The Anthropological Society of Victoria was formed in 1934, in response to the efforts of gifted lecturer
Frederic Wood Jones
Frederic Wood Jones FRS (23 January 1879 – 29 September 1954), usually referred to as Wood Jones, was a British observational naturalist, embryologist, anatomist and anthropologist, who spent considerable time in Australia.
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who attracted an enthusiastic non-academic audience to his public lectures in the 1930s.
In 1976 it amalgamated with the
Archaeological Society of Victoria
The Archaeological Society of Victoria was formed in 1964 from the efforts of University of Melbourne academic William (Bill) Culican in response to the enthusiastic response to his archaeology lectures run through the Centre for Adult Education, C ...
to form the
Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria.
References
External links
Official website
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Archaeology of Australia
Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
Clubs and societies in Victoria (Australia)
Organizations established in 1934
1934 establishments in Australia