ANZAAS

Past ANZAAS Congresses

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888-1930).

No        Year       City         Attendees    President ANZAAS Congress

I            1888      Sydney            850       H.C. Russell

II           1890      Melbourne    1162      Baron von Mueller 

III          1891      Christchurch   550       Sir James Hector

IV         1892      Hobart            600       Sir Robert G.G. Hamilton

V          1893      Adelaide         488       Prof. Ralph Tate

VI         1895      Brisbane         524       The Hon. A.C. Gregory

VII        1898      Sydney            685       Prof. A. Liversidge

VIII       1900      Melbourne     693       R.J.L. Ellery

IX          1902      Hobart            550       Captain F.W. Hutton

X           1904      Dunedin          689       Prof T.W. Edgeworth David

XI          1907      Adelaide         335       A.W. Howitt

XII         1909      Brisbane         647       Prof W.H. Bragg

XIII        1911      Sydney            820       Prof. Orme Masson

XIV       1913      Melbourne     626       Prof T.W. Edgeworth David

XV        1921      Hobart            950       Prof. Sir Baldwin Spencer

XVI       1923      Wellington     670       Sir George H. Knibbs

XVII      1924      Adelaide         850       Lt-Gen Sir John Monash

XVIII     1926      Perth             1045      Prof Edward H. Rennie

XIX        1928      Hobart            970       R. H. Cambage

XX         1930      Brisbane         780       E.C. Andrews

Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science.

XXI        1932      Sydney            1200     Sir Hubert Murray

XXII       1935      Melbourne     1410     Sir Douglas Mawson

XXIII      1937      Auckland        1296     Sir David Rivett

XXIV     1939      Canberra        1200     Prof. Ernest Scott

XXV      1940      Adelaide         1400     Prof P. Marshall

XXVI     1947      Perth              1450     A.E.V. Richardson

XXVII    1949      Hobart            1650     A.B. Walkom

XXVIII   1951      Brisbane                      Sir Kerr Grant

XXIX      1952      Sydney            2620     Sir Doulas B. Copeland

XXX       1954      Canberra        1987     Sir Theodore Rigg

XXXI      1955      Melbourne     3500     Prof R.V.D.R. Wooley

XXXII     1957      Dunedin          2070     Prof. Sir Macfarlane Burnet

XXXIII    1958      Adelaide         2525     Prof M.L.E. Oliphant

XXXIV   1959      Perth              2000     H.C. Coombs

XXXV    1961      Brisbane         2800     Em. Prof. Sir Samuel Wadham

XXXVI   1962      Sydney            3600     Prof N.S. Bayliss

XXXVII  1963      Canberra        3860     Sir Frederick White

XXXVIII 1965      Hobart                         Prof. R.N. Robertson

XXXIX    1967      Melbourne                  Sir Fred Schonell

XL         1968      Christchurch   2760     Prof. Sir John Crawford

XLI        1969      Adelaide                      Dr Charles A Fleming

XLII       1970      Port Moresby              Prof. S. Warren Carey

XLIII      1971      Brisbane                      Prof. Gustav J.V. Nossal

XLIV      1972      Sydney            2170     Dr R.G. Ward

XLV       1974      Perth              3600     Prof. Eric J. Underwood

XLVI      1975      Canberra        2200     The Hon. Mr Justice J.H. Wootten

XLVII     1976      Hobart            2750     Prof. W.D. Barrie

XLVIII    1977      Melbourne     2800     Dr Lloyd Eyans

XLIX      1979      Auckland        3500     Dr K.L. Sutherland

L           1980      Adelaide         2020     Prof Sir Geoffrey Badger

LI          1981      Brisbane         2930     Dr Graham W. Butler

LII         1982      Sydney            2816     Sir Zelman Cowen

LIII        1983      Perth              3800     Prof R.O. Slayter

LIV        1984      Canberra        2500     Sir Gustav J.V. Nossal

LV         1985      Melbourne     3500     Sir Edmund Hillary

LVI        1987      Palmerston    1750     Sir David Beattie

LVII       1987      Townsville      1300     Sir Bruce Watson

LVIII      1988      Sydney                         Prof. Geoffrey Blaimey

LIX        1990      Hobart                         Dr Brian Walker

LX         1991      Adelaide         500       Prof David Boyd

LXI        1992      Brisbane         350       Dr Robyn Williams AM

LXII       1993      Perth                           The Hon. Barry O. Jones

LXIII      1994      Geelong         400

LXIV      1995      Newcastle      600

next ANZAAS Science Talk, Melbourne

Wednesday 18th June 2025, 6:30 pm

At Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Rd, near corner with Park Drive, Parkville

Professor Ricky Johnstone

Executive Director Cancer Research, Peter Mac

“Are we really ready for research-driven personalised cancer care in Australia?”

