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. Biography Jone ...

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.

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Official website
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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