Corporate Body

National Museum of Australian Zoology (1924 - 1931)

From: 1924
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To: 1931

Summary

The National Museum of Australian Zoology was established in 1924 by and Act of Parliament. The Museum was located in a building on St. Kilda Road in Melbourne and housed a collection of preserved specimens of Australian Fauna, presented to the Nation by Sir Colin Mackenzie. In 1931 the Museum moved to Canberra and was renamed by an Act of Parliament as the Australian Institute of Anatomy.

Timeline

1924 - 1931 National Museum of Australian Zoology
1931 - 1985 Australian Institute of Anatomy

Related People

MacKenzie, William Colin (1877 - 1938)

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

Australian Institute of Anatomy - Records, 1924 - 1959, MS 082; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1513087. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 17 April 2012, Last modified: 19 March 2013

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