Corporate Body
Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )
- From
- 1874
Matraville, New South Wales, Australia - Functions
- Association, Natural history and Society or Membership Organisation
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
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
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613238. Details
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Created: 17 January 2003, Last modified: 10 October 2023