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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2002-12-12 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002125b.htm corporateBody Acclimatisation Society of Victoria AACR2 1861 1872 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Association Society or Membership Organisation Acclimatisation The Acclimatisation Society of Victoria replaced the Zoological Society of Victoria in 1861. The Society was responsible for managing the Melbourne Zoological Gardens. In 1872 the Society's name was changed to reflect its broader interests, becoming the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria. Zoological Society of Victoria (1857 - 1861) Embling, Thomas (1814 - 1893)

Foundation Member and Member of Council 1861 - ?

 Wilson, Edward (1813 - 1878)

Founder and Member of Committee 1861

 Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902)

Member of Council 1862 - 1864

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

Member of committee 1862 - 1871; Vice-President 1871 - 1872

 Barkly, Henry (1815 - 1898)

Founding member

 Laporte, François Louis (1810 - 1880)

Member (active)

 Melbourne Zoological Gardens (c. 1857 - 1977) Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (1872 - 1910)

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 'Acclimatisation Society of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Acclimatisation Society of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: VA 3123 Royal Zoological and Acclimatisation Society VA 3123 Royal Zoological and Acclimatisation Society Public Record Office Victoria 2002 Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue Journal Article: The Acclimatisation Society of Victoria Gillbank, Linden Rae The Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1980 Victorian historical journal 51 4 255-70 Journal Article: The Origins of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria: Practical Science in the Wake of the Gold Rush Gillbank, Linden The Origins of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria: Practical Science in the Wake of the Gold Rush 1986 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 3 359-374 Journal Article: Valuing the native: River Blackfish vs. Rainbow trout in late nineteenth and early-twentieth century Victoria Minard, Peter Valuing the native: River Blackfish vs. Rainbow trout in late nineteenth and early-twentieth century Victoria 2015 Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature 15 2 1-11 Thesis: A history of zoological acclimatisation in Victoria, 1858 - 1900 Minard, Peter A history of zoological acclimatisation in Victoria, 1858 - 1900 University of Melbourne 2014 Book: All things, harmless, useful and ornamental: environmental transformation through species acclimatisation, from colonial Australia to the world Minard, Peter All things, harmless, useful and ornamental: environmental transformation through species acclimatisation, from colonial Australia to the world Chapel Hill, NC University of Carolina Press 2019 Journal Article: Animal acclimatisation: McCoy and the menagerie the became Melbourne's zoo Gillbank, Linden Animal acclimatisation: McCoy and the menagerie the became Melbourne's zoo 2001 The Victorian naturalist 118 297-304 Journal Article: A Tale of Two Animals: Camel and Alpaca - Zoological Shaping of Mueller's Botanic Gardens Gillbank, Linden A Tale of Two Animals: Camel and Alpaca - Zoological Shaping of Mueller's Botanic Gardens 1996 Victorian Historical Journal 67 1 83-102 Journal Article: Of weeds and other introduced species: Ferdinand Mueller and plant and animal acclimatisation in colonial Victoria Gillbank, Linden Of weeds and other introduced species: Ferdinand Mueller and plant and animal acclimatisation in colonial Victoria 2007 The Victorian naturalist 124 2 69-78 Journal Article: Assembling Acclimatization: Frederick McCoy, European Ideas, Australian Circumstances Minard, Peter Assembling Acclimatization: Frederick McCoy, European Ideas, Australian Circumstances 2013 Historical Records of Australian Science 24 1 1-14 Journal Article: Salmonid acclimatisation in colonial Victoria: improvement, restoration and recreation 1858-1909 Minard, Peter Salmonid acclimatisation in colonial Victoria: improvement, restoration and recreation 1858-1909 2015 Environment and History 21 2 177-99