History
Oceania began in 1931when A. P. Elkin, Professor of Anthropology, University of Sydney founded the journal. Its original interest was in the social and cultural anthropology of Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily Melanesia. In 1963 he and N. W. G. Macintosh, Professor of Anatomy, launched Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania to accommodate increasing research in those fields. Later he also founded the short-lived journal Human Biology in Oceania. Elkin died in 1979, having edited Oceania for 50 years. He was succeeded by Professor Peter Lawrence as Editor of Oceania and by Dr Peter White as Editor of APAO. The latter's name was changed to Archaeology in Oceania in 1981. Elkin also founded two monograph series, Oceania Monographs and Oceania Linguistic Monographs; the former still continues.

Organisation
Oceania Publications is a department within the Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney and is owned by the University. It is controlled by the Oceania Board which includes the Dean of Arts and several members of Faculty. The Board oversees finances and appoints editors on three year terms. The day-to-day running of the department is by the Managing Editor, currently Dr Peter White, and three part-time administrative assistants, Mrs Deirdre Koller, Mrs Natalie Oates and Ms Tigger Wise. The University supplies accommodation and accounting facilities but Oceania Publications is otherwise wholly self-supporting.

 

 

Oceania Publications  Online:  Conditions of Usage

Copyright

The University of Sydney is the sole owner of Oceania Publications and owns the copyright to all papers published in Oceania and Archaeology in Oceania unless otherwise noted.

The licence

Subject to the terms of this agreement and upon payment of the annual subscription Oceania Publications grants to the Institution /personal subscriber a one-year, non-transferable licence to access to all materials included in the journal for which a subscription has been paid.

Terms of access

This licence will cover access to the full database of the journal, as well as access to any previous year for which an online or combined subscription has been paid, provided that subscription has been continuous and is current.  Failure to renew a subscription will discontinue access to any online archive.

Access to the subscribed journal shall be controlled through the use of Internet Protocol (IP) address for institutional subscribers and usernames and passwords for personal subscribers.  

Definitions

For the purposes of this licence an institution is defined as one contiguous campus community and network, including halls of residence or, in the commercial sector, one contiguous commercial office complex.    Authorised users include all faculty, students and staff of the institution and any other authorized on-site users.

Multi-site access
Please contact Oceania Publications.

What authorized users are allowed to do

Any authorized user may search, retrieve, save, download and print copies of any part of the journal for their scholarly, educational, research or personal use.  Such users may only transmit such material to other authorized users.

Any authorized institutional user may make single paper copies of individual papers or sections of journals or monographs for library reserve or short-term loan use.

Authorized users who wish to make multiple copies of any items from the database or from hard copy of either journal for inclusion in course packs should contact the Oceania Publications, unless covered by contract with Copyright Agency Limited (for Australia) or equivalent institutions and legislation elsewhere.

Inter-library loan

Reproduced material in any form is not permitted to be sent beyond the confines of the institution.

What authorized users are NOT allowed to do

i) Download entire issues of the journal

ii) Copy or distribute any part of the journal if any charges are made or for commercial advantage.

iii) Translate, alter, re-compile, manipulate material from the journal, or use material to prepare derivative works, or publish material in any other format in any medium without written permission from Oceania Publications.

iv) Remove or alter authors’ names or other means of identification

v) Mount or distribute any material from the journal on any electronic network, including without limitation the Internet and the World Wide Web

 

Oceania Publications reserves the right to terminate the access
of any authorised user in breach of these conditions.