Aboriginal History

This article is about the academic journal. For the history of Indigenous Australians, see History of Indigenous Australians.

Aboriginal History is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published as an open access journal by Aboriginal History Inc. and ANU Press.^[1] It was established in 1977 (co-founded and edited by Diane Barwick)^[2] and covers interdisciplinary historical studies in the field of the interactions between Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples.^[3]

Aboriginal History

Discipline	Anthropology, history, Indigenous studies
Language	English
Edited by	Ingereth MacFarlane, Liz Conor
Publication details
History	1977–present
Publisher	Aboriginal History, Australian National University (Australia)
Frequency	Annually
Open access	Yes
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ISO 4	Aborig. Hist.
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ISSN	0314-8769 (print) 1837-9389 (web)
Links
Journal homepage Online access at ANU Press

Scope

The journal's scope includes the areas of Australian Indigenous history and oral histories, languages, biographies, bibliographic guides and archival research.^[4] It has also brought previously unpublished manuscripts and research in the fields of Australian archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, demography, sociology, law and geography to the professional and wider public.^[1] A focus on cultural, political and economic history is complemented by critiques of current events of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and society.^[5]