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On Tuesday 8th November 1859, the Philosophical Institute received a Royal Charter and became the Royal Society of Victoria.
The society, which originally met in the Assay Office of Crown Lands on La Trobe Street, then at the Natural History Museum at Melbourne University and also at the Mechanics Institute on Collins Street, moved into its current premises at 8 La Trobe Street on Wednesday 21st December 1859.
Royal Society of Victoria,
8 La Trobe Street / 9 Victoria Street,
Corner of Rathdown, La Trobe and Victoria Streets,
Melbourne, Victoria 3000.
Office Bearers of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria and the Royal Society of Victoria
1857 |
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Vice-President |
Dr David Elliott Wilkie, MD & Professor William Parkinson Wilson, MA. |
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Treasurer |
Professor Martin Howy Irving |
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Hon Secretary |
Dr John Macadam MD. |
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1858 |
President |
Sir William Foster Stawell |
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Vice-President |
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Treasurer |
Professor Martin Howy Irving |
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Hon Secretary |
Dr John Macadam MD. |
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1859 |
President |
Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, Govt Botanist & Director of Botanic Gardens. |
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Vice-President |
Rev John Ignatius Bleasdale & Dr Solomon Iffla. |
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Hon Treasurer |
Professor Martin Howy Irving |
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Hon Secretary |
Dr John Macadam, MD. |
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1860 |
President |
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria. |
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Vice-President |
Dr Richard Eades & Professor Georg Neumayer. |
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Treasurer |
Rev John Ignatius Bleasdale. |
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| Hon Secretary | Dr John Macadam, MD. | ||
Council |
Mueller, Irving, Osborne, Wilkie, Iffla, McCoy. |
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1861 |
President |
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria. |
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Vice-President |
Professor Frederick McCoy & Charles Whybrow Ligar. |
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Treasurer |
Rev John Ignatius Bleasdale. |
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| Hon Secretary | Dr John Macadam, MD. | ||
Council |
Mueller, Irving, Osbourne, Wilkie, Iffla, Stawell, Barry, O'Shanassy, Eades, Neumayer, Gillbee, Archer, Wilson. |
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1862 |
President |
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria. |
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Vice-President |
Rev John Ignatius Bleasdale & Sir William Stawell. |
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Treasurer |
H F Eaton Esq. |
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Secretary |
Dr John Macadam, MD. |
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1863 |
President |
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria. |
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Vice-President |
Sir Redmond Barry & Hon John Macadam. |
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Treasurer |
H F Eaton Esq. |
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Hon Secretary |
R Brough Smyth Esq, FGS. |
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1864 |
President |
Sir Frederick McCoy, |
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Prof of Natural Sciences, Govt Palaeontologist, Director of National Museum. |
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Vice-President |
Rev John Ignatius Bleasdale & William Gillbee. |
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Treasurer |
Alexander K Smith, CE, FRSSA. |
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Hon Secretary |
R Brough Smyth Esq, FGS. / Robert L J Ellery. |
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1865 |
President |
Reverend Dr John Ignatius Bleasdale, Catholic Priest, Chemist and Minerologist. |
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Vice-President |
Robert L J Ellery & Charles Whybrow Ligar. |
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Treasurer |
Alexander K Smith, CE, FRSSA. |
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| Secretary |
Professor von Martius / Thomas E Rawlinson. |
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1866-1884 |
President |
Robert L J Ellery, Govt Astronomer, Director of Melbourne Observatory. |
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