The Royal Society of NSW
Forthcoming Events
Speaking of music: jazz and democracy
The Speaking of Music lecture series is co-hosted by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. Our speakers will examine music, its relation to the world and its profound power to affect us – sometimes in...
Women and science: Mary Shelley
The Women and Science lecture series is co-hosted by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. It will examine the huge changes in the roles women play in science, and the view science has of women. Prohi...
Annual Meeting of the Four Societies 2019
“Legal considerations pertaining to nuclear energy as an option for Australia” Helen Cook GNE ADVISORY Date: Monday 25 February 2019 – BREAKFAST EVENT Time: Networking an...
Calendar of Sydney meetings in 2019
Wednesday 6 February 1270th OGM and open lecture: 2018 Scholarship presentations Evelyn Todd, University of Sydney “Using genetics to improve athletic performance in throughbred horses” Fiona McDougall, Macquarie University “Huma...
European tour: the history of science
Padua – Florence – Paris – London A tour for the Royal Society of NSW in conjunction with the State Library of NSW Foundation 19 September – 4 October 2019 Overview Explore the history of science, from Vesalius in Padua to Galileo...
Recent News
Recent Events
1270th OGM and open lecture
Royal Society of NSW Scholarship Award Winners for 2019 Fiona McDougall, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Evelyn Todd, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney There was also a 3-minut...
1269th OGM open lecture and Christmas party
Jak Kelly Award lecture and Christmas party“Hydroxyl as a probe of the molecular interstellar medium” Anita Petzler, Jak Kelly Award winner for 2018 Department of Physics and Astronomy Macquarie U...
RSNSW and Four Academies Forum 2018
“Towards a prosperous and sustainable Australia: what now for the lucky country?” Hosted by His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (ret’d.), Governor of NSW and Patron of the Royal Society of NSW Thursday 29 Nov...
Great Australians you’ve never heard of
Lecture 4 “A geologist, geographer and anthropologist” Professor Alison Bashford FRSN School of Humanities & Languages UNSW Monday 12 November 2018Mi...
The oldest learned society in the Southern Hemisphere
The Society traces its origin to the Philosophical Society of Australasia, founded in Sydney in 1821.
Our purpose is to advance knowledge through “... the encouragement of studies and investigations in Science, Art, Literature and Philosophy”.
Membership of the Royal Society of New South Wales is open to anyone interested in Science, Art, Literature or Philosophy and their relationships.
