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Farrago is the student publication for the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia published by the University of Melbourne Student Union. It is the oldest student publication in Australia. It was first published on 3 April 1925.

The term "farrago", , means a confused variety of miscellaneous things. It has been used by Edward Tylor in his book Primitive Culture. The name is included in the motto (drawn originally from the Satires of Juvenal) Quidquid agunt homines nostri farrago libelli est – "whatever men do forms the motley subject of our page" which was written on the first issue of the famous eighteenth century periodical Tatler.

The publication was founded in 1925 by Randal Heymanson, who was the first editor, and Brian Fitzpatrick, who was the first chief of staff. For a number of years, Farrago was published in a newspaper or broadsheet format. In the 2000s, Farrago switched to a magazine format, which it continues to use today.

Up to four editors are elected annually and hold the shared title of Media Officer at the University of Melbourne Student Union, with the union secretary being the legally defined publisher. The editorship has been highly politicised in the past, and election campaigns are vigorous. Archives of Farrago are available at the Student Union's Rowden White Library and the University of Melbourne's Baillieu Library. Noteworthy past editors include Cyril Pearl, Geoffrey Blainey, Amirah Gust, Claude Forrell, Ian Robinson, Morag Fraser, Henry Rosenbloom, Garrie Hutchinson, Ross McPherson, Colin Golvan, Lindsay Tanner, Peter Russo, Louise Carbines, Jim Brumby, Pete Steedman, Arnold Zable, Kate Legge, Nicola Gobbo, Cathy Bale, Christos Tsiolkas, and Nam Le.

The implementation of voluntary student unionism in 2006 had a significant impact on the viability of student publications across Australia, as compulsory student union membership fees had been the major source of income for most. "Christos Tsiolkas was editor in 1987, and he had a budget of $280,000; we have a budget of $58,000, and $55,000 of that will go on printing. We're quite lucky, we're a well funded institution, and the University has provided transitional funding", said Farrago editor for 2009.

YearNameTicket1925Randal HermansonUnknownBrian Fitzpatrick (Chief of Staff)1946Portia Ferguson, Arthur Watson, Abner Shavitsky1973Simon Marginson1974Stephen Mills1975Richard Cooney, Rob Nowak, Imre Salusinszky and Sandy Thomas. 1976Colin Golvan and Campbell Smith1977Lindsay TannerUnknownPeter Russ1978Mick Earls and Andrew ListonIndependent1979Louise Carbines and Jim BrumbyIndependent1980Kate Legge and Nic McLellanIndependent1982Simon Bailey and Sara WhiteIndependent1983Kathy Bail, John O'Hagan, Bruce PermezelIndependent1987Christos TsiolkasUnknown1990Kylie HansenIndependent MediaElise MooneyKeir SemmensTim Richardson2005Clare ChandlerIndependent MediaZoe HolmanTom RigbyJim Round2008Zoë BarronIndependent MediaSimon LilburnHagan MatthewsBenjamin Riley2009Gillian KilbyIndependent MediaBhakthi PuvanenthiranZoe SandersYoshua Wakeham2010Rachel BaxendaleIndependent MediaSarah LaingEllena SavageLucas Smith2011Tim ForsterIndependent MediaErin HandleyGeir O'Rourke. Elizabeth Redman2012Max DentonIndependent MediaElla DysonVicky SmithScott Whinfeld2013Emma KoehnIndependent MediaSarah McCollMeg WatsonSally Whyte2014Zoe EfronIndependent MediaKevin HawkinsMichelle See ThoSean Watson2015Maddy Cleeve GerkensIndependent MediaMarty DittmanLynley EavisSimon Farley2016Danielle BagnatoIndependent MediaSebastian DoddsBaya Ou YangCaleb Triscari2017Alexandra AlvaroIndependent MediaAmie GreenMary Ntalianis James Macaronas2018Ashleigh BarracloughIndependent MediaEsther Le CouteurMonique O'RaffertyJesse Paris Jourdan2019Katie DohertyIndependent MediaCarolyn HuaneRuby PerrymanStephanie Zhang2020Bethany CherryIndependent MediaAmber MeyerSarah PetersTharidi Walimunige2021Ailish HallinanIndependent MediaPavani AmbagahawatthaLauren Berry2022Joanna GuelasIndependent MediaNishtha BanavalikarCharlotte WatersJasmine Pierce2023Josh DavisIndependent MediaCarmen ChinXiaole ZhanWeiting Chen

Every year, the Media Office holds the Fitzpatrick Awards ceremony to celebrate and acknowledge the publication's contributors and volunteers. The first annual Fitzpatrick Awards were held in 2009 at Dante's Emporium and Cafe in Fitzroy. The ceremony is named after the publication's first chief of staff, Brian Fitzpatrick.

In addition to editing Farrago, the University of Melbourne Student Union Media Officers oversee several related projects.

Above Water is an annual creative writing anthology published in collaboration with the University of Melbourne Student Union's Creative Arts department. It publishes a variety of creative forms including fiction, poetry and creative non fiction. In 2017, the publication received almost 300 submissions, of which 17 were selected for publication.

Radio Fodder is the University of Melbourne Student Union's student radio station, produced by the student union Media Officers. The name originated from a discontinued section of Farrago titled "The Fodder".

According to the University of Melbourne Student Union's constitution, each year the Media Office is required to print a student union election guide containing the names and statements of all candidates in the student union elections. In most previous years, the election guide has been included as a section in an edition of Farrago, sometimes appearing as a perforated, removable booklet.

Despite the magazine's commitment to providing a voice to a diverse range of contributors regardless of political persuasion, the editorial partisanship of the publication has varied under different editors. Zoe Efron, one of Farrago's 2014 editors, noted that the front cover of a 1974 edition of Farrago consisted of an ad for the then Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. She also noted that overt partisanship was still visible more recently, with a late 2013 edition of Farrago featuring a cover illustration of Tony Abbott with the caption "WE'RE FUCKED".