oz.org was founded in March 1996 when the old links to The Undernet became unusable due to the huge amount of traffic going across the TransPacific Australian/United States network link.

The first few months of oz.org's existance were primarily a trial delink from the Undernet because of the inability to maintain a link during peak usage hours. This trial was to determine the viability of a primarily Australian IRC network.

Today, ozorg exists as a successful stand-alone network, and with up to 4000 simultaneous users, is currently the largest IRC network in Australia. ozorg offers channel registration services, maintained by the Australian Channel Service (AUCS).

oz.org is operated by volunteers on donated servers and donated bandwidth. oz.org does not charge for access to the servers, makes no money and is independent of any ISP or other business organisation.

To contact oz.org administration, you should e-mail irc@oz.org.