Questions and Issues
What was the general attitude towards science in colonial Australia?
Who funded scientific research in colonial Australia? Who are the primary funding bodies for scientific research in Australia today?
Have the reasons for funding scientific research changed at lot? Why?
What affect did Australian colonial scientists hope to have upon the Australian population?
Who did the colonial Australian scientists want to become involved in science?
How did colonial scientists expect the morals of colonial Australian society to be affected by the rise of scientific societies, museums, public lectures and field trips?
What fields of science did the colonial Australian scientists practice? Have the fields of science practiced in Australia changed since then? If so, how?
Resources
'Scientists and Colonists' by Jennifer Newell and Denise Sutherland, Eye on the Past article, Australasian Science, Summer, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 56.
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