Abstract
MORE than three hundred members of the British Association (including some forty foreign and colonial members) are on their way to Australia to attend the eighty-fourth annual meeting-, which begins in Adelaide on August 8. The Australian organisation has found it possible to offer hospitality to the whole party without distinction, and the State Governments are providing all the visitors with passes over their respective railway lines during the time of the official meeting. A number of leading members have already been for some time in the country for purposes of research, and others will remain for some weeks or months after the proceedings terminate in Brisbane on September 1. In the desire that the visitors should spend their few week-ends in acquainting themselves with extra-metropolitan activities and possibilities, a heavy programme of tours has been arranged, and upon these all members from overseas will be the guests either of the particular central State organisation concerned or of a committee in the locality visited. It is unfortunate from many points of view that it has been necessary to hold the meeting in one of the Australian winter months, for much of the pleasure of the excursions will depend upon the chances of the weather.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
The Australian Meeting of the British Association . Nature 93, 559–561 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093559b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/093559b0