Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia
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The Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia was established in 1885 as the Anthropological Society of Australasia by the Australian physician Alan Carroll. The prefix 'Royal' was added in 1901.http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A002220b.htm The society published the journal Science of Man.
According to a 2003 article published by the National Library of Australia
, the society is "nowadays seen as forming part of the ‘lunatic fringe’."http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2003/jan03/article5.html
According to a 2003 article published by the National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
, the society is "nowadays seen as forming part of the ‘lunatic fringe’."http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2003/jan03/article5.html