Journal

Alcheringa: an Australasian journal of palaeontology (1975 - )

Association of Australasian Palaeontologists

From: 1975
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions: Journal and Palaeontology

Summary

Alcheringa: an Australasian journal of palaeontology (ISBN 0311-5518) is the official journal of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. a specialist group of the Geological Society of Australia. It includes peer-reviewed papers on all aspects of palaeontology and its relations to biological sciences, particularly the documentation of fossils from the Australasian region. It is intended for an international audience. Alcheringa is a word in the language of the Arrente people referring to the beginning or the Dreaming.

Related Corporate Bodies

Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (1974 - )
Publisher 1975 -

Related People

Runnegar, Bruce Norman (1941 - )
Foundation Editor 1974 - 1977

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology - Records, c. 1974 - c. 1990, MS 099; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Journal Articles

Runnegar, Bruce, 'The message of Alcheringa', Alcheringa, 1 (1975), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115517508619476. Details

Resources

'Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology (1975-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491586. Details

Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn

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"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260