''The Australian Journal of Anthropology'' is a

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published triannually by

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on behalf of the

Australian Anthropological Society The Australian Anthropological Society (AAS) is the professional association representing anthropologists in Australia. History The Australian Anthropological Society is a recently formed organization, founded in 1973 "to promote the advancement ...

. The journal was established in 1931 as ''Mankind'' and obtained its current name in 1990. The journal covers anthropological topics including theoretically focused analyses and ethnographic reports in the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

and

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

n regions neighbouring

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2011

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of 0.571, ranking it 43rd out of 81 journals in the category "Anthropology".

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