Corporate Body

Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (1885 - )

From
1885
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Functions
Australian inland exploration, Geography and Learned society
Alternative Names
  • Royal Geographical Society of South Australia (Subsequent name, 1996 - )
  • South Australian Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Also known as)

Summary

The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, was founded in 1885. Originally a branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia founded in New South Wales in 1883, the South Australian Branch operated as a separate organisation. Its objectives included the advancement of geographical science; the exploration of Australasia; the collection and publication of historical records of Australasian geography and associated people; and the dissemination of related information. Exploration of inland Australia was a major preoccupation of the Branch in its early years. With substantial philanthropic support, expeditions sponsored by the Branch included William Tietkens's exploration of 1889 in the Lake Amadeus region of Central Australia, the Elder Exploring Expedition (1891 - 1892), and the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (1896). Also from its beginning the Branch advocated education in geography both in schools and at the University of Adelaide. From 1891 the Branch published Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, succeeded in 1987 by the South Australian geographical journal. A number of awards and prizes are presented to promote geographical education and research, and in recognition of members' efforts. These including Fellowship of the Branch, and the John Lewis Gold Medal. In 1996 the Branch changed its name to the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia.

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Books

  • Mander-Jones, Phyllis, Catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Inc (Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), 1981), 54 pp. Details
  • Peake-Jones, Kenneth, The Branch without a tree: the centenary history of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Incorporated, 1885 to1985 (Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 1985), 197 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Ward, Brian J., 'The Role of The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia', South Australian Geological Journal, 102 (2004), 14-25. Details

See also

  • Brock, D. G., To the desert with Sturt: a diary of the 1844 expedition (Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 1975), 222 pp. Details
  • Gale, S. J., 'The beginnings of university geography in Australia', Australian geographical studies, 35 (1997), 349-51. Details

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