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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-10-11 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-05-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007509b.htm corporateBody Eugenics Society of Victoria AACR2 1936 1961 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia End Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stub entry - see predecessor Victorian Eugenics Society (1914-c1936). Wallace, Victor Hugo (1893 - 1977)

Founding member 1936

 Booth, Angela Elizabeth Josephine (1869 - 1954)

Founder, 1936

 Agar, Wilfred Eade (1882 - 1951)

Founder, 1936

 Eugenics Society, The University of Western Australia (1933 - c. 1937)

Cognate body

 Victorian Eugenics Society (1914 - c. 1915)

Cognate body

 'Eugenics Society of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Eugenics Society of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Beyond Nature and Nurture: Eugenics in Twentieth Century Australian History Watts, Rob Beyond Nature and Nurture: Eugenics in Twentieth Century Australian History 1994 Australian Journal of Politics and History 40 3 318-334 Journal Article: Craniometry and Eugenics in Australia: R. J. A. Berry and the Quest for Social Efficiency Cawte, Mary Craniometry and Eugenics in Australia: R. J. A. Berry and the Quest for Social Efficiency 1986 Historical Studies 22 86 35-53 Journal Article: Sound Minds and Healthy Bodies: Re-considering Eugenics in Australia, 1914-1940 Garton, Stephen Sound Minds and Healthy Bodies: Re-considering Eugenics in Australia, 1914-1940 1994 Australian Historical Studies 26 103 21-34 Book Section: Writing Eugenics: a History of Classifying Practices Garton, Stephen Writing Eugenics: a History of Classifying Practices Newcastle University of Newcastle 2000 A Race for Place: Eugenics, Darwinism and Social Thought and Practice in Australia. Proceedings of the History and Sociology of Eugenic Conference, University of Newcastle, 27-28 April 2000 Martin Crotty, John Germov and Grant Rodwell Review: Isis Durst, Dennis 2019 Isis 110 4 842-3 Conference Paper: The Unkindest Cut of All: Eugenics, Masturbation and Circumcision Rodwell, Grant The Unkindest Cut of All: Eugenics, Masturbation and Circumcision Newcastle University of Newcastle 2000 A Race for Place: Eugenics, Darwinism and Social Thought and Practice in Australia. Proceedings of the History and Sociology of Eugenic Conference, University of Newcastle, 27-28 April 2000 Martin Crotty, John Germov and Grant Rodwell Conference Proceedings: A Race for Place: Eugenics, Darwinism and Social Thought and Practice in Australia. Proceedings of the History and Sociology Conference, University of Newcastle, 27-28 April 2000 Crotty, Martin; Germov, John; Rodwell, Grant A Race for Place: Eugenics, Darwinism and Social Thought and Practice in Australia. Proceedings of the History and Sociology Conference, University of Newcastle, 27-28 April 2000 Newcastle University of Newcastle 2000 Edited Book: Eugenics at the edges of empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa Paul, Diane B.; Stenhouse, John; and Spencer, Hamish G. Eugenics at the edges of empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan 2017 Book: Voluntary sterilization for human betterment Booth, Angela Voluntary sterilization for human betterment Melbourne Eugenics Society of Victoria 1938 Thesis: Striving for National Fitness: Eugenics in Australia, 1920s to 1930s Wyndham, Diana Striving for National Fitness: Eugenics in Australia, 1920s to 1930s University of Sydney 1997 Book: Eugenics in Australia: Striving for National Fitness Wyndham, Diana Eugenics in Australia: Striving for National Fitness London Diana Wyndham and the Galton Institute 2003 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Kain, Jennifer S. 