Archival Resources Details

Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Records

Collection Title
Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Records
Repository
The University of Melbourne Archives
Reference
UMA-ACE-19770067
Date Range
c. 1914 - c. 2002
Description

This collection was relabelled in 2020s as the "Consolidated Records of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute" [1977.0067 original accrual; further accruals were 1986.0172; 1987.0070; 1990.0077], The Search function provided by the online inventory is most useful.

The collection, which includes records of the Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953) and records that led to its formation, comprises: membership correspondence; membership subject files; Federal Council financial material; new applicant's subscriptions; state branch cash books; annual accounts; finances; subscriptions; financial items; Federal Council minutes; subject files; Kindred Societies files; medals, scholarships and awards; science policy files; Committees files; chemical education files; photographs; artefacts and publications (some copies of Chemistry in Australia).

Formats
Objects, Photographs, Publications, Manuscripts and Typescripts
Quantity
328 archive boxes (51.25 m)
Access
Access restrictions apply
Finding Aid

Gavan McCarthy; John Spink; Helen Morgan; and Bill King, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Guide to Records, Covers records 1909-2006 held by the University of Melbourne Archives, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/raci/RACI.htm. Details

King, Bill; McCarthy, Gavan; Spink, John, The Records of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1916-1980 (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1988), 65 pp. Details

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EOAS ID: archives/BSAR03581.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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Cite this page: https://www.eoas.info/archives/BSAR03581.htm

For earlier editions see the Internet Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.eoas.info

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