Australasian Sound Archive : The Journal of the Australasian Sound Recordings Association

The Australasian Sound Archive (ASA) is the Journal of the Australasian Sound Recordings Association (ASRA).

ASRA is an association of individuals, institutes, and corporations who are interested in and or operate in fields related to sound and sound recording. The Australasian Sound Archive is the means by which ASRA records research and professional activities conducted in said fields and makes it available to the broader sound and research communities. Submission to The Australasian Sound Archive is open to everyone. The Journal contains member and non-member authored content, as well as work presented during ASRA Conferences.

Since 2022, The Australasian Sound Archive has been published in digital and print. Content is made available online via RMIT’s Informit and its associated subscriptions and affiliated partners. Published content and authors are discoverable via Google Scholar, as well as other leading library and research platforms. ASRA members enjoy complimentary access to the ASA online. Information on how to digitally access the ASA will be forwarded to members once your renewal has been processed.

Access to all supplemental multimedia associated with journal articles can be found here.

Issue 46

ASRA actively seeks contributions towards the 46th Issue of the Australasian Sound Archive. Issue 46 will focus on the history and celebration of 100+ years of radio in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. All works about radio, along with all other areas of sound and sound recording, will be considered.

Submitting an article for publication in the ASA

Submissions must adhere to the ASA Submission Guidelines. The publication can provide for the inclusion of supplemental multimedia and online assets.

If you are interested in making a submission, please read the ASA Submission Guidelines to find out how.

Please find below sample articles from previous issues. If you would like to see more examples or access ASA content and you are not an ASRA Member, please go to Informit and search for the Australasian Sound Archive.

The Mission of Sound Archives in a Post Analogue Context : by Jan Muller ( No.42, 2018 )

Every Story Has Its Nation : by Jonathan Wraith - 2016 ASRA Conference Alice Moyle Lecture ( No.41, 2017 )

Compulsions of a field recordist : by Tessa Elieff ( No.40, 2016 )

Paradisec : by Nick Thieberger, Linguistics, University of Melbourne ( No.39, 2014 )