2020 Historical Records of Australian Science 31 1 69 Review: Australian historical studies Karageorgos, Effie 2020 Australian historical studies 51 1 97-8 Journal Article: Regulating Australian Bodies: Eugenics, Anthropometrics and School Medical Inspection in Victoria, 1900-1940 Kirk, David and Twigg, Karen Regulating Australian Bodies: Eugenics, Anthropometrics and School Medical Inspection in Victoria, 1900-1940 1994 History of Education Review 23 1 19-37 Journal Article: Eugenics and photography in Britain, the USA and Australia 1870 - 1940 Maxwell, Anne Eugenics and photography in Britain, the USA and Australia 1870 - 1940 2022 Studies in history and philosophy of science 92 71-85 Journal Article: Domestic Science, Race Motherhood and Eugenics in Australian State Schools, 1900-1960 Rodwell, Grant Domestic Science, Race Motherhood and Eugenics in Australian State Schools, 1900-1960 2000 History of Education Review 29 2 67-83 Victoria Eugenics Society Wellcome Collection Victoria Eugenics Society SA/EUG/E.4 1940 - 1961 A set of 161 imaged pages. This file covers the link between the Eugenics Society of Victoria and the Eugenics Society (London) 1940-1961. The key correspondent is V.H. Wallace, Secretary of the Eugenics Society of Victoria from its foundation in 1936 until it was brought to a close in 1961. Latter documents refer to Frank Macfarlane Burnet, M.J.D. White and R.N. Robertson. 1 file Digitised paper records Victoria Eugenics Society Wellcome Collection Victoria Eugenics Society SA/EUG/E.3 1914 - 1939 A set of 113 imaged pages dating 1914-1915 (Victorian Eugenics Society), 1925-1926 (Office of the Agent-General for Victoria) and 1937-1939 (Eugenics Society of Victoria). In the 1914-1915 correspondence ( 6 pages) of Carlotta Greenshields (37 Mary Street, Glenferrie) and W. Ernest Jones (Inspector-General of the Insane for Victoria) with the Sybil Gotto of the Eugenics Education Society, it is flagged that an attempt was made to establish an eugenics society in Victoria with Professor Bladwin Spencer as president. The initiative failed due to Bladwin Spencer being already overloaded and the intervention of the World War. Other people mentioned in this correspondence include J.C. Eldridge of Sydney and a Mr Macfie (5 Elm Grove, Armadale). The 1925-1926 correspondence (2 pages) concerns information about the Marriage Acts in Victoria. The 1937-1939 correspondence (105 pages) concerns the creation of the Eugenics Society of Victoria in 1936 and its relationship with the Eugenics Society (London). The principle correspondent is Dr Victor Hugo Wallace (Secretary, Eugenics Society of Victoria). Other include: Professor W.E. Agar, Dr C.P. Blacker (General Secretary, The Eugenics Society); Lord Horder; Mrs E.E. Potton; Dr Mennell; Geoffery Kaye (14 Collins Street Melbourne); Colin Clark (Bureau of Industry, Brisbane, Queensland); Clinton F. Chance. Includes publications of the Eugenics Society of Victoria including the "Syllabus of Lectures" for 1937, 1938 and 1939 which includes presentations by: Colin Clark; Dr W. Bryden; Dr Reg. S Ellery; Dr V.H. Wallace; Professor W.E. Agar; Dr Fritz Duras; Mrs Angela Booth; Dr P.M. Bachelard, Rev. William Bottomley; Dr C. Farran-Ridge; Dr John Dale; Dr K.S. Cunningham; and Dr Anita Muhl. Included is: "Publication No. 1" of the Eugenics Society of Victoria, 'Voluntary Sterilization for Human Betterment' by Mrs Angela Booth, July 1938; and the Annual Report 1939 which reports on donations and the establishment of a "Consultative Council" and the financial report from C. Mitchell Tovell, Honorary Treasurer. In the letterhead from 1939 the Consultative Council members are: Professor G.S. Browne; Dr K.S. Cunningham; Dr John Dale; Judge Foster; Mr J.D.G. Medley, M.A.; Sir David Rivett; and Dr Georgina Sweet. 1 file Digitised paper records,