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Anderson, Charles

Australian Museum

Bray, James Samuel

Insect Wonders of Australia

Japanese Antarctic expedition camp at Parsley Bay 1911

McKenzie, Violet

Royal Society of New South Wales

Spider Wonders of Australia

The Royal Society of New South Wales Bulletin and Proceedings

Australian Museum

Field Botanists' Society of New South Wales

Edgeworth David Medal

Industrial and Art Exhibition 1861

James Cook Medal

Australian Museum

CSIRO

Royal Society of New South Wales

Mongez, Jean-André

Anderson, Charles

Anderson, Donald Thomas

Brown, Ida

Clunies Ross, Ian

Froggatt, Walter Wilson

Hill, Edward Smith

Hunt, Robert Fellowes

Lawrence, Christopher H

Lucas, Arthur Henry

Macleay, Alexander

Macleay, William John

Macleay, William Sharp

McKenzie, Violet

Miklouho-Maclay, Nikolai

Norton, James

Oliphant, Mark

Pucci, Alessandra

Sutherland, Struan Keith

Australian Technology Park

ACACIA PENDULA. A.Cunningham 1877

A Japanese, in military uniform, addressing his 'poor dog Tray'. This is the only dog left out of the 25 with which the expedition started, May 1911

Agricultural Society of NSW silver medal awarded to JS Bray for his entomological collection, 1874

Apium prostratum c1804

Cast of full skeleton of Paracyclotosaurus davidi at the Natural History Museum 2011

Chicken cholera and the rabbits - experiments at Rodd Island. The apparatus and appliances, with portraits of the experimenters 1888

Cover of 'Insect Wonders of Australia' by Keith C McKeown 1935

Cover of 'Observations of the transit of Venus, 9 December 1874: made at stations in New South Wales ... under the direction of H.C. Russell, Government Astronomer' 1892

Cover of 'Spider Wonders of Australia' by Keith C McKeown 1936

Entomologist Keith McKeown at work at the Australian Museum May 1950

HC Russell, CMG BA FRS FRAS 1898

Madsen Building at the University of Sydney when it was occupied by CSIRO 1940

Mary Allen at the Sydney Observatory using astrographic plates to calculate the relative distances between stars February 1941

Mr HC Russell, the Government Astronomer, The Bulletin 9 October 1880

Poisonous Spiders: How to Identify Them and Treat Their Bites 1935

Portrait of Alexander Macleay

Portrait of Commandant en Chef Nicolas Baudin c1802

Professor WH Warren 1898

R R Garran, BA 1898

Ruby Payne-Scott, Alec Little and Chris Christiansen at the Potts Hill Reservoir Division of Radiophysics field station c1948

Sauvages de Nouvelle-Hollande, Aux Terres Australies, Table II

Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

Sir William Macleay, Nepean River, 29 September 1888

Sydney Observatory (H.C. Russell in doorway) c1860

The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science ... members of the Council, 1898

The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination November 1891

University of Sydney chemistry class, with medical students wearing sashes 1886

Wireless Wizardry: A Sydney experiment August 1919

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Anderson, Charles

Mineralogist, palaeontologist and museum director, Anderson was an important figure in Sydney's scientific and educational development in the first half of the twentieth century.

Australian Museum

The Australian Museum building in College Street was begun in the 1840s and has been extended in stages to house the museum's growing and changing collection and staff.

Bray, James Samuel

A local character for nearly 50 years, James Samuel Bray was an amateur naturalist, prolific author and erratic entrepreneur in late-colonial Sydney. Despite representing the colony at exhibitions as far afield as Melbourne and Calcutta, Bray perennially skirted the edges of scientific and social respectability. Often ostracised in life, and soon forgotten after his death, he nevertheless embodied the 'antiquarian imagination' that took root in the Australian colonies from the 1870s until World War I.

Insect Wonders of Australia

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Book published in 1935, written by entomologist Keith C McKeown.

Japanese Antarctic expedition camp at Parsley Bay 1911

In 1911 a Japanese expedition bound for Antarctica was forced to turn back by bad weather. In May the expedition arrived in Sydney and set up camp in Parsley Bay.

McKenzie, Violet

A pioneer in Australian radio and electrical engineering, Violet McKenzie had a lifetime commitment to technical education and training, especially for women.

