Corporate Body

Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia (1895 - ?)

From

5 December 1895
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Functions

Association, Society or membership organisation and Social or Economic Research

Alternative Names

Anthropological Society of Australasia (1895 - 1900)

Summary

The Anthropological Society of Australasia was established in 1895. The Society's founder and president was Dr. Allan Carroll. In 1900 the Society gained the prefix 'Royal'. From 1898 to 1913, it published a journal "Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia".

Related People

Carroll, Alan (c. 1823 - 1911)
Founder, director and manager 1885 -1911; editor of its journal "The Science of Man"

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia - Records, 1885 - 1911, MS 026; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-524062. Details

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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