A000833 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-11-28 human Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000833b.htm ABN: 59 957 839 703 corporateBody Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia AACR2 ASSA 1971 Start Place Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Location 28 Balmain Crescent, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2600 Association Society or Membership Organisation Established in 1971, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) encourages the advancement of social sciences in Australia. In 2002 the Academy had approximately 372 members. From their Web site, June 2002: "The Academy is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation, devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the various social sciences. The Academy is a corporate body of social scientists." The Academy was formed from the previous Social Science Research Council (1952 - 1971) that had been established by the Australian National Research Council (ANRC) Social Science Research Committee (1942 - 1952).

Previous web domain was: assa.edu.au

 Bryant, Richard Allan (1960 - )

Fellow 2005 -

 Capell, Arthur (1902 - 1986)

Fellow 1977 - 1986

 Gale, Gwendoline Fay (Fay) (1932 - 2008)

Fellow 1978 - ; President 1998 - 2000

 Hiatt, Lester Richard (Les) (1931 - 2008)

Fellow 1981 - 2008

 Bell, Genevieve (1967 - )

Fellow 2024 -

 Christensen, Helen

Fellow 2004 -

 Mengersen, Kerrie (1962 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Fensham, Peter James (1927 - 2021)

Fellow 1985 - 2021

 Australian Council of Learned Academies (2010 - )

ASSA is a member academy of ACOLA

 Stanley, Fiona Juliet (1946 - )

Fellow 1996 -

 Dowling, Robyn M. (1965 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Hugo, Graeme John (1946 - 2015)

Fellow 1987 - 2015

 Paxinos, George (1944 - )

Fellow 1999 -

 McGorry, Patrick Dennistoun (1952 - )

Fellow 2006 -

 Berndt, Catherine Helen (1918 - 1994)

Fellow 1982 - 1994

 Prescott, John Robert Victor (Victor) (1931 - 2018)

Fellow 1979 - 2018

 Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )

Fellow 2003 -

 Hannan, Edward James (1921 - 1994)

Fellow 1980 - 1994

 Pearson, Kenneth Robert (1943 - 2015)

Fellow 2006 - 2015

 Hall, Peter Gavin (1951 - 2016)

Fellow 2015 - 2016

 Heathcote, Ronald Leslie (Les) (1934 - 2010)

Fellow 1981 - 2010

 Beaton, John Mark (1944 - 2018)

Executive Director 2001 - 2018; Fellow 2018 (posthumous)

 Heyde, Christopher Charles (1939 - 2008)

Fellow 2003 - 2008

 Day, Ross Henry (1927 - 2018)

Fellow 1967 -2018

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 'Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Fay Gale interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording] National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Fay Gale interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording] TRC 5752 2006 2 digital audio tapes. Fay Gale speaks about her induction into the Academy of the Social Sciences; her research involving Aboriginal communities; the Henderson Poverty Commission; her Postgraduate work; Charles Rowley; Social Science Research Council Aborigines Project; Research at the University of Adelaide; the establishment of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra; W.E.H. Stanner; Bill Wentworth; being Fellow of the ASSA (1978); setting up management plans for Kakadu, Uluru; Elspeth Young; Diane Barwick; Diane Bell; Marcia Langton; her time as president of the academy; UNESCO; Paul Burke; significance of her achievements; general view of the role of the academy. Audio