Corporate Body

Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

From
1874
Matraville, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Association, Natural history and Society or Membership Organisation

Summary

The Linnean Society of New South Wales was founded in 1874 and incorporated in 1884. The Society promotes natural history in Australia.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Anon, The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales: index to volumes I-L (1875 - 1925) (Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Ltd, 1929), 107 pp. Details
  • Walkom, A. B., The Linnean Society of New South Wales (founded 1874) for "the cultivation and study of the science of natural history in all its branches": historical notes of its first fifty years (jubilee publication) (Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company, 1925), 46 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Augee, M. L., 'From Gentlemen Naturalists to Professional Scientists - the Changing Nature of the Linnean Society in Sydney' in The Natural History of Sydney, Lunney, Daniel, Hutchings, Pat A and Hochuli, Dieter, eds (Mosman, N.S.W.: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2010), pp. 56-58. Details

Journal Articles

  • Fletcher, J.J., 'The Society's Heritage from the Macleays', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 45 (1920), 592-629. Details
  • Fletcher, J.J., 'The Society's Heritage From the Macleays. Part ii', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, liv (1929), 185-272. Details
  • Martin, Helene, 'The story of Science House and the history of the Linnean Society of New South Wales', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 137 (2015), 57-70. Details
  • Robertson, R. N., '"A Society of Natural History. I hope they may succeed." - the first hundred years', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 99 (1) (1974), 69-78. Details

Resources

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