''The Victorian Naturalist'' is a bimonthly scientific journal covering natural history, especially of Australia. It is published by the

Field Naturalists Club of Victoria The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation. It was founded in May 1880 by a group of nature enthusiasts that included Thomas Pennington Lucas. Sophie C. Ducker,Lucas, Arthur Henr ...

and is received as part of the membership subscription of that club. From 1881, club proceedings and papers had been published in the ''Southern Science Record and Magazine of Natural History'' before the first issue of ''The Victorian Naturalist'' appeared in January 1884. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research articles, research reports, "Naturalist Notes", and

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s. The journal was published monthly until 1976, since then it has been published bimonthly. In that period several special issues have been published. These covered particular natural history topics or significant centenaries: of the club (1980), the death of Ferdinand von Mueller (1996), and the establishment of

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and

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(1998). In 2001 there was a special issue on

Frederick McCoy Sir Frederick McCoy (1817 – 13 May 1899), was an Irish palaeontologist, zoologist, and museum administrator, active in Australia. He is noted for founding the Botanic Garden of the University of Melbourne in 1856. Early life McCoy was the so ...

, the first president of the club. The journal was abstracted and indexed by

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in 1980 and 1984 and from 2008 to 2014.

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at the Biodiversity Heritage Library * {{DEFAULTSORT:Victorian Naturalist English-language journals Publications established in 1884 Academic journals published by learned and professional societies Bimonthly journals