List of learned societies in Australia

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This is a list of learned societies in Australia.

NameEstablishedHeadquarters
The Australian Sociological Association   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1963
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 7 Jul 1971 Acton
Anthropological Society of Victoria   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1976
Archaeological Society of Victoria   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1964
Association for the Study of Australian Literature   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1977 Burwood
Association of Australasian Palaeontologists   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1974
Astronomical Society of Australia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1966
Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1997 Western Australia
Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1983 Sydney
Australasian College of Pharmacy   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1978
Australian Computer Society   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1966
Australian Academy of the Humanities   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1969
Australian Academy of Science   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1954 Canberra
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1975
Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1993
Australian Archaeological Association   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1973 [1]
Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologist   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1979
Australian Mathematical Society   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1956 [2]
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1987 Melbourne [3]
Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Engineers Australia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1919 Barton
Geological Society of Australia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1952
Linnean Society of New South Wales   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
National Academies Forum   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1995 Melbourne
Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1 Jul 1901
Royal Australian Chemical Institute   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1917
Royal Australian Historical Society   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1901
Royal Historical Society of Queensland   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1913 Commissariat Store, Brisbane
Royal Historical Society of Victoria   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Royal Society of New South Wales   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1821
Royal Society of Queensland   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1884
Royal Society of Tasmania   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1843
Royal Society of South Australia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1853
Royal Society of Victoria   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1859
Royal Society of Western Australia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Royal Western Australian Historical Society   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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