Corporate Body
School of Chemistry (1880s - )
The University of Melbourne
- From
- 1880s
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Functions
- Education and Industrial or scientific research
- Website
- http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
The School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne was founded in the nineteenth century. The first lectures in chemistry were given in 1856, just three years after the foundation of the University. In 2002 the School has over 3000 undergraduates enrolled in courses and around 25 permanent academic staff members.
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Published resources
Books
- McRae, Valda, Chemistry @ Melbourne 1960-2000: the Story of Four Decades in the School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne (Carlton, Vic.: School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, 2008), 576 pp. Details
- Radford, Joan, The Chemistry Department of the University of Melbourne: its contribution to Australian Science, 1854-1959 (Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1978), 314 pp. Details
- Weickhardt, L. W., Masson of Melbourne: the Life and Times of David Orme Masson KBE, MA, DSc, LLD, FRSE, FRS, Professor of Chemistry, University of Melbourne 1886-1923 (Parkville, Vic: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 1989), 226 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Abrahams, Brendan F.; Batten, Stuart R.; and D'Alessandro, Deanna M.,, 'Professor Richard Robson FAA', Australian journal of chemistry, 72 (10) (2019), 729-30, https://doi.org/10.1071/CHv72n10_FO. Details
- Buchanan, A. S., 'The Changing Pattern of University Research. The Chemistry School, Melbourne', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 30 (1963), 193-196. Details
- D'Alessandro, Deanna, 'An Australian chemist just won the Nobel prize. Here's how his work is changing the world', The Conversation (2025), https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.gngddnm37. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474103. Details
Reviews
- Radford, Joan, The Chemistry Department of the University of Melbourne: its contribution to Australian Science, 1854-1959, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1978.
Bowie, John H., Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2), (1981), 126-127. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520123. Details - McRae, Valda, Chemistry @ Melbourne 1960-2000: the story of four decades in the School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne (2008)
Rae, Ian, Historical Records of Australian Science, 19 (2), (2008), 229-30, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR08008. Details - Radford, Joan, The Chemistry Department of the University of Melbourne: its contribution to Australian Science, 1854-1959, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1978.
Thomas, F. G., Search, 12 (8), (1981), 282-283. Details
See also
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Advanced Materials 1996', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/advmaterials/unimelb.htm#71. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Manufacturing Technology 2000', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/mantech/unimelb.htm#271. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Instrumentation 1999', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/instrument/unimelb.htm#157. Details
- Department of State and Regional Development, 'Textiles 2001', in Guides to Current Research in Victorian Universities, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/exhib/awvs/textiles/unimelb.htm#313. Details
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Created: 15 December 1999, Last modified: 21 March 2006
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