Archive: Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of NSW

Links to issues and papers in 1822 and since 1856

  • In 1822, for the Philosophical Society of Australasia
  • From 1850 and 1851, for the Australian Philosophical Society
  • From 1856 to 1866, for the Philosophical Society of NSW, 
  • From 1867 onwards, for the Royal Society of NSW.

Note: the Royal Society of New South Wales acknowledges the work of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (at the Smithsonian Institution) in scanning volumes of the Society's Journal & Proceedings from 1867, and placing the resulting PDFs online.  Moreover, the BHL is now undertaking to provide all papers with DOIs.

Printed copies of some recent back issues are available at cost: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

In 1968, the Society published a volume celebrating the centenary of the Royal Charter in 1867: A Century of Scientific Progress: The centenary volume of the Royal Society of New South Wales — a history of several aspects of Australian scientific development, with particular reference to New South Wales (Sydney, Royal Society of NSW, 1968). This is now available online at this link.

ISSN (online): 2653-1305 

A bibliography, alphabetical by author and period, of papers presented from 1822 to 1950. Here. (Some links are wrong; in that case, go to the Volume number below and click there.)

Forthcoming Papers Accepted but not yet Published: Here.

Online Archive

1822 Volume 39, 1905 Volume 89, 1955 Volume 139, 2006  
1850+ Volume 40, 1906 Volume 90, 1956 Volume 140, 2007
1857 Volume 41, 1907 Volume 91, 1957 Volume 141, 2008 *
1858 Volume 42, 1908 Volume 92, 1958 Volume 142, 2009 *
1859 Volume 43, 1909 Volume 93, 1959-60 Volume 143, 2010 *
1860 Volume 44, 1910 Volume 94, 1960-61 Volume 144, 2011
1861 Volume 45, 1911 Volume 95, 1961-62 Volume 145, 2012
1862 Volume 46, 1912 Volume 96, 1962-63 Volume 146, 2013
1863 Volume 47, 1913 Volume 97, 1963-64 Volume 147-1, 2014
1864 Volume 48, 1914 Volume 98, 1964-65 Volume 147-2, 2014
1865 Volume 49, 1915 Volume 99, 1966 Volume 148-1, 2015
1866 Volume 50, 1916 Volume 100, 1966-67 Volume 148-2, 2015
Volume 1, 1867 Volume 51, 1917 Volume 101, 1967-68 Volume 149, 2016
Volume 2, 1868 Volume 52, 1918 Volume 102, 1968-69 Volume 150-1, 2017
Volume 3, 1869 Volume 53, 1919 Volume 103, 1969-70 Volume 150-2, 2017
Volume 4, 1870 Volume 54, 1920 Volume 104, 1970-71 Volume 151-1, 2018
Volume 5, 1871 Volume 55, 1921 Volume 105, 1972 Volume 151-2, 2018
Volume 6, 1872 Volume 56, 1922 Volume 106, 1973 Volume 152-1, 2019
Volume 7, 1873 Volume 57, 1923 Volume 107, 1974 Volume 152-2, 2019
Volume 8, 1874 Volume 58, 1924 Volume 108, 1975 Volume 153-1, 2020
Volume 9, 1875 Volume 59, 1925 Volume 109, 1976 Volume 153-2, 2020
Volume 10, 1876 Volume 60, 1926 Volume 110, 1977 Volume 152-3, 2020
Volume 11, 1877 Volume 61, 1927 Volume 111, 1978 Volume 154-1, 2021
Volume 12, 1878 Volume 62, 1928 Volume 112, 1979 Volume 154-2, 2021
Volume 13, 1879 Volume 63, 1929 Volume 113, 1980 Volume 155-1, 2022
Volume 14, 1880 Volume 64, 1930 Volume 114, 1981 Volume 155-2, 2022
Volume 15, 1881 Volume 65, 1931 Volume 115, 1982 Volume 156-1, 2023
Volume 16, 1882 Volume 66, 1932 Volume 116, 1983 Volume 156-2, 2023
Volume 17, 1883 Volume 67, 1933 Volume 117, 1984  
Volume 18, 1884 Volume 68, 1934 Volume 118, 1985  
Volume 19, 1885 Volume 69, 1935 Volume 119, 1986  
Volume 20, 1886 Volume 70, 1936 Volume 120, 1987  
Volume 21, 1887 Volume 71, 1937 Volume 121, 1988  
Volume 22, 1888 Volume 72, 1938 Volume 122, 1989  
Volume 23, 1889 Volume 73, 1939 Volume 123, 1990  
Volume 24, 1890 Volume 74, 1940 Volume 124, 1991  
Volume 25, 1891 Volume 75, 1941 Volume 125, 1992  
Volume 26, 1892 Volume 76, 1942 Volume 126, 1993  
Volume 27, 1893 Volume 77, 1943 Volume 127, 1994  
Volume 28, 1894 Volume 78, 1944 Volume 128, 1995  
Volume 29, 1895 Volume 79, 1945 Volume 129, 1996  
Volume 30, 1896 Volume 80, 1946 Volume 130, 1997  
Volume 31, 1897 Volume 81, 1947 Volume 131, 1998  
Volume 32, 1898 Volume 82, 1948 Volume 132, 1999  
Volume 33, 1899 Volume 83, 1949 Volume 133, 2000  
Volume 34, 1900 Volume 84, 1950 Volume 134, 2001  
Volume 35, 1901 Volume 85, 1951 Volume 135, 2002  
Volume 36, 1902 Volume 86, 1952 Volume 136, 2003  
Volume 37, 1903 Volume 87, 1953 Volume 137, 2004  
Volume 38, 1904 Volume 88, 1954-55 Volume 138, 2005  

* Nota bene: Owing to an unfortunate decision, the page numbers in Volumes 141, 142, and 143 are duplicated.  The page numbers in the second issue of each of these years (issue 3-4) begin again from 1.  An additional infelicity is that the cover sheet of each article does not include the issue number. For these three volumes, the pagination "141: (3-4) 22-30" means Volume 141, issue 3-4, pages 22 to 30.


For some collections of papers from the above set, click here.

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