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A Trip to the Dominions: The Scientific Event that Changed Australia

By Leigh Boucher (Contribution by), Jane Lydon (Contribution by), Ian J. McNiven (Contribution by), Christopher Morton (Contribution by), Lynette Russell (Editor)
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By Leigh Boucher (Contribution by), Jane Lydon (Contribution by), Ian J. McNiven (Contribution by), Christopher Morton (Contribution by), Lynette Russell (Editor)
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On the eve of the Great War, in 1914 the Australian Federal Government sponsored the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) to?travel to Australia for their annual conference. Over 150 scientists were fully funded by the Australian Commonwealth government and they travelled on three ships especially commanded for this purpose.

Across five major cities, public talks, demonstrations and excursions familiarised the visiting scientists with Australian natural and hard sciences...

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