Journal Details
Australian Historical Studies
Instructions for Authors
Submitted work will be examined by the editors and, if found suitable, sent out for peer review. While authors are free to inquire about the progress of their article at anytime, they should be aware that the peer review process can take up to six months.
Please also note that it is Australian Historical Studies policy not to accept unsolicited reviews or offers of review.
Manuscript Submission & Presentation
1. All submissions should be made online at the Australian Historical Studies Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.
2. Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”.
3. The manuscript should be double-spaced throughout, including indented quotes and endnotes.
5. The article will need to be preceded by a brief abstract of no more than 100 words.
6. References should be supplied as endnotes, not footnotes.
7. Unless directed otherwise, follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993). Spelling and hyphenation should follow the Macquarie Concise Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Sydney: Macquarie Library, 1998)
Use of Capitals: Other than for proper names, use capitals only when lower case would cause ambiguity.
Abbreviations
1. Full titles of countries, states, institutions, organisations etc. should be used at the first reference; subsequent references may be abbreviated.
2. Use a full stop after an abbreviation (Vic., ed.), but not after a contraction (Mr, Mrs, Qld, eds). Symbols for currency and units of measurement have no full stop (5 km, 25 lbs, 3s). Note that this practice differs from that recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style.
3. Do not use any full stop with abbreviations that consist of capitals: (NSW, ALP; also BA, PhD, MA), nor with their plurals.
Quotations
1. Use single quotation marks for quotations; within a quotation use double quotation marks. Note that this advice reverses the practice recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style.
2. Indent quotations of more than forty words and double space.
3. Always preserve the spelling, grammar and punctuation of the original. Use [sic] sparingly to indicate aberrant usage.
4. Put any interpolations in square brackets.
5. If omitting material from a quotation, use three ellipsis points ( ). Do not use ellipsis points at the beginning of a quotation.
6. Close quotations before a final punctuation mark ('He left him dead'.). This too departs from the recommendations of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Numbers
1. Within the text, numbers and ordinals up to one hundred are spelled out: twenty- five, fifty-sixth anniversary.
2. Numbers over one hundred are given in figures (276), except for round numbers (five thousand). Use figures with a succession of numbers: 16 frocks, 5 smocks, 102 stockings.
3. For percentages write 91 per cent, not 91%.
Dates
1. Use the form 15 January 2000. Avoid beginning a sentence with a date in this form.
2. Months should be spelled out in full.
3. No apostrophe is used in 1870s, 2000s.
4. Show a span of years as 1845—50, not 1845—1850.
Italics/Underlining
1. Underline only if reproducing a specific device in a quotation; emphasis will normally be marked by italics.
2. Use italics for uncommon foreign words; the inclusion of a word or phrase in the Macquarie Concise Dictionary indicates that it is no longer considered uncommon.
References
Use the form of citation recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style, (humanities), with the exceptions already noted, that is: use single quotation marks rather than double ones; use full stops after abbreviations but not after contractions; and close quotations before the final punctuation mark.
Books: The first citation should contain: author's initial(s) or given name(s) as used on the title page, surname, title of book, place of publication, publisher, year of publication, and page reference if appropriate. The subtitle is capitalised and follows a colon. The place of publication is a city, not a suburb.
Kate Darian-Smith, On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime, 1939—1945 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), 5-6.
Articles in journals/chapters in books: Richard Broome, 'Windows on Other Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Sideshow Alley', Australian Historical Studies 30, no. 112 (April 1999): 15—16
Stephen Garton, 'Policing the Dangerous Lunatic: Lunacy and Incarceration in New South Wales, 1870—1914', in Policing in Australia: Historical Perspectives, ed. Mark Finnane (Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 1987), 74—87.
Unpublished material: In the first citation the general rule is to cite the document first, followed by the name of the collection and the file number, then the name and location of the archive. A.W. Jose to Director War Staff, 19 March 1919, C.E.W. Bean Papers (hereafter Bean Papers), folder 115, Australian War Memorial (hereafter AWM), Canberra.
Theses: The first citation should contain author's first name, surname, title of thesis, type of thesis, university, date of completion, and page reference if appropriate. Nicholas Brown, 'Possess the Time: The Formation and Character of Australian Intellectual Conservatism in the 1950s' (PhD thesis, Australian National University, 1990), 140.
Darian-Smith, Home Front, 5—6. Broome, 'Windows', 10. Garton, 80. Brown, 231. Use ibid. for a single work cited in the note immediately preceding.
