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The complete volume is large. Published in Sydney by the Royal Society of NSW, 1968.
Preface
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 1-8
Prologue. A. P. Elkin
The challenge to science, 1866; the challenge of science, 1969. (The centenary oration)
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 9-32
Chapter 1. A. H. Voisey
The environment.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 33-52
Chapter 2. W. H. Williamson
Water — from Tank Stream to Snowy Scheme.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 53-100
Chapter 3. J. A. Dulhunty
Power — from muscles to atoms.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 101-130
Chapter 4. W, Hudson Scott
Lawrence Hargrave — avaition pioneer. An evaluation.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 131-149
Chapter 5. David Wilcox
Progress in transport.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 150-172
Chapter 6. David Baker
From coo-ee to communications satellite.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 173-199
Chapter 7. C. J. Magee
Land use — agriculture.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 200-232
Chapter 7. Addendum. C. A. Hawkins and F. C. Cradock
Soils and fertilizers in N.S.W.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 233-237
Chapter 8. J. G. McKern
Conservation.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 238-264
Chapter 9. T. G. Vallance and D. F. Branagan
New South Wales geology — its origins and growth.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 265-279
Chapter 10. L. J. Lawrence and K. R. Glasson
Applied geology in New South Wales.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 280-309
Chapter 11. H. H. G. McKern
Research into the volatile oils of the Australian flora, 1788−1967.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 310-331
Chapter 12. R. J. W. Le Fèvre
The establishment of chemistry within Australian science — contributions from New South Wales.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 332-378
Chapter 13. Harley Wood
The sky and the weather.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 379-430
Chapter 14. A. P. Elkin
Man in Australia.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 431-473
Appendix.
About our authors.
A Century of Scientific Progress: pp: 474-478
The complete Volume 153, Part 2, December 2020.
Robert E. Marks
Editorial: A new era in vaccinology?
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 135-137, 2020
Submitted Papers
Jamin Forbes, Aldo Steffe, Robyn Watts, Lee Baumgartner, Paul Brown, Jason Thiem, Nathan Miles
Implementation of a harvest slot for Murray Cod: Initial impacts on the recreational harvest in a manmade reservoir and comparison to riverine fisheries
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 138-155, 2020
Kenneth R. Dutton
The Skottowe manuscript and the Cook connection
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 156-163, 2020
Commissioned Paper
Steven Patterson
The history of blue pigments in the Fine Arts – painting, from the perspective of a paint maker,
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 164-179, 2020
Point Counterpoint:
The Editor.
Introduction.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 180, 2020
25 Scientists.
A letter to the Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 181-183, 2020
Alan Finkel.
Response to the 25 scientists.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 184-185, 2020
Penny D. Sackett.
Gas is not a transition fuel to a safe climate. That ship has sailed.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 186-188, 2020
Richard Bolt.
The Chief Scientist’s critics are wrong about natural gas.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 189-190, 2020
Andrew W. Blakers.
Gas as a transition fuel is a bit-player.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 191-193, 2020
Peter Rez
The Chief Scientist is right, and why
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 194-199, 2020
Andrew Blakers and Peter Rez
Debate
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 200-204, 2020
PhD Abstracts
Yael Bar-Zeev,
Improving health providers' management of smoking in Australian Indigenous pregnant women
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 205-208, 2020
Emma Bradshaw,
Intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations and psychological wellbeing: a meta-analysis and latent profile analyses of life goals
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 208-209, 2020
Jie Chen,
Institutional influences on education investment and pro-social behaviour
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 209-210, 2020
James Farquharson,
"Black America Cares:" The response of African Americans to the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 210-211, 2020
Andrew Harrison,
Sounding out the past
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 211-212, 2020
Carolyn Hayes,
Investigating undergraduate nurse responses to simulated interruptions during medication administration--a qualitative multi-method study
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 212-213, 2020
Terri Janke,
True Tracks: Indigenous Culture and Intellectual Property principles for putting self-determination into practice
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 214-215, 2020
Luke C. Jeffrey,
Cryptic drivers of methane and carbon dioxide emissions from disturbed coastal wetlands
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 215, 2020
Jonathan Jones,
Murruwaygu: Following in the footsteps of our ancestors
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 216-217, 2020
Ralph Kenke,
A creative study on data portraits: the visualisation process of self-surveillance as an indicator of datafication of social life
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 217-218, 2020
Graeme Lyle La Macchia,
Big Gubba Business: The making of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, First Nations resurgence and the Australian connection
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 218-219, 2020
Coulson Lantz,
The impact of anthropogenic stressors on coral reef carbonate sediment metabolism and dissolution
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 219, 2020
Alicia Brooke Mitchell,
The impact of detection of respiratory viruses on at-risk patient populations
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 220, 2020
Andrew Nette,
Pulp Jungle Down Under: Horwitz Publications and the rise of the Australian paperback, 1945-1972
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 221, 2020
Stephane L. Rayner,
The role of cyclin F in Motor Neurone Disease
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 222, 2020
Jandson Santo Ribeiro Santo,
Belief change without compactness
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 222-223, 2020
Laura Stoltenberg,
Coral reef sediment dissolution in a changing ocean: insights from a temporal field study
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 224, 2020
Suzette Timmerman,
Diamonds--time capsules of volatiles and the key to dynamic Earth evolution
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 224-226, 2020
Sodany Tong,
Managerial quality, firm performance, technical efficiency and productivity in New Zealand
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 226-228, 2020
Obituary:
Richard Limon Stanton DistFRSN (1926-2020)
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 229-232, 2020
Proceedings, 2020:
Programmes of events in Sydney, the Southern Highlands, and the Hunter; the Awards 2020; the Gazetting of Fellows, February 2020.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 153: 233-246, 2020
ISSN (online): 2653-1305