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Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (1854 - 1855) |
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| Function: Association, Society or Membership Organisation and Industrial or Scientific Research | ||||
| Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||
| The Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science was founded in Melbourne on 15 June 1854, at the instigation of William Sydney Gibbons. Its main purposes were stated to be: a means of communication between persons engaged in the pursuit of science; the cultivating of a refined taste among the people of Victoria; provide a source to which the community generally may look for information on scientific subjects; provide a centre for the collection of observations and specimens from all sources; provide an agency for the development of the resources of the colony. The Institute amalgamated with the Philosophical Society of Victoria in July 1855 to form the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. |
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| Location: Melbourne, Victoria | ||
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| Previous and Subsequent Entities 1854 - 1855 Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science | ||
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