About Us
Published since 1961, Melbourne Historical Journal is a refereed journal for the publication of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand postgraduate work in history. It is open to new approaches and aims to present original postgraduate work to a wide and responsive readership.
Melbourne Historical Journal is published annually in November. The journal features themed articles by prominent, established historians, and presents new and exciting research by talented, emerging historians.
The journal is proud to be a collective organisation. History postgraduates at the University of Melbourne have worked together as editors of Melbourne Historical Journal for fifty years.The members of the 2011 editorial collective are Keir Wotherspoon, Sonya Wurster, Alexandra Dellios, Charlotte Millar, Thomas Rogers, Ben McDonald, Hannah Loney, Stephen Bain, Sarah Davidson, Sarah Midford, Erik Ropers, and Peter Weeda.