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. | |
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Biographies of members of the Exploration Committee