Published Resources Details
Edited Book
- Title
- Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of Australian science organized by the Australian academy of Science. 24-25 August 1982
- Imprint
- History Project Incorporated, Kensington, N.S.W., 1984, 81 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0940776181
- Description
Historical bibliography monograph, no. 12.
- Abstract
The past few years have witnessed a remarkable growth of interest in all aspects of Australian history, at all levels of society. One manifestation of this has been a dramatic upsurge in the amount of serious scholarly attention being paid, both within the scientific community and beyond, to Australia's scientific past.
The Australian Academy of Science has taken a leading role in channelling this new enthusiasm into productive paths, both through the restructuring of its journal, Historical records of Australian science, and by its decision to celebrate Australia's forthcoming bicentennial by sponsoring a volume on the history of Australian science. The papers included in the present volume represent some early fruit from the Academy's bicentennial project, all six having been presented initially at a workshop organised by the steering committee for the project, held in Canberra on 24-25 August 1982. Their appearance as a collection at this stage is chiefly due to the enthusiasm and patient editorial work of D.H. Borchardt, to whom we are all therefore much indebted.
Source: Preface by Professor R.W. Home
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- Branagan, D. F., 'The history of geological mapping in Australia' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of science in Australia, Borchardt, D. H., ed. (Kensington (N.S.W.): History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 33-46. Details
- Fuerst, John A., 'Sources for an oral history of Australian science and technology' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of Australian science organized by the Australian academy of Science. 24-25 August 1982, Borchardt, D.H., ed. (Kensington (N.S.W.): History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 72-81. Details
- Horning, D. S., 'The history and significance of the Macleay insect collection' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of science in Australia, Borchardt, D. L., ed. (Kensington, N.S.W.: History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 23-32. Details
- Kirsop, Wallace, 'Scientific information in nineteenth century Australia: a note on sources' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of science in Australian Academy of Science, 24-25 August 1982, Borchardt, D. H., ed. (Kensington: History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 1-14. Details
- Nathan, Elizabeth, 'Sources relating to survey, mineral exploration and research on substitute fuels in the Australian Archives' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of Australian science organized by the Australian academy of Science. 24-25 August 1982, Borchardt, D.H., ed. (Kensington (N.S.W.): History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 47-71. Details
- Smith, Colin, 'Saving the archives of scientific and industrial research' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of Australian science organized by the Australian academy of Science. 24-25 August 1982, Borchardt, D.H., ed. (Kensington (N.S.W.): History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 15-22. Details