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The ''Australian Geographic'' is a bi-monthly geographical magazine-style journal created by Dick Smith in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Geographic )〕 It focuses mainly on stories about Australia, or about Australian people in other countries. The six editions published each year are available by subscription and on newsstands. The magazine is known for the poster or sheet map included in each edition, as well as the high-quality photographs, the excellent maps from award-winning cartographers and the detailed technical illustrations. The 10th anniversary edition featured one of the country's most comprehensive maps of exploration ever produced. These maps have been used by explorers crossing Central Australia and Antarctica. ''Australian Geographic'' has a comprehensive website which includes the entire magazine digital archive.〔 (''Australian Geographic'' Online ).〕 It was published by Australian Geographic, a privately owned organisation that also managed a chain of retail stores similarly named in Australia.〔(Australian Geographic Shop )〕 Each year, a portion of the profits is given to the Australian Geographic Society,〔(Australian Geographic Society )〕 the non-profit arm of ''Australian Geographic'' which supports scientific research as well as environmental and community projects. Funds are also used to highlight and support Australian adventurers and produce related diaries, calendars and books. There are also 70 Australian Geographic retail stores which sell products including Australiana, weather stations, telescopes, books and toys, these are now owned and run separately to the magazine publication. ==History== The publication's offices were originally based in Terrey Hills north of Sydney. Smith was advised to include his name on the cover to aid the journal's establishment. After two years he removed his name from the cover. Smith wanted the publication to focus on accuracy by exclusively including articles that were peer-reviewed. In 1995, when subscriptions totalled more than 200,000, the publication was sold to Fairfax. From September 2000 to December 2001, ''Australian Geographic'' published a bimonthly science and technology magazine known as ''Newton Graphic Science''. There were, however, only eight issues published before the magazine went permanently out of print. In 2001 the journal's offices were threatened by fires during the Black Christmas bushfires. ACP Magazines (now Bauer Media Group) purchased ''Australian Geographic'' in 2006; today the journal is based at Park Street Sydney. The current editor-in-chief of Australian Geographic is Chrissie Goldrick, while the editor is John Pickrell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Geographic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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