of Hungappa.

"I began collecting Hungappa each week while an undergraduate student at Charles Sturt University from 2010 to 2012," Mr Mobbs said.

"My plan was to bind the editions in three volumes as a memento. Hungappa highlighted all the great parties, friends and social experiences that came with my higher education study.

"I decided to continue collecting them through my postgraduate degree and contacted a number of people in order to obtain missing editions since 2010.

"I then realised that Hungappa was last deposited at the CSU Archives in 2007 and that I currently had the most complete post-2007 collection.

"This was a perfect project for me to work on for a CSU Regional Archives Summer Scholarship.

"I would like to hear from any former students or staff who may have their own copies of Hungappa.

"We currently have a couple of hundred or so issues ready to digitise, however around 40 editions are missing from the collection. I don't know if they are actually missing or were never published.

"Even if members of the public have their own collections but are missing the same copies we are, this also helps us. It gives us an indication that they may have not been published."

Hungappa Editor Mr Brandon Harry said, "The current Hungappa team is very excited about the possibilities of Toby's research.

"It will be interesting to see how our campus publication has grown and changed into what it has become today. The results from this study will also highlight how we as an institution has socialised and interacted since our inception, something that should govern how we do things in the future."

If you can help, please contact Toby Mobbs at the CSU Regional Archives on (02) 6933 4590 or email tmobbs@csu.edu.au.

Mr Mobbs is a postgraduate student at CSU in Wagga Wagga. He is a musician and a macro wildlife photographer who has captured 140 species of Australian spiders. Mr Mobbs has also made a giant wool pom pom. 

Read about another CSU Regional Archives Summer Scholarship in CSU News here.