A000411 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-05-11 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000411b.htm corporateBody Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) AACR2 1917 1953 Start Place North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location North Melbourne, Victoria Association Society or Membership Organisation Chemical Industries First established in 1917, the Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) received a Royal Charter in 1932, but did not become known as the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) until 1953. The ACI initially consisted of a Victorian, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian branch. In 1933 a Western Australian branch was formed followed by a Tasmanian one in 1940. Cooke, William Ternent (1877 - 1957)

Foundation Member 1917 - 1944; Fellow 1944 - 1953

 Garran, Richard Randolph (1903 - 1991)

Fellow 1944 - 1953

 Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878 - 1960)

President 1924 - 1925

 Allied Societies' Trust Building (1924 - 1969)

The Institute had its offices at the Allied Societies' Trust Building c 1927 - 1953

 Masson, David Orme (1858 - 1937)

President 1923 - 1924 and 1933 - 1935

 Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry (1916 - 2012)

Fellow 1947 - ?1953

 Bowley, Harry (1882? - 1958)

President 1928 - 1929

 Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1931 - )

The Medal was awarded by the Institute from 1931 to 1953

 Baudinet, W.E.C. (? - 1941)

President 1930 - 1932

 Gottschalk, Alfred (1894 - 1973)

Fellow 1951 - 1953

 Angyal, Stephen John (1914 - 2012)

Fellow 1935 - 1953

 Phillips, Leslie William (1893 - 1949)

President 1942 - 1943

 Gepp, Herbert William (1877 - 1954)

President 1949 - 1950

 Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)

President 1947 - 1948

 Grimwade, Wilfrid Russell (1879 - 1955)

President 1946 - 1947

 Harman, Roy William (1897 - 1977)

President 1941 - 1942

 Jewell, William Ralph (1894 - 1975)

President 1945 - 1946

 Wilsmore, Norman Thomas Mortimer (1868 - 1940)

President 1937 - 1938

 Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887 - 1972)

President 1935 - 1936; Fellow 1945 - 1972

 Ennor, Arnold Hughes (Hugh) (1912 - 1977)

Fellow 1951 - 1953

 H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal 1929 - 1952

 Hartung, Ernst Johannes (1893 - 1979)

President 1927 - 1928, 1929 - 1930, 1931 (jointly) - 1933

 Weickhardt, Leonard William (Len) (1908 - 2000)

Fellow 1944 - 1953

 Wark, Ian William (1899 - 1985)

Fellow 1940 - 1953

 Prescott, James Arthur (1890 - 1987)

President 1936 - 1937

 Heymann, Erich (1901 - 1949)

Fellow 1944 - 1949

 Marston, Hedley Ralph (1900 - 1965)

Fellow 1938 - 1953

 Le Fèvre, Raymond James Wood (1905 - 1986)

Fellow 1946 - 1953

 Dadswell, Herbert Eric (1903 - 1964)

General Secretary 1943 - 1945; Fellow 1944 - 1953

 Read, John (1884 - 1963)

Foundation Member 1917 - 1922

 Smith, Henry George (1852 - 1924)

President 1922 - 1923

 Wood, Joseph Garnet (1900 - 1959)

Fellow 1946 - 1953

 Bayliss, Noel Stanley (1906 - 1996)

Fellow 1942 - 1953

 Boas, Isaac Herbert (1878 - 1955)

President 1951 - 1952; Foundation member 1917; Fellow 1944

 Rennie, Edward Henry (1852 - 1927)

Foundation Member 1917 - 1927; President 1925 - 1926

 Olle, Archibald Durrant (1868 - 1942)

Archibald Olle was a member of the Australian Chemical Institute.

 Leighton, Arthur Edgar (1873 - 1961)

President 1952 - 1953

 Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop (1903 - 1986)

Foundation Member 1927 - 1946; Fellow 1946 - 1948; Honorary Life Fellow 1948 - 1953

 Mitchell, Stanley Robert (1881 - 1963)

Foundation Member, 1917

 Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (David) (1885 - 1961)

President 1939 - 1940 and 1948 - 1949

 ACI - Queensland Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953) ACI - New South Wales Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953) ACI - South Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953) ACI - Western Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1933 - 1953) ACI - Tasmanian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (c. 1940 - 1953) ACI - Victorian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953) Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

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 'Australian Chemical Institute (ACI)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty Five Years in the RACI Spurling, T.H. Twenty Five Years in the RACI Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 198-199 Book: The Records of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1916-1980 King, Bill; McCarthy, Gavan; Spink, John The Records of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1916-1980 Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1988 Thesis: The Royal Australian Chemical Institution 1917-1967 O'Connor, Daniel John The Royal Australian Chemical Institution 1917-1967 University of Sydney 1968 Journal Article: The RACI [Royal Australian Chemical Insitute] 1917-1967: in Search of a History Spink, John The RACI [Royal Australian Chemical Insitute] 1917-1967: in Search of a History 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 5 194-197 Resource: Royal Australian Chemical Institute Guide to Records Gavan McCarthy; John Spink; Helen Morgan; and Bill King Royal Australian Chemical Institute Guide to Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2004 Journal Article: The Early Days of the Australian Chemical Institute in Western Australia Errington, Stephen G. The Early Days of the Australian Chemical Institute in Western Australia 1988 Chemistry in Australia 55 7 246-249 Journal Article: A History of the Australian Chemical Institute, 1914-1932 Leighton, A.E. A History of the Australian Chemical Institute, 1914-1932 1954 The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings 21 127-134; 145-154; 167-184 Edited Book: The Royal Australian Chemical Institute: a century of bonds Hügel, Helmut The Royal Australian Chemical Institute: a century of bonds Preston, Vic. Bounce Books 2017 Journal Article: RACI's first 100 years: an inspiring chemical history Holmes, Andrew RACI's first 100 years: an inspiring chemical history 2017 Chemistry in Australia 2017 July 18-21 Journal Article: Celebrating the RACI 1917 - 2017 Hügel, Helmut Celebrating the RACI 1917 - 2017 2017 Chemistry in Australia 2017 June 24-7 Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Records UMA-ACE-19770067 c. 1914 - c. 2002 This collection was relabelled in 2020s as the "Consolidated Records of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute" [1977.0067 original accrual; further accruals were 1986.0172; 1987.0070; 1990.0077], The Search function provided by the online inventory is most useful. The collection, which includes records of the Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953) and records that led to its formation, comprises: membership correspondence; membership subject files; Federal Council financial material; new applicant's subscriptions; state branch cash books; annual accounts; finances; subscriptions; financial items; Federal Council minutes; subject files; Kindred Societies files; medals, scholarships and awards; science policy files; Committees files; chemical education files; photographs; artefacts and publications (some copies of Chemistry in Australia). 51.25 m, 328 archive boxes Objects, Photographs, Publications, Manuscripts, Typescripts