Royal Society of Victoria

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

The Society was formed in 1859 from a merger between The Philosophical Society of Victoria and The Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science, both founded in 1854. The first president was Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, then Government botanist. Other notable past presidents include: Sir Redmond Barry, Professor Sir Frederick McCoy (1864) and Professor E. W. Skeats (1910-1911)

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.

[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

[edit] See also

List of Royal Societies

[edit] External links

Society web pages

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