Anthropological Society of Victoria
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The Anthropological Society of Victoria was formed in 1934, in response to the efforts of gifted lecturer Frederic Wood Jones
who attracted an enthusiastic non-academic audience to his public lectures in the 1930s.
In 1976 it amalgamated with the Archaeological Society of Victoria
to form the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria
.
Frederic Wood Jones
Frederic Wood Jones , usually referred to as Wood Jones, was a British observational naturalist, embryologist, anatomist and anthropologist, who spent considerable time in Australia....
who attracted an enthusiastic non-academic audience to his public lectures in the 1930s.
In 1976 it amalgamated with the Archaeological Society of Victoria
Archaeological Society of Victoria
The Archaeological Society of Victoria was formed in 1964 from the efforts of University of Melbourne academic William Culican in response to the enthusiastic response to his archaeology lectures run through the CAE....
to form the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria
Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria
The Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria or AASV is an incorporated association formed in 1976 in Melbourne, Australia through the amalgamation of two earlier societies, the Anthropological Society of Victoria formed in 1934, and the Archaeological Society of Victoria formed in 1964...
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