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==History==
==History==
Two of its founders include [[Archibald Liversidge]]<ref name=ADB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050110b.htm |title=Liversidge, Archibald (1846–1927) |accessdate=14 September 2009 |author=D. P. Mellor|work=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]| volume=5 |publisher=[[Melbourne University Press|MUP]] |year=1988 |pages=93–94}}</ref> and [[Horatio George Anthony Wright]].<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=Michael |last= Hoare |year= |id2= wright-horatio-george-anthony-4892 |title= Wright, Horatio George Anthony (1827–1901) |accessdate=2012-02-18 }}</ref>
Two of its founders include [[Archibald Liversidge]]<ref name=ADB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050110b.htm |title=Liversidge, Archibald (1846–1927) |access-date=14 September 2009 |author=D. P. Mellor|work=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]| volume=5 |publisher=[[Melbourne University Press|MUP]] |year=1988 |pages=93–94}}</ref> and [[Horatio George Anthony Wright]].<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=Michael |last= Hoare |id2= wright-horatio-george-anthony-4892 |title= Wright, Horatio George Anthony (from 1827–1901) |access-date=2012-02-18 }}</ref>


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|date=May 2014}} The Annual Meetings are no longer held.
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|date=May 2014}} The Annual Meetings are no longer held.
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It holds lectures, for the medals and for other named lectures, both nationally and at state level.
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.
Each year it organises Youth ANZAAS, an annual residential scientific forum attended by senior secondary students from Australian schools and High schools.


