Linnean Society of New South Wales

The Linnean Society of New South Wales promotes the Cultivation and Study of the Science of Natural History in all its Branches and was founded in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) in 1874 and incorporated in 1884.[1][2]

Members of the Society in 1888.
Sitting, from right to left: Sir William Macleay, Dr James Cox, John Brazier, J. H. Maiden, Ernst Betche, Henry Deane.
Standing, from left right: Professor W.J. Stephens, Frederick Skuse, Frank Meyrick de Meyrick, J.J. Fletcher.

History

The Society succeeded the Entomological Society of New South Wales, founded in 1862[3] which folded in 1872,[4] with James Charles Cox as its first president.[5] The first issue of Proceedings was in 1875.[4]

The establishment of the Society was largely due to the dedication and financial support of its first President, Sir William Macleay.

Joseph James Fletcher was director and librarian (this title was afterwards changed to secretary) from 1885 and edited 33 volumes of the Proceedings of the society.

In September 1882, a fire destroyed the library and a part of the scientific material of the society. The efforts of William Macleay made it possible nevertheless for the society to continue its activities.

Macleay bursary

In 1903, the Society created the Macleay bursary, which has since helped many students of the University of Sydney to continue their studies and to engage of the significant research tasks in the fields of botany, zoology or geology.

These included Valerie May although it was discontinued on her marriage.[6]

Notable people

Notable members and position holders include:

Journal
  • The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (v.1:1875–1877 – v.138:2016)[11]
  • The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (more recent)[12]

See also

References
  1. Official year book of the Commonwealth of Australia (55 ed.). Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. 1969. p. 290.
  2. "Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 – )". Australian Science at Work.
  3. John Gascoigne (2002). The Enlightenment and the origins of European Australia. Cambridge University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-521-80343-4.
  4. Anderson, Kay (1998). "Science and the Savage: the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1874-1900". Cultural Geographies. 5 (2): 125–143. doi:10.1177/147447409800500201. ISSN 1474-4740. S2CID 220783858.
  5. Teale, Ruth (1969). "Cox, James Charles (1834 - 1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  6. King, Robert J; Briggs, Barbara G (1988). "Valerie May - fifty years of phycology". Telopea. 3 (2): 273–279. doi:10.7751/telopea19884813. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  7. Brazier, John William (1842–1930), Bright Sparcs biographical entry
  8. Julian Edmund Tenison Woods, Catholic Encyclopedia
  9. Walsh, G. P. "Kaleski, Robert Lucian (1877–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  10. "Hindmarsh, Mary (1921–2000)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  11. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1875.
  12. "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales". openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  • Robertson, R. N. (1974). ""A Society of Natural History. I hope they may succeed." – the first hundred years'". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 99 (1): 69–78.
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