Corporate Body

Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales (1912 - 1930?)

From
11 December 1912
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
To
1930?
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Membership Organisation

Summary

On 17 December 1912, J. Chambers Eldridge wrote to the secretary of the Eugenics Education Society (London) to inform them of the formation of the Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales on 11 December 1912. Dr Richard Arthur was elected president and Eldridge secretary. Other people associated with the Society were: Dr Mackellar; Professor Anderson Stuart; Mr H.C. Bell; Mr A.B. Patterson; Lionel Lewis (4 The Avenue, East St Kilda); Mrs Marion Piddington. NOTE: Correspondence with the Eugenics Education Society (London) ceases in November 1930.

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Chronology

23 February 1914
Business event - Galton Day Dinner with guest Sir Gerald Strickland

Archival resources

Wellcome Collection

  • Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales, 1912 - 1930, SA/EUG/E.2; Eugenics Society [SA/EUG]; Wellcome Collection. Details

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