Corporate Body

Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) (1917 - 1953)

From
1917
North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1953
Functions
Association, Society or Membership Organisation and Chemical Industries
Website
http://www.raci.org.au
Location
North Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

First established in 1917, the Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) received a Royal Charter in 1932, but did not become known as the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) until 1953. The ACI initially consisted of a Victorian, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian branch. In 1933 a Western Australian branch was formed followed by a Tasmanian one in 1940.

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 1917 - 1953 Australian Chemical Institute (ACI)
       1953 - Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Records, c. 1914 - c. 2002, UMA-ACE-19770067; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • 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

Edited Books

  • Hügel, Helmut ed., The Royal Australian Chemical Institute: a century of bonds (Preston, Vic.: Bounce Books, 2017), 159 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Errington, Stephen G., 'The Early Days of the Australian Chemical Institute in Western Australia', Chemistry in Australia, 55 (7) (1988), 246-249. Details
  • Holmes, Andrew, 'RACI's first 100 years: an inspiring chemical history', Chemistry in Australia, 2017 (July) (2017), 18-21. Details
  • Hügel, Helmut, 'Celebrating the RACI 1917 - 2017', Chemistry in Australia, 2017 (June) (2017), 24-7. Details
  • Leighton, A.E., 'A History of the Australian Chemical Institute, 1914-1932', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 21 (1954), 127-134; 145-154; 167-184. Details
  • Spink, John, 'The RACI [Royal Australian Chemical Insitute] 1917-1967: in Search of a History', Chemistry in Australia, 59 (5) (1992), 194-197. Details
  • Spurling, T.H., 'Twenty Five Years in the RACI', Chemistry in Australia, 59 (1992), 198-199. Details

Resources

Theses

  • O'Connor, Daniel John, 'The Royal Australian Chemical Institution 1917-1967', Thesis, University of Sydney, 1968. Details

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