Royal Society of New South Wales

Growing out of earlier societies which endeavoured to further the cause of science in the colony, the Royal Society fostered discussion, learning and research from its formation in the mid-nineteenth century.

Spider Wonders of Australia

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Book published in 1936, written by entomologist Keith C McKeown. The Bulletin described it as 'a readable book on Australian spiders' that 'has been needed for some time'.

The Royal Society of New South Wales Bulletin and Proceedings

Monthly journal to members of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

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Australian Museum

First public museum in Australia in a purpose built sandstone building which commands the eastern side of Hyde Park. It continues to exhibit and expand the knowledge of the cultural and natural history of Australia and the Pacific region.

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Field Botanists' Society of New South Wales

Association formed in 1899 for amateur botanists to provide members with opportunities for extending their botanical knowledge by means of lectures, excursions and exhibitions.

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Edgeworth David Medal

Awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales to a young scientist under the age of 35 years for contribution to the advancement of Australian science. It is named after the pioneering geologist and longstanding supporter of the Society, Sir Edgeworth David and was first awarded in 1948.

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Industrial and Art Exhibition 1861

Exhibition of applied arts, science and technology held by the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts.

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James Cook Medal

Award since 1947 for outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in the southern hemisphere.

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Australian Museum

Australia's oldest natural history museum, founded in 1827.

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CSIRO

Scientific and research organisation to assist farming, mining and manufacturing in Australia.

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Royal Society of New South Wales

The first scientific society formed in the colony, based on the model of the Royal Society of London.

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Mongez, Jean-André

French priest and mineralogist who visited Sydney as part of the La Perouse expedition.

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Anderson, Charles

Scottish-born mineralogist, palaeontologist and academic who willingly shared his scientific knowledge through research and membership of scientific associations.

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Anderson, Donald Thomas

Zoologist who specialised in the study of invertebrate animals.

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Brown, Ida

Palaeontologist who lectured at the University of Sydney and continued private field-work until 1965.

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Clunies Ross, Ian

Scientist, and later chairman of CSIRO.

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Froggatt, Walter Wilson

Entomologist and academic who contributed to the popular study of natural history.

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Hill, Edward Smith

Wine and spirit merchant who was also a naturalist and a Trustee at the Australian Museum. He was a supporter of Aboriginal people, learning the Sydney language and gave lectures on culture. Aboriginal vistors to Sydney would camp at his house in Woollahra.

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Hunt, Robert Fellowes

Chemist who was appointed at the newly established Sydney branch of the Royal Mint in 1854 to direct melting and refining operations.

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Lawrence, Christopher H

Forensic pathologist

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Lucas, Arthur Henry

English-born schoolmaster and biologist who taught in Australia for over 50 years.

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Macleay, Alexander

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Public servant and entomologist who became a politician and landowner after emigrating to Sydney in 1825 to take up the position of Colonial Secretary.

Macleay, William John

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Patron of science whose study of insects, geology and botany was to form the basis of the Macleay Museum collection at the University of Sydney.

Macleay, William Sharp

Naturalist who joined his family in Australia in 1839 after a career in British diplomacy and devoted his time to zoology and entomology.

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McKenzie, Violet

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Florence Violet McKenzie was an electrical engineer who taught thousands of women, and soldiers, to use radio for signalling, founded the Wireless Weekly and pioneered technical education for women.

Miklouho-Maclay, Nikolai

Ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist who established the first marine research station in Sydney.

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Norton, James

Solicitor, politician and horticulturalist. His legal clients included Sir Edward Macarthur and David Scott Mitchell. He was a founder of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.

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Oliphant, Mark

Physicist and humanitarian whose work with nuclear fusion was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb though he later abhorred its use in Japan and became a harsh critic of nuclear weapons.

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Pucci, Alessandra

Italian biochemist who pioneered the linkage of science and business in Australia.

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Sutherland, Struan Keith

Medical researcher who was an expert on venomous animals and developed the antivenom for bites from the Sydney funnel-web spider in 1980 while working at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in Melbourne.

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Australian Technology Park

Commercial space located on the southern side of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops site in Redfern housing communications and technology companies with conference and events venues. A contentious government decision to sell the site in 2014 brings uncertainty for the future.