The future of precision cancer care is multi-modal, real-time, data driven, and individualised. While we’re making strong strides, especially in genomics and targeted therapies, we’re not yet at a point where every patient benefits from fully personalised care. The field is moving rapidlyand over the next 5-10 years, we may see many of today’s emerging technologies become standard practice.
Professor Johnstone received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 1993, and after a postdoc at Harvard Medical School returned to Melbourne to establish the Gene Regulation Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in 2000. He is an internationally renowned cancer researcher who has utilized genetic mouse models of haemopoietic malignancies and solid tumours to understand the epigenetic and transcriptional changes that underpin tumour onset and progression and to develop new therapies that target epigenetic and transcriptional regulatory proteins, and showed how epigenetic based-agents can engage the host immune system to drive prolonged therapeutic responses.

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Forthcoming talks:

Wednesday 23rd July  Professor Anette ‘Peko’ Hosoi   Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  “Fluid dynamics, biomechanics, and bio-inspired design”

Wednesday 20th August   Professor Kit Fairley AO Director, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Wednesday 17th Sept         Dr David Mitchell   Mount Burnett Observatory “Cosmic Rays – Celestial Messengers”

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We are pleased to acknowledge the support by CSL and Bio21 for the ANZAAS Melbourne science talks series
Further Info: David Vaux   davidlaurencevaux@gmail.com

http://www.anzaas.org.au/victoria/

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Click HERE to see past ANZAAS Science Talks

John Long May 2025
Disability, Innovation and Spin-offs

Peter van Wijngaarden March 2025
Imaging the eye to see the brain

Tony Heyes November 2024
Disability, Innovation and Spin-offs

David Vaux August 2024
Cell death: Bench to Bedside

Peter Cowan July 2024
Xenotransplantation: Custom-Designing Pig Parts for People

Richard Olive May 2024
The West Gate Bridge Disaster – A Failure at the Engineering, Organisational and Personal Levels

Greg Moore November April 2024
Urban trees are vital for sustainable, liveable cities

Rachelle Buchbinder March 2024
Hippocrasy, how doctors are betraying their oath

Daniel Mathews November 2023
Topology and the shape of space

Beth Ebert October 2023
Improving early warnings of epidemic thunderstorm asthma

David Komander September 2023
Playing Tag with Ubiquitin

David Vaux August 2023
A short history of cancer genes

Chris Greening May 2023
The atmosphere as a hidden energy source for life

Jim Goding March 2023
Transistors, the Microchip & the Second Industrial Revolution

Paul Lasky November 2022
A new window on the Universe

Peter Currie October 2022
Regeneration: Myths and monsters and modern medicine

Heather Mack September 2022
Injecting eyes with antibodies to treat problems of the retina

Helen Green August 2022
Dating Australia’s rock art

Mahdi Jalali July 2022
Transport electrification and integration of EVs within the electricity grid

Grant McArthur June 2022
Science led inroads into melanoma – Australia and New Zealand’s disease

Alan Duffy May 2022
Darkness visible down-under

Timothy Clark April 2022
The importance of reproducibility and integrity in science: a fishy perspective

Tilman Ruff March 2022
Ending the nuclear weapons era evidence, challenges and pathways

Brian Abbey November 2021
The colour of cancer: could ‘smart’ microscope slides transform tissue diagnostics?

Cameron Simmons October 2021
Creating stop signs in mosquitoes; is this the end-game for Dengue?

Madhu Bhaskaran September 2021
Unbreakable sensors the future is here

Anne Marie Tosolini August 2021
Fossil Leaves from Cretaceous and Paleogene Polar Environments

Geoff Brooks July 2021
Green Steel: Can we decarburise steel production?

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Welcome to the ANZAAS Website

Almost every aspect of our life is touched by science. Without science our way of life would be almost unimaginable and sustainability of life in the future will be impossible. Despite this there is great public suspicion of science. Much of this is based on lack of understanding, but past failures of science to recognise public concerns about the nature and direction of progress contribute to distrust. The future is too important for such attitudes to continue. ANZAAS exists to promote dialogue and understanding between the public, science and government and to advance science and its utilisation for maximum benefit.

next ANZAAS Science Talk, Melbourne

Wednesday 18th June 2025, 6:30 pm

At Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Rd, near corner with Park Drive, Parkville

Professor Ricky Johnstone

Executive Director Cancer Research, Peter Mac

“Are we really ready for research-driven personalised cancer care in Australia?”

