Contains articles and engravings on Australia, chiefly Victoria and South Australia, and New Zealand. Includes some material on Fiji, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands
An earlier issue, designated "Country edition" and also numbered Vol. 1, no. 1, was issued on 15 Apr. 1873
Microreproduction of original published monthly: Melbourne :printed and published at the Argus office for Wilson and Mackinnon, 1873-1889