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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000523b.htm person Johnston Robert Mackenzie AACR2 Johnstone, Robert Mackenzie 27 November 1843 20 April 1918 Place of Birth Connage, Inverness, Scotland Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Statistician Naturalist Robert Johnston arrived in Tasmania in 1870 and after working as an accountant for the Launceston and Western Railway and Government Railways was appointed Government Statistician and Registrar-General 1882. Johnston was also interested in botany and geology, and he explored and collected specimens widely throughout Tasmania 1882 1918 Career position - Government Statistician and Registrar-General of Tasmania 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1897 1911 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Tasmania 1898 1898 Career position - President, Section G (Economic Science and Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1913 1913 Career position - President, Section G (Social and Statistical Science), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1916 1917 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Tasmania 1922 1922 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus johnstonii Maiden was named for Johnston Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Vice-President 1897 - 1911 and 1916 - 1917: the R. M. Johnston Memorial Medal was inaugurated by the Society in 1920

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section G (Economic Science and Agriculture) 1898; President, Section G (Social and Statistical Science) 1913

 R. M. Johnston Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania (1920 - )

The Royal Society of Tasmania has awarded the Medal since 1920

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 Johnston, R M (1844-1918)

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 'Johnston, Robert Mackenzie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Johnston, Robert Mackenzie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Johnston(e), Robert Mackenzie (1843-1918), civil servant, scientist and statistician Wettenhall, R. L. Johnston(e), Robert Mackenzie (1843-1918), civil servant, scientist and statistician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 501-503 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Book: Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania Johnston, Robert Mackenzie Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania Government Printer 1888 Journal Article: How can Australian geologists safely rely upon the order of succession of the characteristic genera of fossil plants of a far distant region, in the determination of the order and relationship of Australian terrestrial formations? Johnston, R. M. How can Australian geologists safely rely upon the order of succession of the characteristic genera of fossil plants of a far distant region, in the determination of the order and relationship of Australian terrestrial formations? Sydney Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 302-311 Journal Article: Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs Heyde, C. C. Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 23-43 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) 1921 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 55 150-169 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Robert Mackenzie Johnston - Records Royal Society of Tasmania Robert Mackenzie Johnston - Records Ms 76, RSA/A.17(J) 1871 - 1899 Notes on the Launceston and Western Railway case 1899; manuscripts of papers read to the Royal Society of Tasmania and drawings 1871-86 (see also 'Papers and Proceedings') [7 items, Ms 76; RSA/A.17(J)]. 7 documents Robert Mackenzie Johnston - Records University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection Robert Mackenzie Johnston - Records J.3 1882 - 1884 Press-cutting book on scientific subjects c1884; memoranda relating to fishes of Tasmania and notes on species collected 1882; notebook entitled 'Salmonidae: Synopsis of the Genera'; rough sketch-book of shells and starfish [5 volumes, J.3]. 5 volumes Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes