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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2025-09-11 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007850b.htm corporateBody Geographical Society of New South Wales AACR2 1927 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Geography Professional Association Learned society The Geographical Society of New South Wales was founded in 1927 on the proposal of T. Griffith Taylor. It is a professional society whose members are geography academics, teachers, practising geographers from both the public and private spheres, and other interested members of the public. Objectives are: to encourage and promote geography in New South Wales and throughout Australia; to advocate on environmental and social issues in Australia; and to support geographical literacy and awareness, and inspire enthusiasm for geography. The Society has been represented on the National Committee for Geography of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra since 1995, and the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales since its establishment in 1966. Since 1928 the Society has published Australian geographer, Australia's oldest academic geographical journal.

Journals published by the Society include:
Australian geographer (ISSN 0004-9182) vol.1 (August 1928) - ;
Newsletter of the Geographical Society of New South Wales (ISBN 0729-2260) no. 1(March 1981) - ;
Bulletin of the Geographical Society of New South Wales vol. 1, no. 1 (April/May 1969) - vol. 1, no. 3 (July 1969): later Geography bulletin (ISBN 0156-9236) vol. 1, no. 4 - 43 (1969-2011).

Awards presented by the Society include:
Macdonald Holmes Memorial Medal (since 1977); recognises distinguished contribution in the field of geographical education in Australia; co-sponsored by the Geography Teachers Association of New South Wales, from which half the recipients have been drawn;
Fellowship (biennial since 1969); recognises members who have made significants contribution to geography and to the work of their professional organisation;
Life Membership (since 2013): recognises a member or benefactor who has provided exceptional support to the Society.

 Bentivoglio, Marie (1898 - 1998)

Elected to Council 1931

 Browne, William Rowan (1884 - 1975)

Foundation Member 1927; President 1929 - 1930 and 1948 - 1949

 Holmes, James Macdonald (1896 - 1966)

President 1930 - 1933; the Macdonald Holmes Memorial Medal has been presented since 1977

 Moyes, Morton Henry (1887 - 1981)

President 1933 - 1935

 Aurousseau, Marcel (1891 - 1983)

President 1959 - 1961

 Taylor, Thomas Griffith (1880 - 1963)

President 1927 - 1928, 1956 - 1959

 Australian geographer (1928 - )

Publisher 1928 -

 'Geographical Society of New South Wales', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Geographical Society of New South Wales Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A brief account of the former Society - the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, New South Wales Branch Close, J. H. Collinson A brief account of the former Society - the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, New South Wales Branch 1928 Australian Geographer 1 1 81-3