The Liversidge Lecture

Background

Professor Archibald Liversidge was a Fellow of the Royal Society before he was 40 years of age, Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at Sydney University and, after many years on its Council, President of the Royal Society of New South Wales. From this base he urged greater collaboration between the recognised scientific societies of the day - there were some thirty-eight of these - and, largely through his drive and enthusiasm, the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science was founded in 1888.

He remained Secretary of the Association for twenty years until 1907 and, to honour his outstanding scientific and organisational achievements, the Liversidge Lecture is given at each Congress by a distinguished scientist in some related field.

ANZAAS Liversidge Lecturers

1930 Prof N T M Wilsmore
1932 Dr A C D Rivett
1935 Sir David O Masson
1937 Dr Theodore Rigg
1939 Prof H G Denham
1946 Dr Adrien Albert
1947 Assoc Prof E Heymann
1949 A R Penfold
1951 Prof D P Mellor
1952 Dr J R Price
1954 Prof A E Alexander
1955 Dr F B Shorland
1957 Prof R H Stokes
1958 Prof G M Badger
1959 Dr F P Dwyer
1961 Prof R D Brown
1962 Dr A H Cole
1964 Dr I E Newnham
1965 Prof S J Angyal
1967 Prof J M Swan
1968 A T Wilson
1969 W I Whitton
1970 Dr K L Sutherland
1971 Prof D R Stranks
1972 Prof N S Bayliss
1973 Dr A J Parker
1975 R W Rickards
1976 Prof L E Lyons
1977 Dr David H Solomon
1980 Dr L N Mander
1979 Prof D A Buckingham
1981 Dr M Gerlock
1982 Prof L F Phillips
1983 Prof A M Sargeson
1984 Prof J S Anderson
1985 Prof Thomas W Healy
1987 Dr A Brodie
1988 Prof Graham Johnston
1990 Dr Graeme I Pearman
1991 Prof David Solomon
1992 Alan M Bond
1993 Prof Robert Alexander
1994 Dr John Volkman
1995 Prof Ben Selinger
1996 Dr George Tzotzos
1997 Prof David Phillips