''Annals Australasia'' was an Australian magazine of

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

culture. Originally titled ''Australian Annals of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart'', the magazine was established in 1889 by the

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC; la, Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis; french: Missionnaires du Sacré-Coeur) are a missionary congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1854 by Servant of God Jules Chevalier (182 ...

Randwick, New South Wales Randwick is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwi ...

. The first editor (though not fully acknowledged) was author and schoolteacher Mary Agnes Finn. By 2019 it was Australia's oldest continuously published magazine. In the mid-twentieth century, it regularly provided information on Catholic missions to Aboriginal Australia, and a series of articles on "non-Catholic churches" by Dr Leslie Rumble The journal was renamed ''Annals Australia'' in the 1960s and ''Annals Australasia'' in the 1980s. It contained material on Catholic issues of a generally conservative focus, intended to appeal to students and teachers. For most of the years from 1964 to 2019, it was edited by Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC. It was published by the

Sacred Heart Monastery The Sacred Heart Monastery in Kensington, New South Wales, is a monastery of the Catholic men's religious order, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSCs). Since its establishment in 1897 it has played a leading role in the Catholic life of S ...

. ''Annals'' closed with the issue of December 2019, on the death of Paul Stenhouse. A

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version of ''Annals'' was published from 1986, edited by Fr Adrian Meaney MSC.

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Archive of ''Annals'', 2000-19

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