''The Victorian Naturalist'' is a bimonthly

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covering

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, 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. The club is the oldest of its kind in Australia and is unique in having existed continuously since its foundation. Since its founding, ...

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

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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 Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria, Australia ...

(1996), and the establishment of

Wilsons Promontory National Park The Wilsons Promontory National Park, commonly known as Wilsons Prom or The Prom, is a national park in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, located approximately southeast of Melbourne. The national park is the southernmost national ...

and

Mount Buffalo National Park The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park in the Victorian Alps, alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The national park is located approximately northeast of Melbourne in the Australian Alps. Within the national park is Mount Buff ...

(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 s ...

, 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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External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Victorian Naturalist English-language journals Publications established in 1884 Academic journals published by learned and professional societies Bimonthly journals Natural history of Victoria (state)