The Australian Forest History Society was founded in 1988 to promote historical understanding of human interactions with Australia's forests. Members come from a wide variety of disciplines, backgrounds and walks of life across Australia and New Zealand. The aims of the Society include: to engage with as many academic disciplines as possible, including forest and Aboriginal heritage, and forest industry history; to conduct and encourage research and studies of, and disseminate information on, Australian forest history; and promote the retention and safe custody of source materials for forest history research. It was at the conference Australia's ever changing forests, held in Canberra May 1988, that the Society was formed. Conferences are held by the Society every 3-4 years, the proceedings usually carrying the same title. Newsletters, published three times per year, include news of Society affairs, information on forest history, and obituaries of people involved in the Society.
Conferences held by the Society:
1992 Creswick, Victoria;
1996 Jervis Bay, New South Wales
1999 Gympie, Queensland;
2002 Hobart, Tasmania;
2004 Augusta, Western Australia;
2007 Christchurch, New Zealand;
2010 Lismore, New South Wales
2015 Mount Gambier, South Australia