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ACACIA PENDULA. A.Cunningham 1877

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Biodiversity Heritage Library

[Iconography of Australian species of Acacia and cognate genera, by Ferdinand von Mueller, J. Ferres, Govt. Printer (Melbourne), No 6. 1877]

A Japanese, in military uniform, addressing his 'poor dog Tray'. This is the only dog left out of the 25 with which the expedition ...

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[BN 215 Daily Telegraph, 13 May 1911, p15]

Agricultural Society of NSW silver medal awarded to JS Bray for his entomological collection, 1874

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Contributed By

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

[Object Number N12479]

(Photo: Jane Townsend)

Apium prostratum c1804

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By

Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière

Contributed By

Biodiversity Heritage Library

[Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen, by Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardière, Parisiis :Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard,1804-1806, Pl 103]

(From courtesy Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden)

Cast of full skeleton of Paracyclotosaurus davidi at the Natural History Museum 2011

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Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London

[R 6000 Paracyclotosaurus davidi cast]

...

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Australian Town and Country Journal, September 22, 1888, p599))

Cover of 'Insect Wonders of Australia' by Keith C McKeown 1935

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Dixson Library)

Cover of 'Observations of the transit of Venus, 9 December 1874: made at stations in New South Wales ... under the direction of ...

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Nq 523.96 RUS]

Cover of 'Spider Wonders of Australia' by Keith C McKeown 1936

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Dixson Library)

Entomologist Keith McKeown at work at the Australian Museum May 1950

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 004/Item 053]

(Mitchell Library)

HC Russell, CMG BA FRS FRAS 1898

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By

John Hubert Newman

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Detail from 'The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science ... members of the Council, 1898') (Mitchell Library)

Madsen Building at the University of Sydney when it was occupied by CSIRO 1940

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Contributed By

University of Sydney Archives

[University of Sydney Archives G3_224_2783]

Mary Allen at the Sydney Observatory using astrographic plates to calculate the relative distances between stars February 1941

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By

Charles E Wakeford

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ ON 388/Box 033/Item 189]

(Mitchell Library)

Mr HC Russell, the Government Astronomer, The Bulletin 9 October 1880

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[The Bulletin, 9 October 1880 via Trove]

Poisonous Spiders: How to Identify Them and Treat Their Bites 1935

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Australian Woman's Mirror, 30 April 1935, p19 via Trove]

Portrait of Alexander Macleay

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn3793165]

Portrait of Commandant en Chef Nicolas Baudin c1802

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By

Nicholas-Martin Petit

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Professor WH Warren 1898

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By

John Hubert Newman

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ML 524 (detail)]

(from 'The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science ... members of the Council, 1898')

R R Garran, BA 1898

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By

John Hubert Newman

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ML 524 (detail)]

(from 'The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science ... members of the Council, 1898')

Ruby Payne-Scott, Alec Little and Chris Christiansen at the Potts Hill Reservoir Division of Radiophysics field station c1948

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Contributed By

[Astronomy and Space Science Historical Photographic Archive B14315]

Sauvages de Nouvelle-Hollande, Aux Terres Australies, Table II

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Internet Archive

[voyagededcouve01pr_0505]

(Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la goëlette le Casuarina, pendent les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804; [Historique] publié par decret impérial, sous le ministère de M. de Champagny et rédigé par M. F. Péron, Paris : De l'Imprimerie impériale. 1807, Vol 1, p477, contributor Boston Public Library)

Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

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State Library of Queensland

Sir William Macleay, Nepean River, 29 September 1888

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Detail from Excursion of the members of the Linnean Society of NSW on the Nepean River, 29 September 1888, Mitchell Library)

Sydney Observatory (H.C. Russell in doorway) c1860

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science ... members of the Council, 1898

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By

John Hubert Newman

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination November 1891

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.news-page4848115 via Trove]

('The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination', Illustrated Sydney News, 21 November 1891, p12)

University of Sydney chemistry class, with medical students wearing sashes 1886

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Contributed By

University of Sydney Archives

Wireless Wizardry: A Sydney experiment August 1919

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Casino and Kyogle Courier, 30 August 1919, p4 via Trove]

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