Australian Academy of Science [SEP] inception
Australian Academy of Science
The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The Academy is modelled after the Royal Society and operates under a Royal Charter; as such, it is an independent body, but it has government endorsement. The Academy Secretariat is in Canberra, at the Shine Dome.
The objectives of the Academy are to promote science and science education through a range of activities.
"The Heart That's True" was set to music in 1857 by Australian composer George Tolhurst
References.
- Attribution
- Endnotes:
- Notable Women of our own Times, pp. 138–150, with portrait ;
- Miles's Poets of the Century ; Times, 26 Sep 1889;
- Daily News, 26 and 27 Sep ;
- Illustr. London News, 5 Oct, with portrait ;
- Academy and Athenæum, 28 Sep ;
- Brit. Mus. Cat.