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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-02-05 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2025-07-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006254b.htm corporateBody South Australian Institute AACR2 1856 1940 Library Museum The South Australian Institute was founded in 1856 by the newly formed Government of South Australia. The South Australian Institute served as a public library, museum and art gallery. The first parts of the collection was handed over from the South Australian Mechanics Institute. The first curator was Frederick George Waterhouse appointed in 1859 after the construction of the South Australian Institute building was completed. In 1940 a separate Museum Department within the Public Service was created. Stirling, Edward Charles (Ted) (1848 - 1919)

Director (sometimes in an honorary capacity) 1889 - 1914; Honorary Curator of Ethnology 1914 - 1919

 Morgan, Alexander Matheson (1867 - 1934)

Honorary Ornithologist 1922 - 1934; Morgan donated to the Institute his collections of avian osteological specimens (1927), and bird skins and eggs (1934)

 Zietz, Amandus Heinrich Christian (1840 - 1921)

Appointed Preparator (later Assistant Director) 1883

 Cotton, Bernard Charles (1905 - 1966)

Curator of Molluscs 1934 - 1940

 Finlayson, Hedley Herbert (1895 - 1991)

Honorary Curator of Mammals 1930 - 1940

 Condon, Herbert Thomas (1912 - 1978)

Curator of Birds 1938 - 1940

 Haacke, Johann Wilhelm (1855 - 1912)

Director of the Museum 1883 - 1884

 Waterhouse, Frederick George (1815 - 1898)

Curator of the museum 1860 - 1882

 Wilson, Charles Algernon (1818 - 1884)

Wilson donated specimens to the Institute

 Perks, Robert Howell (1854 - 1912)

Donated Aboriginal remains, insects and photographs of bird nests to the Institute's museum

 Rogers, Richard Sanders (c. 1861 - 1942)

Chairman of the Board of the Public library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia 1929 - 1931

 Sutton, John (1866 - 1938)

Assistant Honorary Ornithologist 1923 - 1934; Honorary Curator of Ornithology 1834 - 1938

 Lea, Arthur Mills (1868 - 1932)

Entomologist 1911 -1932; Lea bequeathed a large collection of beetles to the Institute

 Womersley, Herbert (1889 - 1962)

Entomologist 1933 - 1940

 Verco, Joseph Cooke (1851 - 1933)

Honorary Curator of Mollusca 1914 - 1933; Verco donated his collection of specimens and books in 1926

 Tepper, Johann Gottlieb Otto (1841 - 1923)

Natural History Collector 1883 - 1888; Entomologist 1888 - 1911

 Hale, Herbert Mathew (1895 - 1963)

Director 1931 - 1940

 Campbell, Thomas Draper (1893 - 1967)

Honorary Curator of Anthropology 1924 - 1940; Member of the Board 1933 - 1940

 Jones, Frederic Wood (1879 - 1954)

Curator of Anthropology 1919 - 1924

 Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1866 - 1928)

Director 1914 - 1928

 Guest, Edward

Guest's collections of Lepidoptera were deposited in the Institute

 Lower, Oswald Bertram (1864 - 1925)

Lower's collection of over 40,000 specimens was acquired by the Institute's museum in 1892 and 1927

 Tindale, Norman Barnett (1900 - 1993)

Assistant Entomologist 1919 - 1928; Curator of Anthropology 1928 - 1940

 South Australian Museum (1940 - ) 'South Australian Institute', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology South Australian Institute Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Tillyard, R.J. The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Journal Article: 1856 and All That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum, Part 4 King, John K. 1856 and All That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum, Part 4 1987 Friends of the South Australian Museum newsletter 19 2 3-9 Journal Article: The mineral collections of the South Australian Museum Pring, A. The mineral collections of the South Australian Museum 2000 Australian Journal of Mineralogy 6 59-70 Journal Article: The Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee: 10 March 1921 - 30 October 2001 Ziedler, W. The Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee: 10 March 1921 - 30 October 2001 2002 Records of the South Australian Museum 35 91-6 Newspaper Article: The South Australian Institute The South Australian Institute 1856 South Australian Register 2 Newspaper Article: South Australian Institute South Australian Institute 1859 South Australian Register 5 Journal Article: The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956 Hale, H. M. The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956 1956 Records of the South Australian Museum 12 1-225 Newspaper Article: The South Australian Institute The South Australian Institute 1856 Adelaide Observer 1 Journal Article: Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks, September and October 1916 Waite, Edgar R. [and others] Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks, September and October 1916 1917 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41 405-665 Journal Article: 1856 and all That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum: Part 1: the First Hundred Years King, John K. 1856 and all That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum: Part 1: the First Hundred Years 1986 Friends of the South Australian Museum newsletter 17 1 4-9 Journal Article: Australian Museums of Natural History: Public Priorities and Scientific Initiatives in the 19th Century Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory Australian Museums of Natural History: Public Priorities and Scientific Initiatives in the 19th Century 1983 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 4 1-30 Journal Article: A late nineteenth century collection of fossils from the Naracoorte Caves highlights the role of the South Australian Museum in the history of the site Reed, Elizabeth H., Treloar, Jesse-Briar, Binnie, Mary-Anne N. and Thurmer, Jennifer A late nineteenth century collection of fossils from the Naracoorte Caves highlights the role of the South Australian Museum in the history of the site 2023 Helictite 48 19-32 Resource: The Overland Telegraph Line: A Transcultural History Nettelbeck, Amanda (and others) The Overland Telegraph Line: A Transcultural History South Australia South Australian Government 2023 Book Section: Zoology Edmonds, S. J. Zoology Adelaide Royal Society of South Australia 1986 Ideas and Endeavours - The Natural Sciences in South Australia C. R. Twidale; M. J. Tyler and M. Davies 161-212 Journal Article: Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum Waterhouse, G. A. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum 1933 Records of the South Australian Museum 5 49-62 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Book Section: Milerum (1869?-1941), shearer and Aboriginal ethnologist Tindale, Norman B. Milerum (1869?-1941), shearer and Aboriginal ethnologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 498-499 Edited Book: Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume IV Davis, William E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Recher, Harry F. Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume IV Cambridge, Massachusetts Nuttall Ornithological Club 2018