No. 1 was published in March 1983, No. 7 September 1984 in quarterly installments. 1 - 5 vwere edited by Rex Buckingham, the last two by Stephen Debus. "The Australian Bird Watcher was published by the Bird Observers Club of Australia in 19 volumes over 44 years from 1959. It published 5850 pages containing 1594 contributions by 696 authors, 25 of whom made ten or more contributions; most contributions were long papers (666) or short notes (732). It published 1099 plates, many in colour. Eleven people served on the production team, several of them for long periods. The Australian Bird Watcher changed its name to Australian Field Ornithology in 2003, and continues in publication." (Birdlife)