Australasian Science

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Australasian Science
Categories Science magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1938
Final issueJuly/August 2019
Company Control Publications Pty. Ltd.
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Website www.australasianscience.com.au
ISSN 1442-679X

Australasian Science was a bimonthly science magazine published in Australia and was the longest-running scientific publication in the country, from 1938 to 2019. It contained a mixture of news items, feature articles, and expert commentary.

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History

Australasian Science was Australia's longest-running scientific publication. It was first published in 1938 as The Australian Journal of Science by the Australian National Research Council, which was the forerunner of the Australian Academy of Science.

In 1954 the journal was transferred to ANZAAS – the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science , and published as Search. Throughout this time the journal published the research of eminent Australian scientists, including Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, whose groundbreaking clonal selection theory was published in the journal in 1957.

The journal evolved considerably over the following decades, with ownership transferring from ANZAAS to Blackwell Science in the 1980s and finally to Control Publications in 1992.

In 1998 Search merged with Australasian Science Mag, a quarterly science magazine published by the University of Southern Queensland, and the merged entity was published as simply Australasian Science. Published by Control Publications and available in newsagents, it was the only magazine dedicated to Australian and New Zealand science.

Australasian Science's Patrons in this time were Nobel Laureate Prof Peter C. Doherty and ABC broadcaster Robyn Williams.

Issues Magazine (last issue 2014) merged into Australasian Science.

Australasian Science ceased production following publication of the July/August 2019 edition.

Description

It contained a mixture of news items, feature articles, and expert commentary. [1]

Australasian Science Prize

The Australasian Science Prize was an annual prize awarded across all disciplines of science and medicine each year for excellence in peer-reviewed research. Past winners have included: [2]

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References

  1. "Australasian Science synchrotron features 2008". www.synchrotron.org.au. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. "Mother fossil find awarded the Australasian Science Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2011.