Victorian Historical Journal

The Victorian Historical Journal, first published as the Victorian Historical Magazine in 1911, is the official journal of record and scholarly publication of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. It is the seocnd oldest histry journal in Australia. It has become a vast collaborative history of Victoria with hundreds of individual contributors and topics and has itself become a primary source for researchers.

At times a journal of record, piety for pioneers, peroration for patriotism, it has also offered challenging perspectives. Although now a refereed journal with outstanding academic contributors, it has always encouraged well researched papers by non-professional historians. A recent innovation has been the introduction of Historical Notes – an opportunity to publish less academic articles.

The committee of the Victorian Historical Journal encourages authors to contribute articles. Please click on the following links to prepare your submission.

Victorial Historical Journal Guidelines for Contributors

Victorian Historical Journal Style Guide

Victorian Historical Journal Ethics Statement

Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inclusive Language Guide

The Victorian Historical Journal is published twice yearly and is available from the Society for $22.00 (plus postage & handling).  The Victorian Historical Journal are also available for a reasonable price from the RHSV. Email off***@historyvictoria.org.au?subject=VHJ%20Back%20Issues for details.

Members of the RHSV get copies of the Journal as a membership benefit. If you are interested in becoming a member please click here.

Dec 2023 – 2025 issues can be bought from the RHSV bookshop. Two years after publication all issues of the VHJ are made available as free digital downloads either from our website or from the SLV website.

Back issues from 2013 to 2023 can be found on the RHSV website here.

Back issues of the Victorian Historical Journal are found on the State Library of Victoria’s website and through INFORMIT and the Web of Science.  You can search the Victorian Historical Journal Indexes online via the RHSV catalogue.

Search the Victorian Historical Journal online

You can  search the Victorian Historical Journal Indexes online via the RHSV catalogue.

Following a successful Victoria 175 grant, early editions of the Victorian Historical Journal from 1911 to 2011 have been digitised and can be accessed online  on the State Library of Victoria’s website. The digital version of the journal available on the State Library of Victoria website, will be progressively released to maintain a three-year lag time behind the hard copy version.

Print copies of the journal and its index are available in the RHSV Library.

Editoral Board: Victorian Historical Journal

Chair of the Board

• Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison, FAHA, FASSA, FFAHA, AO, Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Monash University

 Members of the Board

• Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM, FAHA, FRHSV, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University and President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Co- editor Victorian Historical Journal
• Professor Kat Ellinghaus, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
• Professor Katie Holmes FASSA, Director, Centre for the Study of the Inland, La Trobe University
• Professor Andrew May, FASSA, Department of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne
• Professor Emerita Marian Quartly, FFAHS, Monash University
• Dr Judith Smart, AM, FRHSV. Co- editor Victorian Historical Journal
• Ms Carole Woods OAM, FRHSV, Community History representative
• Associate Professor Bart Ziino, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University