P007642
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AU-VU:EOAS
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AACR2
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Corporate Body
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2025-03-13
human
Helen Cohn
updated
2025-03-13
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https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007642b.htm
corporateBody
Orchid Society of New South Wales
AACR2
August 1934
Start Place
Chullora, New South Wales, Australia
Orchids
Horticulture
Citizen science
Naturalists' society
The Orchid Society of New South Wales, founded in 1934, is one of the oldest such organisations in Australia. It started after several friends, who had been gathering in their homes for some years, determined that a more formal organisation was needed. Membership increased steadily after the first meeting, successively larger premises being needed for meetings. The Society provides a forum for discussion and cooperation among members and affiliated societies, of which there are over 60. It administers the judging system within the state. The Society represents New South Wales on the Australian Orchid Council. Its journal, the Australian orchid review, started in 1936, is now the official organ of the principal orchid society from each state.
Upton, Walter (1922 - 2012)
President 1981 - 1984
Best, John Victor Hall (1894 - 1972)
President 1957 - 1960
Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872 - 1956)
Vice-President 1934
'Orchid Society of New South Wales', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Orchid Society of New South Wales
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation