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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-11-21 human Helen Morgan updated 2025-11-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000805b.htm corporateBody Philosophical Society of Victoria AACR2 12 August 1854 10 July 1855 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Association Society or Membership Organisation Natural history The Philosophical Society of Victoria was founded in Melbourne on 12 August 1854, a few months after the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science. The first meeting was called by Captain Andrew Clarke. The object of the Society was stated as 'embracing the whole field of science, with a special reference to the cultivation of those departments that are calculated to develop the natural resources of the country'. The Society amalgamated with the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science in July 1855 to form the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. Howitt, Godfrey (1800 - 1873)

Vice-President 1854 - 1855

 Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria (1855 - )

Publisher 1855

 Wilkie, David Elliot (1815 - 1885)

Treasurer 1854 - 1855

 Stawell, William Foster (1815 - 1889)

Member 1854 - 1855

 Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902)

Member of Council 1854 - 1855

 Hodgkinson, Clement (1818 - 1893)

Member 1854 - 1855

 Eades, Richard (1809 - 1867)

Foundation Member 1854 - 1855

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

Member 1854 - 1855

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

Foundation Member 1854 - 1855

 Clarke, Andrew (1824 - 1902)

President 1854 - 1855

 Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825 - 1896)

Council member 1854

 Kay, Joseph Henry (1815 - 1875)

Honorary Member 1854 - 1855

 Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

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 'Philosophical Society of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Philosophical Society of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: The Inaugural Addresses of the First Presidents of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Philosophical Society of Victoria Archbold, N. W.; McCann, D. A. The Inaugural Addresses of the First Presidents of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Philosophical Society of Victoria Melbourne Royal Society of Victoria 2004 Resource Section: The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959 Pescott, R. T. M. The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959 2001 Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Resource Section: Publication Dates of Early Scientific Journals in Victoria Aston, Helen Publication Dates of Early Scientific Journals in Victoria 2001 Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 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 Journal Article: Publication Dates of Early Scientific Journals in Victoria Aston, Helen Publication Dates of Early Scientific Journals in Victoria 1984 Muelleria 5 281-288 Journal Article: The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959 Pescott, R. T. M. The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959 1961 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 73 1-40 Resource: The Royal Society of Victoria Guide to Records The Royal Society of Victoria Guide to Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2001 Book: Prospectus of the Philosophical Society of Victoria Prospectus of the Philosophical Society of Victoria Melbourne Goodhugh & Trembath 1854 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 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