Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia

The Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia was established in 1895 as the Anthropological Society of Australasia by the Australian physician Alan Carroll.[1] Viscount Hampden, Governor-General of New South Wales was the first patron.[2] Approval was given for the prefix 'Royal' to be added by Queen Victoria in 1900.[3]

The society published 14 volumes of its journal Science of Man between February 1898 and November 1913.[4][5] One of the activities of the society was to record and publish Aboriginal place names in New South Wales.[6]

According to a 2003 article by academic Jennifer M. T. Carter published by the National Library of Australia when writing about geologist Georgina King, the society was "nowadays seen as forming part of the ‘lunatic fringe’."[7]

References

  1. ^ "Anthropological Society". The Australian Star. No. 2447. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Anthropological Society of Australasia". The Daily Telegraph. No. 5149. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1895. p. 9. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The Royal Anthropological Society". The Sydney Stock and Station Journal. Vol. XI, no. 81. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Science of Man". Science of Man: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia. 1 (1). 21 February 1898. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Science of Man". Science of Man: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia. 14 (4). 1 November 1913. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia files regarding Aboriginal place names, 'Lists of Aboriginal place names 1899–1903'". Towards Truth. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  7. ^ Carter, Jennifer M. T. (January 2003). "For the Sake of All Women". Trove. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2025.


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