Aboriginal History
Encyclopedia
Aboriginal History is an annual peer-reviewed
academic journal
published by Aboriginal History. It was established in 1977 (co-founded and edited by Diane Barwick
) and covers interdisciplinary historical studies in the field of the interactions between Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-indigenous peoples.
The journal's scope includes the areas of indigenous history and oral histories, languages, biographies, bibliographic guides and archival research. It has also brought previously unpublished manuscripts and research in the fields of Australian archaeology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. A focus on cultural, political and economic history is complemented by critiques of current events of relevance to Aboriginal culture and society.
Peer review
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academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
published by Aboriginal History. It was established in 1977 (co-founded and edited by Diane Barwick
Diane Barwick
Diane Elizabeth MacEachern Barwick was a Canadian-born anthropologist, researcher and teacher in the field of Australian Aboriginal culture and society.-Background and Teaching:...
) and covers interdisciplinary historical studies in the field of the interactions between Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-indigenous peoples.
The journal's scope includes the areas of indigenous history and oral histories, languages, biographies, bibliographic guides and archival research. It has also brought previously unpublished manuscripts and research in the fields of Australian archaeology
Australian archaeology
Australian Archaeology is a large sub-field in the discipline of Archaeology. Archaeology in Australia takes three main forms, Aboriginal Archaeology , Historical Archaeology and Maritime Archaeology...
, anthropology linguistics, demography, sociology, law and geography to the professional and wider public. A focus on cultural, political and economic history is complemented by critiques of current events of relevance to Aboriginal culture and society.