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Conference Paper
- Title
- Amateur Scientists: Finding and Preserving their Contributions to the Growth of Scientific Research in Australia
- In
- Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992
- Imprint
- Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1995, pp. 79-82
- Url
- https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/confs/recovering/hicks.htm
- Subject
- History of Australian Science - General
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- Abstract
In preparation for this paper, we asked ourselves the question: Are there any 'missing' scientists in the John Oxley Library? As it turned out, there are forgotten scientists, both amateur and professional, represented in the Library's holdings. There are personal papers and references to these people can be found in the records of amateur scientific societies such as the Brisbane Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of Queensland and the Anthropology Society of Queensland.
The story of how these three collections came to be in the Library provides an interesting insight into changing attitudes within Australia's scientific community. The records of the two Astronomical Societies came to us through their joint successor body, the Astronomical Association of Queensland. This is in stark contrast to the records of the Anthropology Society of Queensland which was virtually wound up in 1992 following the death of one of its long time members, Stan Colliver.
- Source
- Carlson 1996
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Corporate Bodies
- Anthropological Society of Queensland (1948 - ?)
- Astronomers' Association of Queensland (1969 - 1978)
- Astronomical Association of Queensland (1978 - )
- Astronomical Society of Queensland (1927 - 1978)
- Australian Science Archives Project, The University of Melbourne (1985 - 1999)
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- Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 edited by Sherratt, Tim; Jooste, Lisa; Clayton, Rosanne (Canberra: Australian Science Archives Project, 1995), 124 pp, https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/confs/recovering/contents.htm. Details