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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) is an organisation that was founded in 1888 as the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to promote science.

It was modelled on the British Association for the Advancement of Science. For many years, its annual meetings were a popular and influential way of promoting science in Australia and New Zealand.

The current name has been used since 1930.

History

Two of its founders include Archibald Liversidge^[1] and Horatio George Anthony Wright.^[2]

In the 1990s, membership and attendance at the annual meetings decreased as specialised scientific societies increased in popularity. Proposals to close the Association were discussed, but it continued after closing its office in Adelaide. It now operates on a smaller scale but is beginning to grow.^{[citation needed]} The Annual Meetings are no longer held.

It holds lectures, for the medals and for other named lectures, both nationally and at state level.

Each year it organises Youth ANZAAS, an annual residential scientific forum attended by senior secondary students from Australian schools and High schools.

Awards

The Association awards two important medals; the Mueller medal, named in honour of Ferdinand von Mueller, botanist and pioneer environmentalist, and the ANZAAS medal.

ANZAAS Medal

The ANZAAS medal is awarded annually for services in the advancement of science or administration and organisation of scientific activities, or the teaching of science throughout Australia and New Zealand and in contributions to science which lie beyond normal professional activities.

Sculptor Andor Meszaros designed the Medal, which was first awarded in 1965.

Recipients

1991 Ralph Owen Slatyer
1992 John Robert de Laeter
1993 Benjamin Klaas Selinger
1994 John Melvin Swan
1995 Harry Messel
1996 Arvi Parbo
1997 Graham Allen Ross Johnston
1998 Samuel Warren Carey
1999 Donald Walter Watts
2004 Peter Raven
2005 David Blair
2006 Raymond Stalker
2007 John Boldeman
2015 Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller
2016 Ken Harvey^[3]
2017 Tom Spurling^[4]
2018 Kliti Grice^[5]
2020 Michael Alpers^[6]

Mueller Medal

The Medal is awarded annually to a scientist who is the author of important contributions to anthropological, botanical, geological or zoological science, preferably with special reference to Australia.^[7] It is named after Ferdinand von Mueller, the German/Australian botanist who was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. Initiated in 1902, it was designed by Walter Baldwin Spencer.

Recipients

Youth ANZAAS

Youth ANZAAS is an annual residential scientific forum for senior Australasian secondary school students from Years 9, 10, 11 and 12. This event is designed to provide students with a broad perspective on the aims and practice of scientific endeavour, ranging from satisfying curiosity and the drive to discover, to the application of science in the real world. It gives students the opportunity to visit world-class facilities where cutting edge research is undertaken and meet leading scientists.

Recent forums have been:

Youth ANZAAS 2023 – Melbourne, Victoria.
Youth ANZAAS 2022 – Not held due to pandemic
Youth ANZAAS 2021 – Not held due to pandemic
Youth ANZAAS 2020 – Not held due to pandemic
Youth ANZAAS 2019 – Adelaide, South Australia.
Youth ANZAAS 2018 – Melbourne, Victoria.
Youth ANZAAS 2017 – Melbourne, Victoria.
Youth ANZAAS 2016 – Brisbane, Queensland.
Youth ANZAAS 2015 – Adelaide, South Australia.
Youth ANZAAS 2014 – Melbourne, Victoria.
Youth ANZAAS 2013 – Hobart, Tasmania.
Youth ANZAAS 2012 – Dunedin, New Zealand.
Youth ANZAAS 2011 – Brisbane, Queensland.
Youth ANZAAS 2010 – Sydney, New South Wales.
Youth ANZAAS 2009 – Melbourne, Victoria.
Youth ANZAAS 2008 – Dunedin, New Zealand.
Youth ANZAAS 2007 – Perth, Western Australia.
Youth ANZAAS 2006 – Adelaide, South Australia.
Youth ANZAAS 2005 – Sydney, New South Wales.
Youth ANZAAS 2004 – Sydney, New South Wales.
Youth ANZAAS 2003 – Melbourne, Victoria.
Youth ANZAAS 2002 – Adelaide, South Australia.
Youth ANZAAS 2001 – Adelaide, South Australia.

Programs

ANZAAS – Australian Synchrotron Inaugural Winter School

The ANZAAS – Australian Synchrotron Inaugural Winter School was launched in July 2009. The four-day program aims to give young researchers – Honours, Masters and early PhD students – an understanding of synchrotron techniques and operation for research purposes. Participants attend lectures, tour the facility and perform beamline experiments that complement their lectures.

