Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Summary

The Linnean Society of New South Wales was founded in 1874 and incorporated in 1884. The Society promotes natural history in Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

 1862 - 1873 Entomological Society of New South Wales [I]
       1874 - Linnean Society of New South Wales

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

• Anon, The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales: index to volumes I-L (1875 - 1925) (Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Ltd, 1929), 107 pp. Details
• Walkom, A. B., The Linnean Society of New South Wales (founded 1874) for "the cultivation and study of the science of natural history in all its branches": historical notes of its first fifty years (jubilee publication) (Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company, 1925), 46 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Augee, M. L., 'From Gentlemen Naturalists to Professional Scientists - the Changing Nature of the Linnean Society in Sydney' in The Natural History of Sydney, Lunney, Daniel, Hutchings, Pat A and Hochuli, Dieter, eds (Mosman, N.S.W.: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2010), pp. 56-58. Details

Journal Articles

• Fletcher, J. J., 'On the dates of publication of the early volumes of the Society's Proceedings', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 10 (4) (1896), 533-6. Details
• Fletcher, J. J.; edited by A. B. Walkom, 'The Society's heritage from the Macleays, part ii', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, liv (3) (1929), 185-272. Details
• Fletcher, J.J., 'Presidential address: the Society's heritage from the Macleays', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 45 (4) (1920), 567-635. Details
• Martin, Helene, 'The story of Science House and the history of the Linnean Society of New South Wales', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 137 (2015), 57-70. Details
• Robertson, R. N., '"A Society of Natural History. I hope they may succeed." - the first hundred years', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 99 (1) (1974), 69-78. Details
• Vallance, T. G., 'A key to the memorial series of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (1928 - 1978)', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 103 (1) (1979), 133-4. Details

Reports

• Tillyard, R.J., The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 19 pp. https://doi.org/10.25919/2k6y-h875. Details

Resources

• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613238. Details