Royal Society of Queensland

The Royal Society of Queensland was formed in Queensland, Australia in 1884 from the Queensland Philosophical Society, Queensland's oldest scientific institution, with royal patronage granted in 1885.

The aim of the Society is "Progressing science in Queensland". "Science" is interpreted broadly and includes a wide range of learned disciplines that follow scientific method. The Society is a non-partisan, secular, learned society, not an activist lobby group and does not campaign on environmental or planning issues. The Society supports science and scientific endeavour through publication of scientific research, public seminars and other events and maintenance of a substantial scientific library.

The Society is a custodian of scientific tradition and aims to counter the ill-effects of over-specialisation in the academy and shallowness in public debate. Networking between scientists, government, business and the community is a primary activity.

Membership is open to any person interested in the progress of science in Queensland. Although the membership includes a number of eminent and widely respected scientists and public intellectuals, the Society is neither elitist nor exclusive.

The Society hosts a Research Fund, established to sponsor research projects that escape the attention of the mainstream grant programs (such as those of the Australian Research Council). Donations are tax deductible under Australian taxation law.

In 2018 the Society established the Queensland Science Network as an unincorporated collaboration between more than 20 Queensland-focused community-based scientific and naturalists' organisations.

In 2019, the Society, along with co-organisers AgForce (peak body for broadacre agriculture) and NRM Regions Queensland (peak body for the regional natural resource management groups), organised a two-day Dialogue to examine how to transition the broadacre pastoral country (two-thirds of Queensland's area) to sustainability. The Dialogue produced a consensus Rangelands Declaration and a shared commitment to engage in further regional consultations and policy analysis.

The records of the Society, including the digitised Minute Books, are held by the State Library of Queensland.

