History
Editors of the MJA
| 1914 - 1930 | Dr Henry Armit |
| 1930 - 1957 | Dr Mervin Archdall |
| 1957 - 1977 | Dr Ronald Winton |
| 1977 - 1978 | Dr Arthur Gwynn |
| 1978 - 1981 | Dr Laurel Thomas |
| 1981 | Sir Keith Jones (Acting) |
| 1982 - 1983 | Dr Alan Blum |
| 1983 | Dr Kathleen King (Acting) |
| 1983 - 1985 | Dr Alistair Brass |
| 1985 - 1989 | Dr Kathleen King |
| 1989 - 1994 | Dr Laurel Thomas and Dr Jill Forrest (Acting and then jointly) |
| 1995 | Dr Laurel Thomas |
| 1995 | Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith (Acting) |
| 1996 - 2011 | Dr Martin van der Weyden |
| 2011 - 2012 | Dr Annette Katelaris |
| 2012 - 2013 | Dr Ann Gregory (Acting) |
| 2013 - 2015 | Professor Stephen Leeder |
| 2015 | Dr Charles Guest (Acting) |
| 2015 - 2023 | Professor Nicholas Talley |
| 2023 | Professor Virginia Barbour |
History of the MJA
| 1846–1847 | Australian Medical Journal Sydney, 1846-1847. The first medical journal published in Australia |
| 1856–1878 | Australian Medical Journal (Medical Society of Victoria), Vol. 1–23 (Melbourne) |
| 1879–1895 | Australian Medical Journal (Medical Society of Victoria), New Series Vol. 1–17 (Melbourne) |
| 1894–1896 | Intercolonial Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery (Melbourne), Vol. 1–2 |
| 1896 | Australian Medical Journal merged with Intercolonial Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery to form Intercolonial Medical Journal of Australasia (Melbourne) |
| 1896–1911 | Intercolonial Medical Journal of Australasia (Melbourne) |
| 1911–1914 | Australian Medical Journal (Melbourne), New Series Vol. 1–3 |
| 1881–1914 | Australasian Medical Gazette (Sydney) |
| 1914 | Australian Medical Journal merged with Australasian Medical Gazette to form The Medical Journal of Australia |