Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

Summary

The Royal Society of Queensland was established in 1884 as the sucessor of the Philosophical Society of Queensland (1859 - 1884). The founding purpose of the Royal Society of Queensland according to its original rules is the 'the furtherance of Natural Science and its application'. More recently its purposes have not been limited to the natural sciences and according to its website 'encourages scientific investigation and the application of science, especially as may be relevant to the State of Queensland, and seeks to improve communication among scientists and the community'. The Proceedings of theRoyal Society of Queensland have been published since 1885 in succession the the Philosophical Society's Transactions.

Details

The Museum's parasite collection has a particular focus on parasitic worms (especially nematodes and trematodes) and protozoans of Australian animals. It incorporates several historically important collections, including those of the International Research Centre for Avian Haematazoa (IRCAH) (received 1985), the former School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Townsville (received 1987), and collections of noted parasitologists Thomas Cribb, Josephine Mackerras, John Pearson and John Sprent. [https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/collections-and-research/explore/parasites 16/01/2025]

Related entries

Timeline

 1859 - 1884 Philosophical Society of Queensland
       1884 - Royal Society of Queensland

Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

• Queensland Philosophical Society and Royal Society of Queensland Minute Books, 1859 - 1930s, 30771; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
• Royal Society of Queensland Records, 1889 - 2008, 29836; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Books

• Royal Society of Queensland, The proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland (Queensland, Australia: Warwick and Sapsford, ). Details

Journal Articles

• Marks, Elizabeth N., 'A history of the Queensland Philosophical Society and the Royal Society of Queensland from 1859 to 1911', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 71 (1960), 17-42. http://www.royalsocietyqld.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/Elizabeth_Marks_History.pdf. Details

Resource Sections

• The Royal Society of Queensland, 'About Us', in The Royal Society of Queensland, 22 October 2017, http://www.royalsocietyqld.org/about-us/. Details

Theses

• Clements, Helen Gail, 'Science and colonial culture: scientific interests and institutions in Brisbane, 1859 - 1900', PhD thesis, Griffith University, 1999, 297 pp. Details

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