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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-02-18 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000157b.htm corporateBody Agricultural Society of New South Wales AACR2 1822 1891 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Sydney, New South Wales Association Society or Membership Organisation The Agricultural Society of New South Wales was established in 1822. The Society aimed to further the quality of Australia's primary production, staging their first show in Parramatta in 1823. Hawkesbury Agricultural College was established as a result of the Society's movements towards establishing agricultural colleges and experimental farms. In 1891 the Society gained permission to use the prefix 'Royal' and became known as the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Dickson, John (1774 - 1843) Townson, Robert (1762? - 1827)

Foundation Vice-President 1822

 Macarthur, William (1800 - 1882)

President 1879

 Philosophical Society of Australasia (1821 - 1822)

There was significant overlap of membership between these two societies.

 Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (1784 - 1828)

Foundation Member 1822 - 1828

 Wollstonecraft, Edward (1783 - 1832)

Member of committee 1822

 Field, Barron (1786 - 1846)

President 1822 - 1824

 Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall (1773 - 1860)

Patron 1822 - 1825

 Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales (1891 - )

Trove

 'Agricultural Society of New South Wales', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Agricultural Society of New South Wales Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Grand Parade: a History of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales Fletcher, Brian Hinton The Grand Parade: a History of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales Paddington, New South Wales Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales 1988 Book Section: On the rivers of New South Wales Field, Barron On the rivers of New South Wales London John Murray 1825 Geographical memoirs on New South Wales Barron Field 297-312 Book Section: Organizing Science Under the Southern Cross MacLeod, Roy Organizing Science Under the Southern Cross Melbourne Oxford University Press 1988 The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988 Roy MacLeod 19-39 Journal Article: A Contribution to a History of the Royal Society of New South Wales, with Information in Regard to Other New South Wales Societies 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 1918 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales lii 215-361 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000