JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Part 2: Vols 46-91, 1960-2005

The Royal Australian Historical Society is a voluntary organisation founded in Sydney in 1901 to encourage Australians to understand more about their history. It has a membership throughout Australia and all its activities and facilities are funded by contributions from its members and benefactors.

The Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society (JRAHS), published twice yearly, is the oldest established journal of Australian history and contains a wide range of scholarly articles and reviews. It is a rich resource for scholars interested in topics such as:

• Exploration of the Pacific
• The First Fleet
• The Foundation of New South Wales
• The growth of Australia as a colony
• Lives of prisoners and explorers
• Economic issues such as the wool industry and mining
• Social history, from the life of a chemist to an account of an opening of the first synagogue in Australia
• Literature and drama
• Images of early Australia - in paintings and photographs
• The development of Australian nationalism
• Immigration

Sample articles from early issues include:

Alfred Lee, 'The Landing of Governor Phillip at Port Jackson' (1901)

Frank Walker, 'The Administration of Lachlan Macquarie, fifth governor of NSW' (1901)

J. P. McGuanne, 'The Humours and pastimes of early Sydney' (1901)

James Arthur Dowling, 'An account of Norfolk Island, the first criminal court held there, with a further sketch of the island and its occupants' (1905)

J. H. Watson, 'Post Curtis - evidence of Spanish occupation examined' (1915)

W. Farmer Whyte, 'The Australian stage - a glimpse of the past' (1917)

W. H. Tietkens, 'Experiences in the life of an Australian explorer - extracts from the journal 9hitherto unpublished) of W. H. Tietkens, F.R.G.S. in which he relates his experiences as explorer, surveyor, etc., mainly in central Australia. Years 1859 to 1887' (1919)

R. J. Black, 'The romance of a pioneer family' (1920)

C. Brunsdon Fletcher, 'George Brown and the Pacific' (1921)

H. W. Potts, 'The early struggles of the wheat farmers of NSW' (1923)

D. J. Ryan, 'The Discovery and first settlement of Newcastle and genesis of the coal industry' (1923)

Thomas Dunbabin, 'Whalers, sealers and buccaneers' (1925)

H. L. Harris, 'The influence of Chartism in Australia' (1926)

Walter S. Campbell, 'Tawell, the chemist' (1927)

Persia C. Campbell, 'Australian nationalism' (1928)

William Dixson, 'Notes on the crews on Captain Cook's voyages' (1932)

Frank Kaye, '"The Eagle and Child" Inn at Little Hartley' (1933)

F. Liddell, '"Chinese" Morrison - a great Australian' (1934)

Ward Harvard & Olive Harvard, 'A Frenchman sees Sydney in 1819 - translated from the letters of Jaques Arago' (1938)

Dora Peyser, 'A Study of the history of the welfare work in Sydney from 1788 till about 1900' (1939)

P B Cox, 'Charles Harpur and the early Australian poets 1810-1860' (1939)

Laurie Walker, 'Irrigation in NSW, 1884-1940' (1941)

Frank Driscoll, 'Macquarie's administration of the convict system' (1941)

Very few libraries contain a full run of this important journal. For those libraries trying to enlarge their coverage of Australasian and Pacific Studies, this back file will provide access to much important scholarship.