Royal Society of South Australia
The Royal Society of South Australia (RSSA) is a
History
The origins of the Royal Society are related to the
The Society had its origins in a meeting at the
At the time of its first Annual General Meeting membership had risen to 35,
It received royal patronage, becoming the Royal Society of South Australia late in 1880,[6][1] following the nomenclature used in other Australian colonies, and perhaps hoping to emulate their success.[7]
The Field Naturalists Society of South Australia was formed as a section of the Society in 1883.[8] In 1943 Constance Eardley became the first woman to be elected to the Council of the Society.[9]
Membership
There are five classes of members:[10]
- Honorary Fellows
- Sustaining Fellows
- Fellows
- Associate Fellows
- Student Fellows
Awards and medals
The society awards:[11]
- The Verco Medal
- The Publication Medal
- The Royal Society of South Australia Postgraduate Student Prize
- The H. G. Andrewartha Medal
Publications
The RSSA has published the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia since 1879, previously (from 1877–1878) Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide.
In June 2020 an annotated list of 95 Australian bird
List of presidents
Royal Society of South Australia Presidents:[17]
Verco Medal recipients
- "The medal shall be awarded for distinguished scientific work published by a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia. It is the highest honour that the Society can bestow on one of its Fellows. Only those who have made a significant, outstanding contribution to their field(s) of study receive the award."[11]
The medal is named in honour of Joseph Verco. The first award of the medal was to Prof Walter Howchin in 1929.[37]
Previous winners include:
Notable members
Notable members of the Royal Society of South Australia have included:
- Prof. William Henry Bragg,[52]
- Prof. Sir Robert William Chapman,[52]
- Thomas Charles Cloud (died 1918),[52]
- Alexander William Dobbie (born 1843),[52]
- John William Hall Hullett (born 1847),[52]
- Prof. Horace Lamb
- Dr. Cecil Thomas Madigan (1889–1947),[52]
- James McGeorge,[52]
- Thomas Parker,[52]
- Walter Rutt (1842–1925),[52]
- Prof. Ralph Tate
- Sir Charles Todd,[52]
- Carl Albert Unbehaun (1851–1924)[52] and
- Robert Archibald White.[52]
See also
- Australian Academy of Science
- Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
- Royal Society of New South Wales
- Royal Society of Queensland
- Royal Society of Tasmania
- Royal Society of Victoria
- Royal Society of Western Australia
- The Royal Society (The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge)
- Royal Society (disambiguation)
References
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- ^ "Adelaide Philosophical Society". South Australian Register. Vol. XVII, no. 2187. South Australia. 19 September 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Late Mr. T. D. Smeaton". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Wikipedia citation "Adelaide Philosophical Society". South Australian Register. Vol. XVIII, no. 2301. South Australia. 30 January 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Adelaide Philosophical Society". South Australian Register. Vol. XLV, no. 10, 577. South Australia. 7 October 1880. p. 2 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved 3 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 October 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "Field Naturalist Society of South Australia carries its care for the environment from 1883". AdelaideAZ. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Women in the World". The Dawn. Vol. 26, no. 5. Western Australia. 17 November 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Membership Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Society of South Australia Inc.
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- ^ a b "Publications". Royal Society of South Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ISSN 0372-1426
- ^ Corvo, Shannon (1 July 2020). "Outback flamingos, giant penguins on new list of extinct Australian birds". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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- ^ List of Presidents Archived 4 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, RSSA
- ^ Sally O'Neill, 'Mais, Henry Coathupe (1827–1916)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 200-201
- ^ Blackburn, Thomas (1844–1912), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
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- ^ Neville Hicks, Helen McIntosh, 'Pulleine, Robert Henry (1869–1935)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 306-307.
- ^ Lynne Trethewey, 'Fenner, Charles Albert Edward (1884–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp 481-482.
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- ^ Tasman Brown, Ruth Rogers, 'Campbell, Thomas Draper (1893–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 361-362.
- ^ Hale, Herbert Mathew (1895–1963), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
- ^ Davidson, James (1885–1945), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
- T. O. Browning, 'Davidson, James (1885–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp 226-227.
- ^ Cooke, William Ternent (1877–1957), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
Margaret Macilwain, 'Cooke, Constance Mary Ternent (1882–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, Melbourne University Press, 2005, pp 76-77. - ^ Womersley, Herbert (1889–1962), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
- ^ Piper, Clarence Sherwood (1903–1988), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
- ^ Trumble, Hugh Christian (1903–), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
- ^ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1900–1993), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
- , Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.9, no.3, 1993.
- ^ Dr. Rob W. Fitzpatrick Archived 12 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, CSIRO
- ^ Dr. Allan Pring, SA Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Dr. John Jennings, University of Adelaide. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Award of the Sir Joseph Verco Medal 1929-1976[permanent dead link], TRSSA, Vol 100, p.208, www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
- ^ "The Board of South East Energy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ Frog research – more than skin deep Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 16 December 2003, also at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news635.html
- ^ newsdesk (11 October 2017). "Ecologist heads for top biology award". Flinders University. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Alan Cooper". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Glaessner, Martin Fritz (1906–1989), www.eoas.info
- ^ Johnston, Thomas Harvey (1881–1951), www.eoas.info
- ^ Sly, David (16 October 2018). "Palaeontology expert wins top science medal". Flinders in Touch. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ flindersblogs (9 October 2014). "Flinders scientist wins coveted science prize". Flinders University. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Piper, Clarence Sherwood (1903–1988), www.eoas.info
- ^ "Dr Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Royal Society honours for two, Adelaidean, October 2007, www.adelaide.edu.au
- ^ Williams, William David (1936–), www.eoas.info
- ^ Womersley, Hugh Bryan Spencer (1922–), www.eoas.info
- ^ Dr Helmut Wopfner—Biography Archived 6 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PESA News, June/July 2010, p.56
- ^ ISBN 0-9589111-0-X
Further reading
- "S.A. Societies, No. 4". The Register News-pictorial. Vol. XCIV, no. 27, 332. South Australia. 22 March 1929. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Official website
- The Story of the Royal Society, The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA), 22 March 1929, p. 13