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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-11-21 human Helen Morgan updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000804b.htm corporateBody Royal Society of Victoria AACR2 November 1859 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location 8 Latrobe St, Melbourne, Victoria Association Society or Membership Organisation Natural history The Royal Society of Victoria had its origin in two independent societies, the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Philosophical Society of Victoria, which were founded in 1854 and united in the following year as the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. The name was changed to The Royal Society of Victoria late in 1859 and the first meeting was held on 21 December that year. Its aim is to contribute to the advancement of science and, through science, to the good of the Victorian community. Microscopical Society of Victoria (1873 - 1954) 1887 1954? Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) (1985 - ) Royal Societies of Australia (2007 - ) Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859) Hall, Thomas Sergeant (1858 - 1915)

President 1914 - 1915

 Barkly, Henry (1815 - 1898)

Founder and President 1860 - 1863

 Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825 - 1896)

Inaugural President 1860

 Ewart, Alfred James (1872 - 1937)

President 1920 - 1921

 Kelly, William (1823 - 1909)

Member of Council 1872 - 1873

 Osborne, William Alexander (1873 - 1967)

President 1916 - 1917

 Ellery, Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908)

President 1866 - 1884

 Ladiges, Pauline Yvonne (1948 - )

Fellow 2020 - ; Council Member 2011 - 2012; Vice President 2013 - 2014

 Archbold, Neil Wilfred (1950 - 2005)

President 2001 - 2003

 Sanson, Gordon Drummon

President 1999 - 2001

 Halford, George Britton (1824 - 1910)

Vice-President 1868 and 1870

 Kershaw, James Andrew (1866 - 1946)

President 1918 - 1919

 Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822 - 1884)

President 1865; Life member 1859 - 1884

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

President 1885 - 1900

 Jamieson, James (1840 - 1916)

President 1901

 White, Edward John (1831 - 1913)

President 1902

 Dennant, John (1839 - 1907)

President 1903

 Spencer, Walter Baldwin (1860 - 1929)

President 1904.

 Sweet, George (1844 - 1920)

President 1905

 Dunn, Edward John (1844 - 1937)

President 1906

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

President 1907.

 Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto (1851 - 1926)

President 1908 - 1909

 Skeats, Ernest Willington (1875 - 1953)

President 1910 - 1911

 Wisewould, Frank

President 1922 - 1923

 Laby, Thomas Howell (1880 - 1946)

President 1924

 Baldwin, Joseph Mason (1878 - 1945)

Member of Council 1920 - 1945; President 1925 - 1926

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

President 1864

 Pearman, Graeme Ivan (1941 - )

Fellow 1996 -

 Rudall, James Thomas (1828? - 1907)

Member of Council 1869 - 1890

 Gillbee, William (1825 - 1885)

Member of Council 1861 - 1863, 1865 - 1869; Vice-President 1864

 Sutherland, Alexander (1852 - 1902)

Honorary secretary 1878 - 1885 and 1892.

 Science Victoria, Royal Society of Victoria (2021 - ) Scientell Pty Ltd (2015 - )

Scientell has an office in Royal Society of Victoria building

 Goode, Dewar Wilson (1907 - 2002)

Fellow 1995 - 2002

 Coogan, Clive Keith (1925 - 2005)

Fellow 1996 - 2005

 Adams, Jerry McKee (1940 - )

Fellow 1996 -

 Boger, David Vernon (1939 - 2025)

Fellow 2007 - 2025

 Doherty, Peter Charles (1940 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Graves, Jennifer Ann Marshall (1941 - )

Fellow 2020 -

 Webster, Rachel (1951 - )

Fellow 2021 -

 Harrington, Hilary James (Larry) (1924 - 2015)

Fellow 2005 - 2015

 Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research (1959 - )

The Society has awarded the Medal since 1959

 Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor (1931 - )

Fellow 1996 -

 Adams, Robert (1828 - 1873)

Member of Council 1866

 Kay, Joseph Henry (1815 - 1875)

Honorary Member 1859 - 1875

 Swan, John Melvin (1924 - 2015)

Member of Council 1972 - 1974

 Walcott, Richard Henry (Henry) (1870 - 1936)

Member of Council 1900 - 1916

 Beaney, James George (1828 - 1891)

Member 1860 -

 National Science Centre (1967 - 1992)

'The Sciences Club' merged with Royal Society of Victoria in 1990, when the National Science Centre closed.

