Royal Society of Victoria

Royal Society of Victoria Promoting science since 1854 The Royal Society of Victoria is the oldest learned society in the State of Victoria, Australia.

The Society has played an important role in the life of Melbourne and Victoria including the development of the City of Melbourne's municipal infrastructure, establishment of the Melbourne Museum and Victorian national parks, convening of the first Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee in 1885, commission of the Victorian Exploring (Burke and Wills) Expedition and establishment of the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences in 1978 (now the Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute, from 1996). It continues to be active with twice-monthly meetings throughout the year held in its historic headquarters at 8 La Trobe Street in the Melbourne CBD.

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8 La Trobe Street
Melbourne, VIC
3000

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The Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) was originally named the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, formed in 1854 from a merger between the Philosophical Society of Victoria (inaugural President Captain Andrew Clarke) and the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (inaugural president Justice Redmond Barry), both founded earlier in 1854 with significant functional and membership overlap. The Institute was given royal assent by Queen Victoria in 1859 and become the Royal Society of Victoria. The RSV's first president was Ferdinand Mueller (later Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller), then the Government Botanist.

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