==Awards==
==Awards==
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* 2007 [[John Boldeman]]
* 2007 [[John Boldeman]]
* 2015 [[Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller]]
* 2015 [[Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller]]
* 2016 [[Ken Harvey (epidemiologist)|Ken Harvey]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monash.edu/news/internal/the-insider/25-aug-2016/associate-professor-awarded-anzaas-medal-for-services-to-science|title=Associate Professor awarded ANZAAS Medal for services to science|publisher=Monash University|accessdate=7 April 2017}}</ref>
* 2016 [[Ken Harvey (epidemiologist)|Ken Harvey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monash.edu/news/internal/the-insider/25-aug-2016/associate-professor-awarded-anzaas-medal-for-services-to-science|title=Associate Professor awarded ANZAAS Medal for services to science|publisher=Monash University|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Tom Spurling]]<ref>[http://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/latest-news/2017/08/professor-tom-spurling-awarded-anzaas-medal-for-scientific-achievement.php Professor Tom Spurling awarded ANZAAS Medal for scientific achievement] Swinburne University of Technology, 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.</ref>
* 2017 [[Tom Spurling]]<ref>[http://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/latest-news/2017/08/professor-tom-spurling-awarded-anzaas-medal-for-scientific-achievement.php Professor Tom Spurling awarded ANZAAS Medal for scientific achievement] Swinburne University of Technology, 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.</ref>
* 2018 [[Kliti Grice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/academy-fellow-wins-anzaas-medal-her-scientific-achievements|title=Academy Fellow wins ANZAAS Medal for her scientific achievements|publisher=Australian Academy of Science|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref>
* 2018 [[Kliti Grice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/academy-fellow-wins-anzaas-medal-her-scientific-achievements|title=Academy Fellow wins ANZAAS Medal for her scientific achievements|publisher=Australian Academy of Science|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
* 2020 [[Michael Alpers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/solving-the-mystery-of-laughing-disease/|title=The man who linked kuru to cannibalism|publisher=COSMOS|access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref>
* 2020 [[Michael Philip Alpers]]
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[[File:ANZAAS Medal front.png|thumb|upright=0.7|ANZAAS medal (obverse)]]
[[File:ANZAAS Medal front.png|thumb|upright=0.7|ANZAAS medal (obverse)]]
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===Mueller Medal===
===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.<ref>[https://archive.is/20090925233041/http://anzaas.org.au/mueller.html ANZAAS > Mueller Medal Recipients (1904-2005)] archive.is Retrieved 9 July 2017,</ref> It is named ofter [[Ferdinand von Mueller]], the German/Australian botanist who was Director of the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne]]. Initiated in 1902, it was designed by [[Baldwin Spencer]].
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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20090925233041/http://anzaas.org.au/mueller.html ANZAAS > Mueller Medal Recipients (1904-2005)] archive.is Retrieved 9 July 2017,</ref> 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====
====Recipients====
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* 1947 [[Cyril Tenison White]]
* 1947 [[Cyril Tenison White]]
* 1949 [[William John Dakin]]
* 1949 [[William John Dakin]]
* 1951 [[William Noel Benson]]
* 1951 [[Noel Benson]]
* 1952 [[Heber Albert Longman]]
* 1952 [[Heber Albert Longman]]
* 1954 [[James Arthur Prescott]]
* 1954 [[James Arthur Prescott]]
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* 1981 [[John Sprent|John Fredrick Adrian Sprent]]
* 1981 [[John Sprent|John Fredrick Adrian Sprent]]
* 1982 [[Isobel Bennett]]
* 1982 [[Isobel Bennett]]
* 1983 [[Leonard J Webb]]
* 1983 [[Dr. Leonard Webb]]
* 1984 [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson]]
* 1984 [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson]]
* 1985 [[Roy Woodall]]
* 1985 [[Roy Woodall]]
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* 2001 [[Mary E. White (palaeobotanist)|Mary E. White]]
* 2001 [[Mary E. White (palaeobotanist)|Mary E. White]]
* 2005 [[Richard Shine]]
* 2005 [[Richard Shine]]
* 2006 [[Jonathan D. Majer]] <ref>{{cite book|title= Resource Curse or Cure|first= Martin|last=Breukner|page = 24}}</ref>
* 2006 [[Jonathan D. Majer]]<ref>{{cite book|title= Resource Curse or Cure|first= Martin|last=Breukner|page = 24}}</ref>
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[[File:ANZAAS Mueller front.png|thumb|upright=0.7|left|ANZAAS Mueller Medal (obverse)]]
[[File:ANZAAS Mueller front.png|thumb|upright=0.7|left|ANZAAS Mueller Medal (obverse)]]
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*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 2020 – Not held due to pandemic
*Youth ANZAAS 2019 – Adelaide, South Australia.
*Youth ANZAAS 2019 – Adelaide, South Australia.
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* 13th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. January 1911 – '''Conference President''' – [[David Orme Masson|Sir David Orme Masson]] [https://archive.org/details/reportofmeeting131911anza ''Digital Copy at archive.org'']
* 13th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. January 1911 – '''Conference President''' – [[David Orme Masson|Sir David Orme Masson]] [https://archive.org/details/reportofmeeting131911anza ''Digital Copy at archive.org'']
* 14th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. January 1913 – '''Conference President''' – [[Edgeworth David|Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David]] [https://archive.org/details/reportofmeeting141913anza ''Digital Copy at archive.org'']
* 14th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. January 1913 – '''Conference President''' – [[Edgeworth David|Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David]] [https://archive.org/details/reportofmeeting141913anza ''Digital Copy at archive.org'']
* 15th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. January 1921 – '''Conference President''' – [[Walter Baldwin Spencer|Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer]] [https://archive.org/details/reportofmeeting151921anza ''Digital Copy at archive.org'']
* 15th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. (Held in Melbourne) January 1921 – '''Conference President''' – [[Walter Baldwin Spencer|Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer]] [https://archive.org/details/reportofmeeting151921anza ''Digital Copy at archive.org'']
* 16th Meeting ... Wellington, New Zealand. January 1923 – '''Conference President''' – [[George Handley Knibbs|Sir George Handley Knibbs]]
* 16th Meeting ... Wellington, New Zealand. January 1923 – '''Conference President''' – [[George Handley Knibbs|Sir George Handley Knibbs]]
* 17th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. August 1924 – '''Conference President''' – [[John Monash|General Sir John Monash]]
* 17th Meeting ... Adelaide, South Australia. August 1924 – '''Conference President''' – [[John Monash|General Sir John Monash]]
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* 44th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. 1972 – '''Conference President''' – [http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/members/Gerard_Ward.html Prof. Robert George Ward]
* 44th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. 1972 – '''Conference President''' – [http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/members/Gerard_Ward.html Prof. Robert George Ward]
* 45th Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. 1974 – '''Conference President''' – [[Eric Underwood|Prof. Eric John Underwood]]
* 45th Meeting ... Perth, Western Australia. 1974 – '''Conference President''' – [[Eric Underwood|Prof. Eric John Underwood]]
* 46th Meeting ... Sydney, New South Wales. January 1975 – '''Conference President''' – [[Hal Wootten|The Hon. Mr Justice John Halden Wootten]]
* 46th Meeting ... Canberra, ACT. January 1975 – '''Conference President''' – [[Hal Wootten|The Hon. Mr Justice John Halden Wootten]]
* 47th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. 1976 – '''Conference President''' – Prof. W.D. Barrie
* 47th Meeting ... Hobart, Tasmania. 1976 – '''Conference President''' – Prof. W.D. Barrie
* 48th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. 1977 – '''Conference President''' – [https://www.science.org.au/node/328092 Dr Lloyd Evans]
* 48th Meeting ... Melbourne, Victoria. 1977 – '''Conference President''' – [https://www.science.org.au/node/328092 Dr Lloyd Evans]
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*{{official website |http://www.anzaas.org.au/}}
*{{official website |http://www.anzaas.org.au/}}
*[http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/1846/australian-new-zealand-association-for-the-advancement-of-science Museum Victoria Archive]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025001928/http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/1846/australian-new-zealand-association-for-the-advancement-of-science Museum Victoria Archive]


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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

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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

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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

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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

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ANZAAS medal (obverse)
ANZAAS medal (reverse)

Mueller Medal

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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

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ANZAAS Mueller Medal (obverse)
ANZAAS Mueller Medal (reverse)

Youth ANZAAS

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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.
Youth ANZAAS 2014 Melbourne Itinerary

Programs

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ANZAAS – Australian Synchrotron Inaugural Winter School

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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

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

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1923 ANZAAS Congress in Wellington (NZ).

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

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Frontispiece from the report of the association's second meeting, held in Melbourne in January 1890
Estimate of ANZAAS congress attendees. Red points denote congresses held in New Zealand.

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

References

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  1. ^ D. P. Mellor (1988). "Liversidge, Archibald (1846–1927)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. MUP. pp. 93–94. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Associate Professor awarded ANZAAS Medal for services to science". Monash University. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. ^ Professor Tom Spurling awarded ANZAAS Medal for scientific achievement Swinburne University of Technology, 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Academy Fellow wins ANZAAS Medal for her scientific achievements". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. ^ "The man who linked kuru to cannibalism". COSMOS. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ^ ANZAAS > Mueller Medal Recipients (1904-2005) archive.is Retrieved 9 July 2017,
  8. ^ Breukner, Martin. Resource Curse or Cure. p. 24.
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