 Yen, Alan Louey (1950 - 2017)

Member of Council 2005 - 2007

 Aitken, Yvonne (1911 - 2004)

Fellow 2001 - 2004

 Wilson, William Parkinson (1826 - 1874)

Life Member 1859 - 1874

 Parbo, Arvi Hillar (1926 - 2019)

Fellow 1996 - 2019

 Millis, Nancy Fannie (1922 - 2012)

Fellow 1999 - 2012

 Ashton, David Hungerford (1927 - 2005)

Fellow 1995 - 2005

 Cory, Suzanne (1942 - )

Fellow 1996 -

 Young, William John (1878 - 1942)

President 1933 - 1934

 Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )

Fellow 2001 -

 Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902)

Member 1860 - 1869

 Chapman, Frederick (1864 - 1943)

President 1929 - 1930

 Macadam, John (1827 - 1865)

Secretary 1860 - 1862; Vice-President 1863 - 1865

 Neumayer, Georg Balthasar von (1826 - 1909)

Vice-President 1860; Life Member 1864 - 1909

 McMillan, Angus (1810 - 1865)

Member 1859 - 1865

 Morton, William Lockhart (1820 - 1898) Agar, Wilfred Eade (1882 - 1951)

President 1927 - 1928

 Birch, William David (Bill) (1949 - )

Fellow 2021 - ; President 2013 - 2017

 Rusden, Henry Keylock (1826 - 1910)

Secretary 1870 - 1873 and 1877; Vice-president 1891 - 1900

 Burrows, Graham Dene (1938 - 2016)

President 2006 - 2008

 Bowler, James Maurice (Jim) (1930 - )

Fellow 1999 -

 Eades, Richard (1809 - 1867)

Member 1860 - 1867; Vice-President 1860 - 1861

 Elliott, Sizar (1814 - 1901)

Member 1859 -

 Hodgkinson, Clement (1818 - 1893)

Member of Council 1860

 Zillman, John William (1939 - )

President 1993 - 1994

 Littlejohn, Murray John (1932 - 2024)

Fellow 2005 - 2024

 Howitt, Godfrey (1800 - 1873)

Member 1859 - 1868

 Chinner, John Harding (1915 - 2001)

President 1966 - 1967

 Blandowski, Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von (William) (1822 - 1878)

Life member 1859 - ?

 Selby, George William (1858 - 1950)

Member 1889 - 1950

 Shephard, John (1852 - 1940)

President 1912 - 1913

 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, new series (1889 - )

Publisher 1889 - 2006

 Hearn, Milton Thomas William

Fellow 2010 -

 Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria, new series (1888 - 1914)

Publisher 1888 - 1914

 Wilkie, David Elliot (1815 - 1885)

Life Member 1859 - 1885

 Stawell, William Foster (1815 - 1889)

Member 1859 - ?1889

 Clarke, Andrew (1824 - 1902)

Honorary Member 1859 - 1902

 Becker, Ludwig (1808 - 1861)

Member 1859 - 1861

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

The Exploration Committee was a subcommittee of the Society 1859 - 1873

 Bolotin, Herbert Howard (1930 - 2020)

Fellow 1995 - 2020; President 1997 - 1998

 Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (1860 - 1888)

Publisher 1860 - 1888

 Garran, Richard Randolph (1903 - 1991)

President 1961 - 1962; Executive officer 1969- 1991?

 Darragh, Thomas Alwynne (Tom) (1940 - )

Fellow 2004 - ; Honorary Secretary 1979 - 1996

 Esserman, Norman Abraham (1896 - 1982)

President 1935 - 1936

 Wadham, Samuel MacMahon (1891 - 1972)

President 1937 - 1938

 Mahony, Daniel James (1878 - 1944)

President 1939 - 1940

 Patton, Reuben Tom (1883 - 1962)

President 1941 - 1942

 Baragwanath, William (1878 - 1966)

President 1943 - 1944

 Davis, John King (1884 - 1967)

President 1945 - 1946

 Casey, Dermot Armstrong (1897 - 1977)

President 1947 - 1948

 Morrison, Philip Crosbie (1900 - 1958)

President 1949 - 1950

 Turner, John Stewart (1908 - 1991)

President 1951 - 1952

 Stillwell, Frank Leslie (1888 - 1963)

President 1952 - 1954; Life Member 1960 - 1963

 Hills, Edwin Sherbon (1906 - 1986)

President 1955 -1956; Chairman Editorial committee 1947 - 1956

 Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)

President 1957 - 1958

 Ligar, Charles Whybrow (1811 - 1881)

Member 1859 - ; Vice-President 1861 and 1865 - 1867

 Lovering, John Francis (1930 - 2023)

Fellow 2001 - 2023; President 1977 - 1978

 Lay, Maxwell Gordon (1936 - )

President 1995 - 1996

 Watson, Graeme Field

President 1991 - 1992

 Briggs, William R.S.