The future of precision cancer care is multi-modal, real-time, data driven, and individualised. While we’re making strong strides, especially in genomics and targeted therapies, we’re not yet at a point where every patient benefits from fully personalised care. The field is moving rapidly— and over the next 5-10 years, we may see many of today’s emerging technologies become standard practice.

Professor Johnstone received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 1993, and after a postdoc at Harvard Medical School returned to Melbourne to establish the Gene Regulation Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in 2000. He is an internationally renowned cancer researcher who has utilized genetic mouse models of haemopoietic malignancies and solid tumours to understand the epigenetic and transcriptional changes that underpin tumour onset and progression and to develop new therapies that target epigenetic and transcriptional regulatory proteins, and showed how epigenetic based-agents can engage the host immune system to drive prolonged therapeutic responses.

—————

Forthcoming talks:

Wednesday 23rd July        Professor Anette ‘Peko’ Hosoi    Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ”Fluid dynamics, biomechanics, and bio-inspired design”

Wednesday 20th August   Professor Kit Fairley AO    Director, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Wednesday 17th Sept         Dr David Mitchell   Mount Burnett Observatory “Cosmic Rays – Celestial Messengers”

—————

We are pleased to acknowledge the support by CSL and Bio21 for the ANZAAS Melbourne science talks series
Further Info: David Vaux   davidlaurencevaux@gmail.com

http://www.anzaas.org.au/victoria/

—————–

 Click HERE to see past ANZAAS Science Talks

John Long May 2025
Disability, Innovation and Spin-offs

Peter van Wijngaarden March 2025
Imaging the eye to see the brain

Tony Heyes November 2024
Disability, Innovation and Spin-offs

David Vaux August 2024
Cell death: Bench to Bedside

Peter Cowan July 2024
Xenotransplantation: Custom-Designing Pig Parts for People

Richard Olive May 2024
The West Gate Bridge Disaster – A Failure at the Engineering, Organisational and Personal Levels

Greg Moore November April 2024
Urban trees are vital for sustainable, liveable cities

Rachelle Buchbinder March 2024
Hippocrasy, how doctors are betraying their oath

Daniel Mathews November 2023
Topology and the shape of space

Beth Ebert October 2023
Improving early warnings of epidemic thunderstorm asthma

David Komander September 2023
Playing Tag with Ubiquitin

David Vaux August 2023
A short history of cancer genes

Chris Greening May 2023
The atmosphere as a hidden energy source for life

Jim Goding March 2023
Transistors, the Microchip & the Second Industrial Revolution

Paul Lasky November 2022
A new window on the Universe

Peter Currie October 2022
Regeneration: Myths and monsters and modern medicine

Heather Mack September 2022
Injecting eyes with antibodies to treat problems of the retina

Helen Green August 2022
Dating Australia’s Rock Art

Mahdi Jalali July 2022
Transport electrification and integration of EVs within the electricity grid

Grant McArthur June 2022
Science led inroads into melanoma – Australia and New Zealand’s disease

Alan Duffy May 2022
Darkness visible down-under

Timothy Clark April 2022
The importance of reproducibility and integrity in science: a fishy perspective

Tilman Ruff March 2022
Ending the nuclear weapons era evidence, challenges and pathways

Brian Abbey November 2021
The colour of cancer: could ‘smart’ microscope slides transform tissue diagnostics?

Cameron Simmons October 2021
Creating stop signs in mosquitoes; is this the end-game for Dengue?

Madhu Bhaskaran September 2021
Unbreakable sensors the future is here

Anne Marie Tosolini August 2021
Fossil Leaves from Cretaceous and Paleogene Polar Environments

Geoff Brooks July 2021
Green Steel: Can we decarburise steel production?

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Message from Nobel Laureate Professor Barry Marshall

I would like to congratulate ANZAAS on its reinvigoration and an exciting new website.  ANZAAS was born to help launch scientific endeavour in Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th century and has since maintained a powerful advocate for public engagement with science. The new ANZAAS seeks to support and enliven a new phase of public involvement in science – we might call it mobilisation – in support of a sustainable culture for scientific literacy and a solid foundation for international competitiveness. The new path of action for ANZAAS is to stir the community at large into motivating more of our youth to explore the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There are many issues facing our society as we move into the 21^st century – new challenges and exciting opportunities in medicine and health, critical decisions to be made with respect to the planet and engineering innovations of which we can only dream in the present. ANZAAS seeks to engage you in vibrant and productive exchanges as together we tackle these future challenges.

I urge you all to join me in actively supporting ANZAAS in its new endeavours.

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