"A journal devoted to the study of the native peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the islands of the Pacific Oocean."
Editors: Apr. 1930-Mar. 1931, A. R. Radcliffe Brown; Sept. 1931-Dec. 1932, R. Firth; Mar. 1933- A. P. Elkin.
Published 1930-June 1933, for the Australian National Research Council by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.; Sept. 1933- by the Australian National Research Council; 19<76-> by University of Sydney.
Some articles also published in monographic series: Oceania monographs