Royal Society of Victoria
The Royal Society of Victoria ( RSV ) is the oldest learned society in the Australian state of Victoria .
The Society was founded in 1859 through the merger of the Philosophical Society of Victoria (inaugural President was Captain Andrew Clarke ) and the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (inaugural President was Sir Redmond Barry ), both of which were founded in 1854. The first president of the RSV was Ferdinand von Mueller , who at the time was a botanist in the service of the government.
The society played an important role in Melbourne and Victoria. She founded the Melbourne Museum , established national parks, organized the Burke and Wills expedition in 1860, convened the first Australian Antarctic Research Committee in 1885 and founded the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences in 1978 (since 1996 the Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute ). It is still active with monthly meetings held at its historic headquarters on Victoria Street in Melbourne.
Presidents (selection)
- 1859: Ferdinand von Mueller
- 1860-1863: Henry Barkly
- 1864: Frederick McCoy
- 1865: John Bleasdale
- 1866-1884: Robert LJ Ellery
- 1885–1900: William Charles Kernot
- 1901: James Jamieson
- 1902: Edward John White
- 1903: John Dennant
- 1904: Walter Baldwin Spencer
- 1905: George Sweet
- 1906: Edward John Dunn
- 1908–1909: Pietro Baracchi
- 1910-1911: Ernest Willington Skeats
- 1912-1913: John Shephard
- 1914–1915: Thomas Sergeant Hall
- 1920–1921: Alfred James Ewart
- 1924: Thomas H. Laby
- 1925-1926: Joseph M. Baldwin
- 1927-1928: Wilfred Eade Agar
- 1929-1930: Frederick Chapman
- 1933-1934: William J. Young
- 1945-1946: John King Davis
- 1953–1954: Frank Leslie Stillwell
- 1963-1964: Richard Pescott
- 1967-1968: Phillip Law
- 2007-2010: Graham D. Burrows
- 2010-: Lynne Selwood
literature
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- Semiannual. ISSN 0035-9211 . Formerly: Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.sciencevictoria.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=68
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Burke & Wills Web A comprehensive website containing many historical documents related to the Burke and Wills expedition.
- The Burke & Wills Historical Society The Burke & Wills Historical Society.