The Australian Journal of Politics and History is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 that includes articles about history

History

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, political studies, and international affairs

International relations

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, concentrating on Australia

Australia

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, the Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

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 region, and modern Europe

Europe

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. It was established in 1955 and was published triennially until 1997. In 1998 it began publishing quarterly. It is currently edited by Ian Ward and Andrew Bonnell.

Indexing and abstracting

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