The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) organisation of sociologists throughout Australia. TASA was founded in 1963 as the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand (SAANZ). In 1988 with the New Zealand branch splitting off into the Sociological Association of Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Sociological Association of Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Sociological Association of Aotearoa was established in February 1988 from the transformation of the New Zealand Sociological Association, a branch of the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand ....

, the association changed its name to TASA.

TASA holds an annual conference, and publishes since 1965 the (formerly, Australian and New Zealand) Journal of Sociology

Journal of Sociology

The Journal of Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of sociology with a focus on Australia. The journal's editor-in-chief is Andy Bennett...

, the premiere journal for Australian sociological research.

Membership of TASA stood at about 400 in the early 1900s.