Royal Society of New South Wales

Scientific organisation

The first scientific society formed in the colony, based on the model of the Royal Society of London.

Milestones
Formed
1867
Positions
Member
Brown, Ida
Member
David, Edgeworth
Member
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
Member
Hargrave, Lawrence
Member
Douglass, Henry Grattan
Member
Clarke, William Branwhite
Member
Clark, Reginald Marcus
Member
Sinclair, Eric
President
Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall
1821
-
1822
Director
Moore, Charles
1856
-
1895
Member
Cox, James Charles
1859
Member
Manning, Frederic Norton
1876
-
1884
President
Smith, John
1879
-
1880
President
Moore, Charles
1880
Member
Paling, William Henry
1880
-
1895
President
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
1881
President
Smith, John
1883
President
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
1884
President
Liversidge, Archibald
1885
President
Liversidge, Archibald
1889
President
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
1891
President
David, Edgeworth
1895
President
Deane, Henry
1897
President
Liversidge, Archibald
1900
President
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
1901
President
Deane, Henry
1907
President
David, Edgeworth
1910
President
Brown, Ida
1953

Royal Society of New South Wales

by Peter J Tyler, 2010

 

Growing out of earlier societies which endeavoured to further the cause of science in the colony, the Royal Society fostered discussion, learning and research from its formation in the mid-nineteenth century.
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