Presidents 1883–84 Augustus Charles Gregory Explorer, Surveyor, 1st Surveyor-General of Queensland 1884–85 Joseph Bancroft Surgeon, Parasitologist 1885–86 Lewis Adolphus Bernays public servant 1886–87 Albert Norton Politician, Pastoralist 1887–88 Augustus Charles Gregory Explorer, Surveyor 1888–89 Charles Walter De Vis Biologist 1889–90 William Saville-Kent Marine Biologist 1890–91 Frederick Manson Bailey Botanist 1891 William Henry Miskin Lawyer, lepidopterist 1891–92 Albert Norton Politician, Pastoralist 1892–93 John Shirley Educationist and scientist 1894 Robert Logan Jack Geologist 1895 Walter Taylor Construction 1896 Joseph Lauterer Biologist, Doctor, Ethnographer 1897 Charles Joseph Pound Microscopist, Bacteriologist 1898 Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly Geologist, Naturalist 1899 Joseph William Sutton Engineer, Inventor 1900 John Thomson Army surgeon and colonel 1901 William James Byram Lawyer, Poet 1902 John Thomson unknown 1903 Wilton Wood Russell Love Medicine, Surgeon, Medical technologist 1904 John Cameron unknown 1905 John Brownlie Henderson Analyst, Food Standards, Public Servant 1906 unknown unknown 1907 Alfred Jefferis Turner Paediatrician, Entomologist 1908 Johannes Christian Brunnich Chemist 1909 John Frederick Bailey Botanist 1910 William Robert Colledge Chemist 1911 John Brownlie Henderson Analyst, Food Standards, Public Servant 1912 Percy Leonard Weston Engineer 1913 Henry Caselli Richards Geologist 1914 John Shirley unknown 1915 Thomas Harvey Johnston Biologist, Parasitologist 1916 Ronald Hamlyn-Harris Entomologist 1917 Elliott Henry Gurney Agricultural Science, Public Servant 1918 Arthur Bache Walkom Palaeobotanist, Museum director 1919Albert Heber LongmanNaturalist, Museum Curator 1920 F.B. Smith unknown 1921 Cyril Tenison White Botanist 1922 Henry James Priestley Mathematician 1923 unknown unknown 1924E. O. MarksGeologist, Ophthalmologist 1924–25 Walter Heywood Bryan Geologist 1925–26 Roger Hawken Engineer 1926–27James Vincent DuhigPathologist, Bacteriologist1927–28E. J. GoddardBiologist, Zoologist1928–1929Thomas Parnell (scientist)Physicist1929–30J. P. LowsonMedical Psychologist1930–31 J.B. Henderson unknown1931–32Desmond A. HerbertBotanist1932–33 Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones Chemist1933–34Raphael CilentoMedicine1934–35 John S. Just Engineer1935–36 Robert Veitch unknown1936–37 Jack Keith Murray Agricultural science1937–38 L.S. Bagster Biochemistry 1938–39Henry Caselli RichardsGeologist1939–40Albert Heber Longman - also recorded "H.A. Longman"Naturalist, Museum Curator1940–41Frederick William WhitehouseGeologist1941 Herbert Robert Seddon Veterinarian1942 D.K.H. Lee Medicine1943 John Bostock Medical doctor1944 F. Athol Perkins Entomologist1945 Herbert John Wilkinson Anatomist1946 Owen Arthur Jones Geologist1947 E.M. Shephard unknown1948 Hugh C. Webster Physicist1949Dorothy HillGeologist, Palaeontologist1950 M.F. Hickey Medicine1951Herbert John HinesBiochemist1952Ian Murray MacKerrasZoologist1953 Stanley Thatcher Blake Botanist1954 Mansergh Shaw Engineer1955 A.L. Reimann Physicist1956 Alfred Roy Brimblecombe Entomologist, Public Servant1957 George Mack Ornithologist1958Elizabeth Nesta Marks Entomologist1959 T.K. Ewer Animal Health1960 Alan Knox Denmead Geologist1961 Selwyn Everist unknown1962 John O'Hagan Biochemist1963 Jack Tunstall Woods Geologist1964 Otto Egede Budtz-Olsen Physiologist1965Clive Selwyn DavisMathematician1966 John Edward Coaldrake Geologist, Ecologist1967 Richard Harold Greenwood Geography1968 E.J. Britten Professor1969 J. Francis Professor1970 Alan Bartholomai Geologist, Palaeontologist, Museum Curator1971 Jim M. Thomson Marine scientist1972 Leendert ‘t Mannetje Botanist1973 Graham William Saunders Entomologist, Conservationist, Public Servant1974 H.M.D. Hoyte Parasitologist1975 G. Molyneux Professor1976 Michael MacLaren Bryden Veterinarian1977 Hugh John Lavery Ecologist1978–79 Calvin Wyatt Rose Environmental physicist, Soil science1979–80 Bruce J. Rigsby Anthropologist1980–81 R.G. Everson unknown1981–82 Robert 'Bob' W. Johnson Botanist1982–83 A. Bailey Biologist, phycologist1983–84 Neville Cecil Stevens Geologist1984–85 R.J. Coleman unknown1985–86 Paul S. Sattler Ecologist, Public Servant1986–87 A.W. Coulter unknown1988 Peter Alexander Jell Geologist1989 Ross A. Hynes Ecologist, Public Servant1990 M.G. Le Grand unknown1991 M.G. Le Grand unknown1992 E.D. McKenzie unknown1993 C.G. Smith Chemistry1994 Robert 'Bob' W. Johnson Botanist1995 Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich Herpetologist, Museum Curator1995–97 John Jell Geologist1998–99 David Doley Botanist2000–01 Julia Playford Geneticist 2002 Peter Greshoff / Julia Playford Geneticists 2003 Julia Playford Geneticist 2004–12 Craig Walton Public Servant 2013–19 Geoffrey Edwards Ecologist, Policy Analyst2020–22Ross HynesEcologist2022–Nelson QuinnLegal scholar

Royal Society of Queensland

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