President 1988 - 1990

 Sklovsky, Grigorij Abramovitch (1915 - 1995)

President 1985 - 1986

 Churchill, David Maughan (1933 - 2019)

President 1983 - 1984

 Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop (1903 - 1986)

President 1959 - 1960

 Stubbs, Lionel Leslie (1916 - 2003)

President 1979 - 1980

 Pescott, Richard Thomas Martin (Dick) (1905 - 1986)

President 1963 - 1964

 Morrison, James Douglas (1924 - 2013)

President 1975 - 1976

 Blackwood, Robert Rutherford (1906 - 1982)

President 1973 - 1974

 Butcher, Alfred Dunbavin (1915 - 1990)

President 1971 - 1972

 Gill, Edmund Dwen (1908 - 1986)

President 1969 - 1970

 Law, Phillip Garth (1912 - 2010)

Fellow 1992 - 2010; President 1967 - 1968

 Summers, Herbert St John (1876 - 1963)

President 1931 - 1932

 Aitchison, Gordon Douglas (1918 - 2003)

President 1980 - 1982

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The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959 2001 Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: Darwin and Australia. in The Evolution of Living Organisms. A Symposium to Mark the Centenary of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, December 1959. Beer, Gavin De Darwin and Australia. in The Evolution of Living Organisms. A Symposium to Mark the Centenary of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, December 1959. Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1962 Journal Article: Scientific Societies in Australia. The Royal Society of Victoria Gill, E. D. Scientific Societies in Australia. The Royal Society of Victoria 1961 The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings 28 129-131 Journal Article: The Burke and Wills Expedition and the Royal Society of Victoria Fitzpatrick, Kathleen The Burke and Wills Expedition and the Royal Society of Victoria 1963 Historical Studies 40 May Resource Section: Alphabetical List of Members 1854-1872, Compiled From the List of Members in the Proceedings Martin, F.; and V. Alphabetical List of Members 1854-1872, Compiled From the List of Members in the Proceedings 2001 Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: The Cranbourne meteorite Murphy, Sean The Cranbourne meteorite North Melbourne Australian Scholarly publishing 2023 Journal Article: Ferdinand Mueller and the Royal Society of Victoria Home, R. W. Ferdinand Mueller and the Royal Society of Victoria 2015 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 127 1 105-9 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: Burke and Wills: an Overview of the Expedition, its Preparation, Planning and Outcomes Phoenix, Dave Burke and Wills: an Overview of the Expedition, its Preparation, Planning and Outcomes 2012 Queensland History Journal 21 8 497-509 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Book: The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress Smith, James, ed. The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress Melbourne Cyclopedia Co 1903-1905 Journal Article: Noted colonial German scientists and their contexts McMullen, Gabrielle Noted colonial German scientists and their contexts 2015 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 127 1 9-16 Journal Article: Australian solar eclipse expeditions: the voyage to Cape York in 1871 Lomb, Nick Australian solar eclipse expeditions: the voyage to Cape York in 1871 2016 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 19 1 79-95 Royal Society of Victoria - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Royal Society of Victoria - Records MS 11663 1854 - 1988 Minute books; correspondence files (general, secretarial, financial); correspondence relating to publication of the Transactions and Proceedings; correspondence and accounts relating to the land and hall of the Society, and to memorial funds and government grants; original drafts of scientific papers (1857-1860, 1912); records relating to symposia held (1956-1974); library records; membership records, including 'deaths and resignations' files containing papers relating to wider matters; financial records; reports, notices and other printed matter (incomplete); manuscript papers of Royal Society of Victoria Government Prize essays, 1860; miscellaneous files relating to the history of the society and activities of members; and, photographic material. Also includes records of the Microscopical Society of Victoria: minutes of meetings (31 July 1873 - 28 July 1887), including lists of members, some correspondence, notice papers and reports. 9 m, 37 boxes Photographs, Artwork James Alexander Smith - Papers State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection James Alexander Smith - Papers MS 11370 1878 - 1933 Papers, 1878-1933. Includes general correspondence; correspondence and technical papers concerning Working Men's College; lectures; correspondence relating to Victorian Institute of Engineers, Victorian Railways, Royal Society of Victoria, Microscopical Society of Victoria, and various other societies; miscellaneous items; and press cuttings. 1.1 m