11 November 1857 - 32 members
The original 32 members of the Exploration Committee, nominated at a Ordinary Meeting of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, held on Wednesday, 11 November 1857.
1. | The Hon. Captain Andrew Clarke, R E. MLA., | President |
2. | Dr David Elliott Wilkie MD., | Chairman |
3. | James Bonwick Esq., | Honorary Secretary |
4. | The Hon William Clark Haines, MLA., | |
5. | The Hon Sir John O'Shanassy, MLA ., | |
6. | The Hon John Hodgson, MLC., | |
7. | The Hon Sir Francis Murphy, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, | |
8. | The Hon Robert Culbertson Hope, MLC., | |
9. | Professor William Parkinson Wilson, MA., | |
10. | Professor Martin Howy Irving, MA., | |
11. | Professor Frederick McCoy, FGS., | |
12. | Professor William Edward Hearn, MA, LLD., | |
13. | Dr Ferdinand von Mueller, MD, PhD, FRGS., | |
14. | Dr Solomon Iffla, JP, MD., | |
15. | Dr John Macadam, MD, FRSSA., | Assistant Secretary to Bonwick. |
16. | Dr William Gillbee, MRCSE., | |
17. | Dr Robert Corbet Knaggs, MRCSL., | |
18. | Dr David P MacLean, MRCSL., | |
19. | Dr W M Turnbull, MD., | |
20. | Reverend Father John Ignatius Bleasdale, | |
21. | Reverend Alexander Morrison, | |
22. | Professor Georg Neumayer, | |
23. | Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn Esq., | |
24. | Mr Edward Wilson, | |
25. | Mr Thomas E Rawlinson, CE., | |
26. | Mr William Blandowski, | |
27. | Mr John George Knight, | |
28. | Mr Arthur Dobree, | |
29. | Mr Sizar Elliott, | |
30. | Mr Rivett Henry Bland, | |
31. | Mr Charles Farewell, | |
32. | Mr Frederick Acheson, CE. |
Biographies of members of the Exploration Committee