About The Festinger Gazette

Established in 1769 by the vampire Jamanicus, The Festinger Gazette is Australia's second oldest independent publication, beaten only by the stunning cave paintings of Australia's indigenous people.

We're a little resentful they beat us to the punchline, but if we're going to lose we're happy we lost to the Land's first storytellers.

We went high tech this year and started this online email newsletter thingy. Apparently if you subscribe, our words are rammed down your throat through your email inbox. Sounds quite intimate 🤔

The Festinger Gazette is based in Woop Woop, beyond the black stump, and has a readership of maybe three awesome people... hey guys! 👋

On a serious note...

We chose the name 'The Festinger Gazette' in honour of Leon Festinger, the psychologist behind the theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Festinger presented the theory in his work, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, in 1957.

Festinger was a true visionary whose work is more relevant today than ever before.

Acknowledgement of Country

Here at The Festinger Gazette, we acknowledge Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the land's first Storytellers and Traditional Custodians of Country.

We have the utmost respect for Elders - past, present, and emerging - and extend that respect to all indigenous peoples.

This publication is written on unceded Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands.