Corporate Body

Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

From
12 December 1866
Macquarie Centre, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Association, Natural history and Society or Membership Organisation
Website
http://nsw.royalsoc.org.au
Location
Macquarie Centre, New South Wales

Summary

The Royal Society of New South Wales came into being in 1866. It originated from the Philosophical Society of Australasia, renamed the Australian Philosophical Society in 1850 and the Philosophical Society of New South Wales in 1856.

Timeline

 1821 - c. 1825 Philosophical Society of Australasia
       1850 - 1856 Australian Philosophical Society
             1856 - 1866 Philosophical Society of New South Wales
                   1866 - Royal Society of New South Wales

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers of Graeme M. Clark, 1944-2012 [manuscript], 1944 - 2012, MS 8696; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Royal Society of New South Wales, A Century of Scientific Progress: the Centenary Volume of the Royal Society of New South Wales (Sydney: Royal Society of New South Wales, 1968), 478 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • MacLeod, Roy, 'Organizing Science Under the Southern Cross' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 19-39. Details

Journal Articles

  • Baker, Anthony T.; Rae, Ian D., 'More than Bugs and Stones Chemistry in the Royal Society of New South Wales', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (2) (2000), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0001320117. Details
  • Branagan, David, 'The Royal Society of New South Wales: report on the cultural, historical and scientific significance of the Society's library and its state of preservation', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 139 (2006), 101-23. Details
  • Browne, W.R.; Brown, Ida A., 'Scientific Societies in Australia. The Royal Society of New South Wales', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 28 (1961), 100-109. Details
  • Clarke, W. B., 'Inaugural Address to the Royal Society of New South Wales', Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1 (1867), 11-18. Details
  • Elkin, A. P., 'Centenary oration: the challenge to science, 1866; the challenge of science, 1966, part 1', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 100 (3/4) (1966), 105-18. Details
  • Maiden, J. H., 'A Contribution to a History of the Royal Society of New South Wales, with Information in Regard to Other New South Wales Societies', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, lii (1918), 215-361. Details
  • Moyal, Ann, 'Creative foundations: the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1867 and 2017', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 150 (2) (2017), 232-45. Details
  • Orchiston, Wayne and Bhathal, Ragbir, 'Illuminating Incidents in Antipodean Astronomy: Section A of the Royal Society of New South Wales', Australian Journal of Astronomy, 4 (2) (1991), 49-67. Details
  • Tyler, Peter, 'The Royal Society of New South Wales: report on historical significance', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 129 (2006), 75-99. Details
  • Tyler, Peter J., 'Science for Gentlemen: the Royal Society of New South Wales in the Nineteenth Century', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 143 (1/2) (2010), 29-43. Details

Resources

See also

Ailie Smith

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