Corporate Body

Geological Society of Australasia (1885 - 1907)

From
1885
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1907
Functions
Association and Society or membership organisation
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

The Geological Society of Australasia was established in Melbourne in 1885. The Society, which provided funds for research and issued a number of publications, was disbanded in about 1907.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Branagan, D. F.; and Vallance, T. G., 'The Geological Society of Australasia (1885-1905)', Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 14 (2) (1967), 349-51. Details

Resources

See also

  • MacLeod, Roy, 'Organizing Science Under the Southern Cross' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 19-39. Details

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