Visit our FULL SITE to order Print or eTextbooks he Australian Geographic is a bi-monthly geographical magazine-style journal created by Dick Smith in 1986. It focuses mainly on stories about Australia, or about Australian people in other countries.It was published by Australian Geographic, a privately owned organisation that also managed a chain of retail stores similarly named in Australia. Each year, a portion of the profits is given to the Australian Geographic Society, the non-profit arm of Australian Geographic which supports scientific research as well as environmental and community projects.