Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-10-31 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007529b.htm corporateBody Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch AACR2 South Australian Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 1996 1885 Start Place Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Learned society Australian inland exploration Geography The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, was founded in 1885. Originally a branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia founded in New South Wales in 1883, the South Australian Branch operated as a separate organisation. Its objectives included the advancement of geographical science; the exploration of Australasia; the collection and publication of historical records of Australasian geography and associated people; and the dissemination of related information. Exploration of inland Australia was a major preoccupation of the Branch in its early years. With substantial philanthropic support, expeditions sponsored by the Branch included William Tietkens's exploration of 1889 in the Lake Amadeus region of Central Australia, the Elder Exploring Expedition (1891 - 1892), and the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (1896). Also from its beginning the Branch advocated education in geography both in schools and at the University of Adelaide. From 1891 the Branch published Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, succeeded in 1987 by the South Australian geographical journal. A number of awards and prizes are presented to promote geographical education and research, and in recognition of members' efforts. These including Fellowship of the Branch, and the John Lewis Gold Medal. In 1996 the Branch changed its name to the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. Ward, Leonard Keith (1879 - 1964)

President 1930 - 1931

Elder, Thomas (1818 - 1897)

Foundation Member 1885 - 1897

Tietkens, William Henry (1844 - 1933)

Foundation Member 1885

Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813 - 1889)

Foundation Member 1885 - 1889

Worsnop, Thomas (1821 - 1898)

Foundation Member 1885 - 1898

Lindsay, David (1856 - 1922)

President 1892

Madigan, Cecil Thomas (1889 - 1947)

Member of Council 1939 - 1946

Bonython, Charles Warren (1916 - 2012)

Member of Council (including of Royal Geographical Society of South Australia) 1951 - 2001; President 1959 - 1961; Fellow 2001 - 2012

Praite, Ronald George Louis (Ron) (1922 - 2011)

Vice-President 1976; Member (later Honorary Life Member) Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (later Royal Geographical Society of South Australian) 1994 - 2011

Heathcote, Ronald Leslie (Les) (1934 - 2010)

President 1971 - 1973

Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (1883 - 1920s) Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (1896)

Sponsored the Expedition

Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (1891 - 1986)

Publisher 1891 - 1986

John Lewis Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia Branch (1947 - )

The Society awarded the Medal since 1947

Lewis, John (1844 - 1923)

President 1913 - 1920

Marshall, Ann (1909 - 2001)

Awarded the John Lewis Silver Medal 1981 and the Centenary Silver Medal 1996

Magarey, Alexander Thomas (1849 - 1906)

Foundation Member 1885 - ?1906

'Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Branch without a tree: the centenary history of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Incorporated, 1885 to1985 Peake-Jones, Kenneth The Branch without a tree: the centenary history of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Incorporated, 1885 to1985 Adelaide Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1985 Journal Article: The Role of The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Ward, Brian J. The Role of The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 2004 South Australian Geological Journal 102 14-25 Book: Catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Inc Mander-Jones, Phyllis Catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Inc Adelaide Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) 1981 Journal Article: The beginnings of university geography in Australia Gale, S. J. The beginnings of university geography in Australia 1997 Australian geographical studies 35 349-51 Book: To the desert with Sturt: a diary of the 1844 expedition Brock, D. G. To the desert with Sturt: a diary of the 1844 expedition Adelaide Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1975