Royal Society of NSW News & Events

The eighth in the series of Ideas@theHouse events — joint presentations of Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, and the Royal Society of New South Wales — was held on the evening of Thursday 10 August 2023 in the Ballroom of Government House Sydney. Professor Emma Johnston AO FRSN FAA FTSE, Deputy Vice-...

The Society's 1314th Ordinary General Meeting was held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 2 August. An audience of approximately forty people enjoyed an outstanding presentation titled "Convergence: the hybridisation of the future", delivered as a conversation between Dr Catherine Ball — Futurist, Author, Researcher, and Rebel,...

The evening of Wednesday 14 June 2023 was the occasion of the seventh in the Ideas@theHouse series—a joint presentation of Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor New South Wales, and the Royal Society of NSW—that took place in the Ballroom of Government House Sydney.   On that occasion, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM DistFR...

The Society's 1313th Ordinary General Meeting was held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 7 June. An audience of approximately forty people enjoyed an outstanding lecture titled "Making rights a reality — the need for a Human Rights Act for Australia", delivered by Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL, President of...

The first meeting of the Society's Western Branch for 2023 was held in collaboration with Charles Sturt University at Bathurst on 20 April.  A face-to-face audience of 50 and an online audience of approximately 200 enjoyed a lecture delivered by Professor Sharynne McLeod FRSN FASSA, a renowned speech-language pathologist, who spoke powerf...

The Society's 156th Annual General Meeting and the 1312th Ordinary General Meeting were held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 5 April. An audience of approximately fifty people heard an excellent lecture titled "Reconstructing ancient oceans, sea-level fluctuations, the deep carbon cycle and biodiversity" delivered by Professor Di...

The Society's  2023 Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation was held in Meers Hall of Sydney Modern, the new wing of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, on the evening of 10 March 2023.  It was a wonderful occasion attended by many members, Award winners (shown in the adjacent image), and guests. Steven Miller, Head of Research Library...

The Society's 1310th Ordinary General Meeting, and the first meeting of 2023, was held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 1 February.  An audience of approximately sixty people heard an enlightening and thought-provoking talk on "Drones, Smart Munitions, and Cyberspace: the 21st Century Defence of Ukraine and its implications f...

The Society's 1309th Ordinary General Meeting, held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 7 December, enjoyed a stimulating lecture titled "Harnessing solar energy through catalysis to make chemicals and fuel", delivered by the RSNSW 2021 James Cook Medallist, Scientia Professor Rose Amal AC FRSN FAA FTSE of the School of Chemical Engi...

The Society's 1308th Ordinary General Meeting, held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 23 November, enjoyed an entertaining and thought-provoking lecture on the dark universe titled "Most of our universe is missing!: Adventures in the dark side of the cosmos", delivered by renowned astrophysicist and science communicator Professor G...

The Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Forum for 2022, with the theme of  Reshaping Australia: Communities in Action, was hosted at Government House Sydney by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC on 3 November 2022.  Videos of the presentations are now available on the Society's YouTube Channel and a gall...

The Society's 1307th Ordinary General Meeting, held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW, on 5 October saw an audience of nearly 50 people enjoy an excellent and thought-provoking lecture on "The Global Economy and Australia's Outlook: Geoff Harcourt's contribution to the theory of productivity growth" presented by Dr Don Russell, Chair,...

The evening of Thursday 4 August 2022 saw the fifth in the Ideas@theHouse series—a joint presentation of Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor New South Wales, and the Royal Society of NSW—take place in the Ballroom of Government House Sydney.   On that occasion, Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons AO FRS DistFRSN...

The Society's 1304th Ordinary General Meeting, held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW, on 6 July saw an audience of nearly 50 people enjoy an excellent and thought-provoking lecture on "This is going to be different: Learning to live with Chinese Power" presented by Professor High White AO FASSA, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studie...

The Society’s bicentennial year culminated in a black-tie gala dinner on the evening of 24 June 2022 when 274 members and guests gathered to celebrate the achievements of the Society over 200 years. Preceding the dinner were pre-dinner drinks held in the University's Chau Chak Wing Museum, during which a number of Society-related objects from ...

The Society's 1303rd Ordinary General Meeting, held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW, on 1 June 2022 saw an audience of nearly 50 people enjoy a stimulating and insightful lecture on  "Federalism, borders, and National Cabinet — What has the pandemic taught us?" presented by Professor Anne Twomey AO, Professor of Constituti...

The Society's 1302nd Ordinary General Meeting held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW marked an important milestone — the return to face-to-face events after two year's of exclusively online events imposed by pandemic restrictions.  An audience of over 50 people enjoyed the opportunity to once again meet with fellow Society member...

The year 2022 is an important year for the Royal Society of NSW as it continues to celebrate its 200th year ending in June. To mark this anniversary, our Patron, The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, graciously hosted a Garden Party at Government House, Sydney on the morning of Saturday, 12 March. Images from that occa...

The Society's Awards for 2020 and 2021, together with some awards dating back to 2019 were presented by the Patron of the Society, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley, Governor of New South Wales, at a ceremony held at Government House Sydney on the evening of 23 February 2022. The names of the recipients, together with brief biographies...

The Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Forum for 2020, with the theme of After COVID-19: Creating the Best of Times from the Worst of Times, was hosted at Government House Sydney by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC on 5 November 2020.  Videos of the presentations are available Society's YouTube Channel and...