Society Journals and Publications Held by the ASF.

The Australian Speleological Federation Inc. produces a variety of publications both for internal use by members and for a wider audience, including researchers and historians.

The ASF holds a large collection of journals and publications, many of which are published by organisations affiliated with the ASF, from clubs and societies located all over Australia. The ASF also has an exchange agreement with a number of caving organisations and research organisations both in Australia and overseas. As these are uploaded we will link them below - not all of the issues and clubs have been catalogued yet.

Please note this list is not complete - we are working on it.

Some of these publications are only available to members of ASF clubs and ASF individual members to view online. Click on the link and it will take you to the ASF membership database to log in (if you don't have a token, use the "Click here to retrieve your login" link to get your token (your token can be reused, so please keep it secure)). You can login via the admin section if you have been set up to do that for your club.

Links to publications:

The following are the society/club journals and ASF periodical publications catalogued so far:

National:
ASF Biennial Conferences - ACTIVE
ASF National Magazine -> Caves Australia - ACTIVE
(Also available via the Caves Australia Home Page for the most recent issues and the Caves Australia Archive for back issues).

ACT:
Canberra Speleological Society (CSS) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Capital Territory Caving Group (CTCG) - 1970s
National University Caving Club (NUCC) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)

NSW:
Bermagui Speleological Association (BSA) - 1972-1974
Baptist Caving Association (BCA) - 1967-2002
Blue Mountains Speleological Club (BMSC) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Campbelltown Caving and Outdoor Group (CCOG) - 1972-1991?
Central West Speleological Society (CWSS) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Cooranbong Speleological Association (CSA) - 1956-1962?
Endeavour Spelelogical Association (ESA) / Endeavour Caving and Recreational Club (ECRC) - 1973-1980?
Freelance Caving Group (FCG) - Evolved into the Highland Caving Group (HCG)
Highland Caving Group (HCG) - ACTIVE
Hills Speleology Club (HSC) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Illawarra Speleological Society (ISS) - ACTIVE
Kempsey Speleological Society - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Macquarie University Union Clubs (MMS, MUSIC, MUCG) - 1967-1998?
Metropolitan Speleological Society (MSS) - ACTIVE (partly catalogued)
Newcastle Technical and University College Speleological Society (NTUCSS) / University of Newcastle Speleological Society (NUSS) - 1956-1972?
Newcastle Speleological Association (NSA) - 1960-1970?
Newcastle and Hunter Valley Spelelogical Society (NHVSS) - no digital copies available (these are coming) - ACTIVE
NSW Institute of Technology and University of Technology Sydney Clubs (NSWITSS, UTSSS) - 1989-2017
Orange Speleological Society - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Peninsula Speleological Group (PSG) - 1972-1974?
Rover Speleological Society - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
South Pacific Divers Club - 1962-2012 (not ASF affiliated)
St. George Area Caving Team - 1973-1980?
Sydney University Speleological Society (SUSS) - ACTIVE
University of New England Mountaineering Club (UNEMC) and University of New England Speleological Society (UNESS) - 1967-1979?
University of New South Wales Speleological Society (UNSWSS) - 1965-2000

South Australia:
Cave Divers Association of Australia (CDAA) - Not ASF affiliated - ACTIVE
Cave Exploration Group (South Australia) (CEGSA) - ACTIVE
Flinders University Speleological Society Inc. (FUSSI) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)

Victoria: 
Caving Club of Victoria - 1997-2008
Victorian Speleological Association (VSA) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Cave Rescue Victoria - New 2025 (no publications yet)
Victorian Cave Exploration Society (VCES) - 1957-1968 or so - combined with SASS to become VSA (not calatogued yet)
Sub Aqua Speleological Society (SASS) - 1958-1971 - combined with VCES to become VSA (not catalogued yet)
Victorian Sub Aqua Group (VSAG) - Not ASF affiliated - ACTIVE

Queensland/NT:
Central Queensland Speleological Society (CQSS) - 1967-2000
University of Queensland (UQSS) - 1960-1990
Top End Speleological Society (TESS) - 1983-1994
Chillagoe Caving Club - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Mt Isa Clubs (MISS, MISC, MICE and MICC) - 1954-1978 (not catalogued yet)

Tasmania:
Launceston Speleo Club (LSC) - 1973-1977?
Mole Creek Caving Club - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Northern Caverneers and Tasmanian Caverneering Club Northern Branch (TCC-NB) Publications - ACTIVE
Tasmanian Caverneering Club (TCC) - merged with SCS and TCKRG to from STC
Savage River Caving Club - ACTIVE (catalogued, but not ASF affiliated)
Southern Caving Society (SCS) - merged with TCC and TCKRG to form STC
Southern Tasmanian Caverneers (STC) - ACTIVE

Western Australia:
Cave Exploration Group Western Australia (CEGWA) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Cavers Leewuin Inc (CLinc) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Speleological Research Group Western Australia (SRGWA) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)
Western Australia Speleological Group (WASG) - ACTIVE (not catalogued yet)

For more information about Helictite - the scientific journal of the ASF - see the Helictite Home Page.

The ASF produces an internal newsletter called "The Cave Cricket" - formerly known as ESpeleo (The Library holds ESpeleo back to 2007). The new Cave Cricket has been catalogued and can be accessed here.

Other ASF publications can be found by searching the archive collection of the catalogue.

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