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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-11-21 human Helen Morgan updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000806b.htm corporateBody Philosophical Institute of Victoria AACR2 10 July 1855 November 1859 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Association Society or Membership Organisation Natural history The Philosophical Institute of Victoria was formed through the amalgamation of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Philosophical Society of Victoria, the first meeting being held on 10 July 1855 at the Museum of Natural History. According to the amalgamation statement, 'the objects of the Philosophical Institute shall be the same as that of the Philosophical Society, and that the mode of operation of the new Institute shall be the same as that of the old Society'. Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855) Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (1854 - 1855) Neumayer, Georg Balthasar von (1826 - 1909)

Member 1857 - 1859; Member of Council 1859

 Blackett, Cuthbert Robert (1831 - 1902)

Member 1856 - 1857

 Wilson, William Parkinson (1826 - 1874)

Vice-President 1856; Life Member 1857 - 1859

 Beaney, James George (1828 - 1891)

Member 1858 - 1859

 Kay, Joseph Henry (1815 - 1875)

Honorary Member 1855 - 1859

 Clarke, Andrew (1824 - 1902)

President 1855 - 1857; Honorary Member 1858 - 1859

 Barry, Redmond (1813 - 1880)

Vice-president 1855

 Stawell, William Foster (1815 - 1889)

Member 1855 - 1859; President 1858 - 1859

 Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825 - 1896)

Honorary Member 1855 - 1859; President 1959

 Gillbee, William (1825 - 1885)

Member of Council 1858 - 1859

 Macadam, John (1827 - 1865)

Secretary 1856 - 1859

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

Member of Council 1856 - 1858; Life Member 1857 - 1859

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

Member 1855 - 1859; Member of Council 1856 - 1857

 McMillan, Angus (1810 - 1865)

Member 1855 - 1859

 Ligar, Charles Whybrow (1811 - 1881)

Member 1859

 Eades, Richard (1809 - 1867)

Foundation Member 1855 - 1859; Member of Council 1859

 Elliott, Sizar (1814 - 1901)

Member 1856 - 1858; Life Member 1858 - 1859

 Hodgkinson, Clement (1818 - 1893)

Foundation Member 1855 - 1859; Member of Council 1855 - 1859; Vice-President 1856

 Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902)

Member 1855 - 1859; Vice-President 1856 - 1857

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

The Exploration Committee was a subcommittee of the Institute 1857 - 1859

 Becker, Ludwig (1808 - 1861)

Member 1856 - 1859; Member of Council 1856 - 1857 and 1859

 Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822 - 1884)

Life Member 1858 - 1859; Vice-President 1859

 Wilkie, David Elliot (1815 - 1885)

Treasurer 1855 - 1857; Vice-President 1857 - 1859; Life Member 1857 - 1859

 Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1857 - 1860)

Publisher 1857 - 1860

 Morton, William Lockhart (1820 - 1898) Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

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 'Philosophical Institute of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Philosophical Institute 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: The Cranbourne meteorite Murphy, Sean The Cranbourne meteorite North Melbourne Australian Scholarly publishing 2023 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 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