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Manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Pacific History should be printed/typed on one side of the paper only, with wide margins on both sides, and double spaced throughout, including footnotes. Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words, including footnotes, which should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript, and printed/typed on separate sheets at the end. Style should follow that found in the Journal (e.g. numbers up to 10 should be spelt out; dates should be expressed 4 July 1840, 6 Sept. 1903 etc).

Figures and maps should be supplied in finished form, suitable for reproduction, and of a suitable size for this Journal. Any permissions required are the responsibility of the author. Captions should be printed/typed together on a separate sheet.

A 150 word abstract should accompany the manuscript. A brief note on the author's current position and full address for correspondence should accompany the manuscript on a separate sheet.

References

On its first appearance a reference should contain the following information:

Books—author/editor (in normal order i.e. John Smith), title (italicised), place and date of publication (in brackets), followed by page number(s) cited. If the title is excessively long, dots may be used to indicate the part that has been omitted.

Journals—author of article, title (in single inverted commas), name of journal (italicised), volume number (in arabic numerals), year (in brackets), pages. If pages are not numbered sequentially throughout the volume it may be necessary to add the issue number after the volume number, e.g. 11:3 (1942) 3-89.

Unpublished material—author, if any, name or designation of the material, whereabouts (e.g. Sydney, Mitchell Library), collection and manuscript number if relevant. If reference is made to a microfilm, the location of the original material should be given first.

Further references:

Published material—author's last name, short title of the book (italicised) or article (in inverted commas) and page numbers. Ibid. may be used for a reference repeating that immediately preceding it.

Manuscript material—author and short title, if there is one, or other designation, location and number, abbreviated if possible, in which case the abbreviation to be used should be given in the first reference, in brackets, and preceded by 'hereinafter'.

Proofs will be sent to authors whenever possible, for correction of typographical errors, and should be returned to the Editors within three days. Only small and essential changes to the text can be accepted.

Contributions to the journal are welcome. Please send two copies of your manuscript, plus an electronic version (on disk or as an email attachment) to the Editors, Journal of Pacific History, c/o Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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