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Journal of Australian Colonial History

Editor: Dr David Andrew Roberts
ISSN 1441-0370
Latest Volume
Vol.11 (2009)

The Journal of Australian Colonial History is produced and published by the School of Humanities at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW). The Journal produces one volume annually, each consisting of between seven and ten scholarly articles, plus book reviews, on a wide variety of subjects, including convict history, bushranging, Aboriginal-settler relations, nineteenth century legal and medical developments, colonial nationalism and republicanism, colonial literature, imperial history, biography, and various aspects of Australia's early social, economic and political history. Recent special issues include volumes on the Chinese (Vol. 6, 2004), 'Convict Escape'; (Vol. 7, 2005), Eureka (Vol. 10, No. 1, 2008) and another commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Russel Ward's The Australian Legend (Vol. 10, No.2, 2008).

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JACH has a broad and expanding readership, and is currently held in numerous Australian and overseas libraries. Most contributers are from Australian institutions, though works have been published by overseas scholars from the University of Edinburgh, King's College London and California State University, and by independent scholars from Britain and South Africa.

The Journal of Australian Colonial History is a fully refereed journal, registered with the Department of Education, Science and Training, and accords with the Department's requirements for the Higher Education Data Collection (HERDC).

For further information, including subscriptions, submission guidelines, and information on past and forthcoming volumes, contact the editor at jach@une.edu.au

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Postal address:
JACH
School of Humanities
University of New England
Armidale 2351

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Current Editorial Board

Alan Atkinson                                Barrie Dyster                           
Grace Karskens                            Paula Byrne  
Shirley Fitzgerald                           David Kent 
David Carment                               Brian Fletcher
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart                Marion Diamond
Alan Frost                                      Stuart Macintyre                                 
Miriam Dixson                                Stephen Garton
Marian Quartly                               Ian Duffield    
Ian Jack    
Richard Waterhouse
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Circulation

JACH is available electronically through all Australian University Libraries via the Infomit e-Library (RMIT Publishing, Melbourne).

 In addition, hard copy subscriptions are maintained by the following Australian University libraries:
•    Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW
•    University of Queensland Central Library, St Lucia QLD
•    Australian National University Library, Canberra ACT
•    Central Library, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide SA
•    University of Ballarat, Ballarat VIC
•    University Library, University of NSW, Sydney NSW
•    Barr Smith Library, Adelaide University, Adelaide SA
•    Deakin University Library, Geelong VIC
•    Fisher Library, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW
•    Murdoch University Library, Canning Vale WA
•    Morris Miller Library, University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS

Hard copy subscriptions are also maintained by the following overseas institutions:
•    Patrick Power Library, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada
•    James Joyce Library, University College Dublin, Ireland
•    University of Edinburgh Library, Edinburgh, Scotland
•    Hatcher Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA
•    Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, London, England

JACH is also held by a raft of public institutions and organisations, including:
•    Blacktown City Library, Blacktown NSW
•    State Library of Victoria, Melbourne VIC
•    National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT
•    State Library of South Australia, Adelaide SA
•    Holroyd City Council, Merrylands NSW
•    Penrith City Library, Penrith NSW
•    Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Sovereign Hill, Ballarat VIC
•    Musuem Victoria Library, Mitcham VIC
•    Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Sydney NSW
•    Department of Tourism, Arts and Environment, Hobart TAS
•    State Records of NSW, Kingswood NSW
•    Moore Theological College (Newtown NSW)