Publications

Report of the ... meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Australia and New Zealand. 1888–1930

1st Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. August–September 1888 – Conference President – H.C. Russell Digital Copy at archive.org
2nd Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. January 1890 – Conference President – Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller Digital Copy at archive.org
3rd Meeting ... Christchurch, New Zealand. January 1891 – Conference President – Sir James Hector Digital Copy at archive.org
4th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. January 1892 – Conference President – Sir Robert G.C. Hamilton Digital Copy at archive.org
5th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. September 1893 – Conference President – Prof Ralph Tate Digital Copy at archive.org
6th Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. January 1895 – Conference President – Sir Augustus Charles Gregory
7th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. January 1898 – Conference President – Prof. Archibald Liversidge Digital Copy at archive.org
8th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. January 1900 – Conference President – Lt Col. Robert L.J. Ellery Digital Copy at archive.org
9th Meeting ... Hobart, Victoria. January 1902 – Conference President – Captain Frederick Hutton Digital Copy at archive.org
10th Meeting ... Dunedin, New Zealand. January 1904 – Conference President – Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David Digital Copy at archive.org
11th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. January 1907 – Conference President – Alfred William Howitt Digital Copy at archive.org
12th Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. January 1909 – Conference President – Sir William Henry Bragg Digital Copy at archive.org
13th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. January 1911 – Conference President – Sir David Orme Masson Digital Copy at archive.org
14th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. January 1913 – Conference President – Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David Digital Copy at archive.org
15th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. (Held in Melbourne) January 1921 – Conference President – Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer Digital Copy at archive.org
16th Meeting ... Wellington, New Zealand. January 1923 – Conference President – Sir George Handley Knibbs
17th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. August 1924 – Conference President – General Sir John Monash
18th Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. August 1926 – Conference President – Prof. Edward Henry Rennie
19th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. January 1928 – Conference President – Richard Hind Cambage
20th Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. May–June 1930 – Conference President – Ernest Clayton Andrews

Report of the ... meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. 1930–1997

21st Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. August 1932 – Conference President – Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray
22nd Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. January 1935 – Conference President – Sir Douglas Mawson
23rd Meeting ... Auckland, New Zealand. January 1937 – Conference President – Sir Albert Cherbury David Rivett
24th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. January 1939 – Conference President – Sir Ernest Scott
25th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. August 1940 / August 1946 – Conference President – Prof. P. Marshall Digital Copy at archive.org
26th Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. August 1947 – Conference President – Prof. A. E. V. Richardson
27th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. January 1949 – Conference President – Arthur Bache Walkom
28th Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. 1951 – Conference President – Professor Emeritus Sir Kerr Grant
29th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. August 1952 – Conference President – Sir Douglas Berry Copland
30th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. January 1954 – Conference President – Sir Theodore Rigg
31st Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. August 1955 – Conference President – Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley
32nd Meeting ... Dunedin, New Zealand. 1957 – Conference President – Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
33rd Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. August 1958 – Conference President – Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant
34th Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. 1959 – Conference President – Herbert Cole H.C. Coombs
35th Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. May–June 1961 – Conference President – Sir Samuel Macmahon Wadham
36th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. 1962 – Conference President – Sir Noel Stanley Bayliss
37th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. January 1964 – Conference President – Sir Frederick William George White
38th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. 1965 – Conference President – Sir Rutherford Ness Robertson
39th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. 1967 – Conference President – Sir Fred Joyce Schonell
40th Meeting ... Christchurch, New Zealand. 1968 – Conference President – Prof. Sir John Grenfell Crawford
41st Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. 1969 – Conference President – Sir Charles Alexander Fleming
42nd Meeting ... Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1970 – Conference President – Prof. Samuel Warren Carey
43rd Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. 1971 – Conference President – Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal
44th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. 1972 – Conference President – Prof. Robert George Ward
45th Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. 1974 – Conference President – Prof. Eric John Underwood
46th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. January 1975 – Conference President – The Hon. Mr Justice John Halden Wootten
47th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. 1976 – Conference President – Prof. W.D. Barrie
48th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. 1977 – Conference President – Dr Lloyd Evans
49th Meeting ... Auckland, New Zealand. 1979 – Conference President – Dr Keith Leonard Sutherland
50th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. 1980 – Conference President – Prof. Sir Geoffrey Malcolm Badger
51st Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. 1981 – Conference President – Dr Graham Wesley Butler
52nd Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. 1982 – Conference President – Sir Zelman Cowen
53rd Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. 1983 – Conference President – Prof. Ralph Owen Slatyer
54th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. 1984 – Conference President – Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal
55th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. 1985 – Conference President – Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
56th Meeting ... Palmerston, New Zealand. 1987 – Conference President – Sir David Stuart Beattie
57th Meeting ... Townsville, Queensland. 1987 – Conference President – Sir Bruce Watson
58th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. 1988 – Conference President – Prof. Geoffrey Norman Blainey
59th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. 1990 – Conference President – Dr. Brian H. Walker
60th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. 1991 – Conference President – Prof. David Boyd
61st Meeting ... Brisbane, Queensland. 1992 – Conference President – Dr. Robyn Williams AM
62nd Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. September 1993 – Conference President – The Hon. Barry Owen Jones
63rd Meeting ... Geelong, Victoria. September 1994
64th Meeting ... Newcastle, New South Wales. 1995
65th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. 1996
66th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. 1997

A 67th Meeting was scheduled for Hobart in 1998 but did not proceed.

References

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^ Hoare, Michael. "Wright, Horatio George Anthony (from 1827–1901)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ "Associate Professor awarded ANZAAS Medal for services to science". Monash University. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ Professor Tom Spurling awarded ANZAAS Medal for scientific achievement Swinburne University of Technology, 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Academy Fellow wins ANZAAS Medal for her scientific achievements". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ "The man who linked kuru to cannibalism". COSMOS. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ ANZAAS > Mueller Medal Recipients (1904-2005) archive.is Retrieved 9 July 2017,
^ Breukner, Martin. Resource Curse or Cure. p. 24.

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