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Welcome to The Royal Society of Victoria

Follow the camel!Click on the camel to follow the link to Burke and Wills 150th Anniversary Commemoration Program information.

The Royal Society of Victoria has been an active and vital part of Melbourne's scientific heritage since 1854.

Membership is open to anyone interested in science and the promotion of science.

Located in the heart of Melbourne, the Society's Hall at 9 Victoria Street is the venue for an interesting program of scientific lectures, symposia and events to promote the sciences to the Victoria and Australian community. These lectures are open to the public. See the 2010 Program of Lectures on the Events Page

The Royal Society of Victoria has "Gift Recipient Status" for taxation purposes. Donations to the Royal Society of Victoria are tax deductible.

The Royal Society of Victoria acknowledges the generous support of gifts, grants, bequests and sponsorship that assist us in the ongoing promotion of science and technology in our community, and without whom many of our symposia and activities would not be possible. See the Sponsors and Supporters page for details of recent grants, bequests and sponsorships.
 
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To view the proposed new Rules of the Society see the "About the Society Page"

 

Limited Editon Boxed Sets (100 available; only 30 initially released) of Society Proceedings from 1858-1864

Original 150 year old volumes of the Society's Proceedings containing many of the reports and planning of the Victorian burke and willsExploration (Burke and Wills) Committee, are being released in a boxed set. These historical records are presented in a leather look box, each set is numbered and a Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance is included. To see more details of the contents click on the button above.

Symposium to honour the contribution of Philip Garth Law AC

ATSE, the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society of Victoria will hold a one day Symposium on contemporary Antarctic asteScience ("Going South..") on 15th September 2010 at the Melbourne Convention Centre to mark the contribution of Dr Phillip Law AC (for further information click the button or see the registration information on the ATSE website "http://www.atse.org.au").

 
 
Rare Royal Society publications available for purchase (see Proceedings Page on Menu)

The Royal Society of Victoria has available for sale origiinal copies of its Scientific Proceedings from the 1860's to 1940's. These historic scientific publications detail the early science and surveys of the then Colony of Victoria. They are in original condition of new books some 80 to 150 years old. Prices vary depending on rarity.


 
Welcome to New Members

We welcome the following members who were recently elected as members of the Royal Society of Victoria:

Mr. Igor AHARONOVICH, Student

Mr. Mark James CAREY, Student

Mr. Tomas CORREA, Student

Mr. Aaron Carl DE FINA, MSc(Melb), BSc(Melb), Safety Auditing and Environmental Scientist

Miss Rebecca Louise FELTHAM, Student

Mr. Hashmath HUSSAIN, Student

Miss Stacey JAMIESON, Student

Prof. Frank LEAHY, BSurv(Melb), PhD(Melb), Lecturer

Mrs. Anne MILLER, BSc, Retired Biochemist

Mr. Mahdi MIRI DISFANI, Student

Mr. John MORRONGIELLO, Student

Mr. Boris NOVAKOVIC, Student

Prof. Isaac SCHWEITZER, MB, BS, DPM, FRANZCP, MD, Medical Practitioner

Ms Danielle Kate SEVIOR, Student

Mr. Admane Holeyappa SHANTHANAGOUDA, Student

Mr. Robert Pearson SHEPHERD, Student

Mr. Peter John SOKOLOWSKI, Student

Mr. Francisco Javier TOVAR LOPEZ, Student
 

Forthcoming Events

9 September 2010, 7.00pm

"Developments in understanding stroke"

Prof. Geoffrey Donnan, Dept of Neurology, University of Melbourne


Events to mark the Burke and Wills 150th Commemoration

Click on the adjacent "Camel" button to see what is happening along the Burke and Wills Track in the next few weeks.

Contact Us

Telephone
03 9663 5259
Facsimile
03 9663 2301
Email
rsv@sciencevictoria.org.au
Address
9 Victoria St,
Melbourne 3000
ABN
62 145 872 663

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