Royal Society of Victoria

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The Royal Society of Victoria headquarters.

The Royal Society of Victoria is the oldest learned society in the state of Victoria in Australia.

The Royal Society of Victoria (R.S.V.) was formed in 1859 from a merger between The Philosophical Society of Victoria (inaugural president Captain Andrew Clarke) and The Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (inaugural president Justice Sir Redmond Barry), both founded in 1854. The first president of the R.S.V. was Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, then Government botanist. In 1860 the R.S.V. organised the Burke and Wills expedition.

The Society has played an important role in the life of Melbourne and Victoria including establishing the Melbourne Museum and National Parks, convening the first Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee in 1885, organising the Burke and Wills expedition and establishing the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences in 1978 (now the Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute from 1996). It continues to be active with monthly meetings throughout the year held in its historic headquarters at 9 Victoria Street in the centre of Melbourne.

1 Presidents
2 Publication
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Presidents

1859: Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller
1860-1863: Sir Henry Barkly
1864: Sir Frederick McCoy
1865: Rev. Dr John Ignatius Bleasdale
1866-1884: Robert L.J. Ellery
1885-1900: William Charles Kernot
1901: Dr James Jamieson
1902: Edward John White
1903: John Dennant
1904: Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer
1905: George Sweet
1906: Edward John Dunn
1907: Calder E. Oliver
1908-1909: Pietro P.G.E. Baracchi
1910-1911: Ernest Willington Skeats
1912-1913: John Shephard
1914-1915: Thomas Sergeant Hall
1916-1917: William A. Osborne
1918-1919: James A. Kershaw
1920-1921: Alfred James Ewart
1922-1923: Frank Wisewould
1924: Thomas H. Laby
1925-1926: Joseph M. Baldwin
1927-1928: Wilfred Eade Agar
1929-1930: Frederick Chapman
1931-1932: Herbert S. Summers
1933-1934: William J. Young
1935-1936: Norman A. Esserman
1937-1938: Samuel M. Wadham
1939-1940: Daniel J. Mahony
1941-1942: Reuben T. Patton
1943-1944: William Baragwanath
1945-1946: John K. Davis
1947-1948: Dermot A. Casey
1949-1950: Phillip Crosbie Morrison
1951-1952: John S. Turner
1953-1954: Frank Leslie Stillwell
1955-1956: Edwin S. Hills
1957-1958: Valentine G. Anderson
1959-1960: Geoffrey W. Leeper
1961-1962: Richard R. Garran
1963-1964: Richard T.M. Pescott
1965-1966: John H. Chinner
1967-1968: Phillip G. Law
1969-1970: Edmund D. Gill
1971-1972: Alfred Dunbavin Butcher
1973-1974: Sir Robert R. Blackwood
1975-1976: James D. Morrison
1977-1978: John F. Lovering
1979-1980: Lionel L. Stubbs
1980-1982: Gordon D. Aitchison
1983-1984: David M. Churchill
1985-1986: Dr Grisha A. Sklovsky
1986-1987: Dr Terence P. O'Brien
1987 (Jul-Dec): Dr Grisha A. Sklovsky
1988-1990: Dr William R.S. Briggs
1991-1992: Dr Graeme F. Watson
1993-1994: Dr John W. Zillman
1995-1996: Dr Maxwell G. Lay
1997-1998: Prof. Em. Herbert H. Bolotin
1999-2001: Assoc. Prof. Gordon D. Sanson
2001-2003: Assoc. Prof. Neil W. Archbold
2006-2007: Assoc. Prof. Bruce Livett [1]

[edit] Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne : The Society, 1889- Semiannual. ISSN 0035-9211. Formerly the Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria