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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2003-01-31 human Ailie Smith updated 2023-10-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002219b.htm corporateBody Queensland Acclimatisation Society AACR2 1862 1940s Start Place Queensland, Australia Association Society or Membership Organisation Conservation or Environment Acclimatisation The Queensland Acclimatisation Society was founded in 1862. The Society worked on the introduction and acclimatisation of animals, birds, fish, insects and plants. The Society ceased operations voluntarily, when it was decided that the CSIRO Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock were better equipped for the tasks undertaken by the Society. Pink, James (c. 1836 - 1923)

Gardener at the Society's Bowen Park 1870s

 Bick, Ernest Walter (1870 - 1949)

Propagator and foreman, Bowen Park 1894 - 1906

Trove

 'Queensland Acclimatisation Society', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Queensland Acclimatisation Society Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Queensland Acclimatisation Society: Challenging the Stereotype Osborne, Peter The Queensland Acclimatisation Society: Challenging the Stereotype 2008 Queensland Historical Journal 20 8 337-50 Queensland Acclimatisation Society - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Queensland Acclimatisation Society - Records OM66-24 1862 - 1965 Includes: minutes of general meetings, council meetings, annual meetings, meetings of special committees, reports, press cuttings and the deed of the Acclimatisation Lands at Bowen Park, dated 17 June 1892. 7 volumes, 1 envelope