Royal Society of Western Australia

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The Royal Society of Western Australia (RSWA) promotes science in Western Australia.

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The RSWA was founded in 1914, and also gained the 'Royal' name in the same year. [1] It publishes the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, [2] and has awarded the Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (also known incorrectly as the Kelvin Medal) on an occasional basis since 1924. [3]

Journal

The Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering scientific research carried out in Western Australia, or on topics related to Western Australia. [4] [5] It is the official journal of Royal Society of Western Australia and traces its roots to the Journal and Proceedings of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia published from 1899 to 1903. [6] The Mueller Botanic Society became the West Australian Natural History Society in 1903, and from 1904 to 1909, the journal was published as Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society. [7] In 1909 the society again changed its name, becoming the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia, and its journal was subsequently published as Journal of the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia until 1914. [8] In that year, the Royal Society of Western Australia was established, and the journal obtained its present name.

Awards

History

The Mueller Botanic Society was presided over by E. J. Bickford and F. Tratman from its foundation in 1897. [9] It was later to join with the West Australian Natural History Society, [10] and renamed the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia.

The first president of the Royal society was W. J. Dakin, serving from 1913 until his replacement in 1915 by Andrew Gibb Maitland. Past presidents have included the palaeontologist Duncan Merrilees (1966–1967). Sylvia Hallam was the first women president (1985–1986). [11]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ "ROYAL SOCIETY OF W.A." The West Australian . Vol. XXX, no. 3, 714. Western Australia. 11 March 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Bougher, A; Semeniuk, V; Royal Society of Western Australia (1991), A bibliography and index to the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, volumes 1-70, The Society, ISSN   0035-922X
  3. ↑ "ROYAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 15 May 1924. p. 14. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Official Website of the Society.
  5. ↑ ISSN   0035-922X.
  6. ↑ "BOTANIC BICKFORD". West Australian Sunday Times . No. 194. Western Australia. 15 September 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "WEST AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY". Western Mail . Vol. XVIII, no. 912. Western Australia. 20 June 1903. p. 10. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "SCIENCE AS A HOBBY". The West Australian . Vol. XXIX, no. 3, 414. Western Australia. 22 March 1913. p. 10. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "MUELLER BOTANIC SOCIETY". The West Australian . Vol. 13, no. 3, 522. Western Australia. 9 June 1897. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY". The West Australian . Vol. XXI, no. 5, 956. Western Australia. 18 April 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ Bird, Caroline; Smith, Moya (2019). "Professor Sylvia Joy Hallam" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 102: 134–135.
  12. ↑ Royal Society of Western Australia (1915), Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Govt. Printer, ISSN   0368-3907
  13. ↑ Royal Society of Western Australia; Royal Society of Western Australia (1925), Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, The Society, ISSN   0035-922X


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