| Code | BPS/GB/376 |
| Name | The British Psychological Society; Austalian Branch; 1944-1965; BPS Australian Branch |
| Corporate Name | The British Psychological Society |
| Subordinate | Austalian Branch |
| Dates | 1944-1965 |
| Epithet | BPS Australian Branch |
| DatesAndPlaces | Sydney
Melbourne
South Australia
Western Australia
Perth |
| Relationships | Australian Psychological Society formed out of the British Psychological Society Australian Branch. |
| Activity | Founded as a branch of the British Psychological Society on 21 October 1944 and dissolved 1965, an independent Sociey formed January 1966
1947 A G Hammer presented a report on commuicating psychological data
Australian Branch
Chair
1944-1946 H Tasman Lovell
1946-1947 Kenneth S Cunningham
1947-1948 Constance M Davey
1948-1949 Henry T Parker
1949-1950 A J Marshall (1910-1981)
1950-1951 William M O’Neill
1951-1952 Ronald F Buckle
1952-1953 Duncan Howie
1953-1954 Frederick S Schonell
1954-1955 K F Walker
1955-1956 Oscar Oeser (1904-1983)
1956-1957 John Faithfull Clark, (1911-1967), [photo]
1957-1958 Cecil A Gibb
1958-1959 D W McElwain (1915-2000) [Editor of Australian Journal of Psychology 1949-1960]
1960-1961 Philip Halford Cook (1912-1990)
1961-1962 Sydney S Dunn
1962-1963 Ronald Taft
1963-1964 Edward F Campbell
1964-1965 Samuel B Hammond
1965 Richard A Champion
1944-1946 H Tasman Lovell
1946-1947 Kenneth S Cunningham
1947-1948 Constance M Davey
1948-1949 Henry T Parker
1949-1950 A J Marshall (1910-1981)
1950-1951 William M O’Neill
1951-1952 Ronald F Buckle
1952-1953 Duncan Howie
1953-1954 Frederick S Schonell
1954-1955 K F Walker
1955-1956 Oscar Oeser (1904-1983)
1956-1957 John Faithfull Clark, (1911-1967), [photo]
1957-1958 Cecil A Gibb
1958-1959 D W McElwain (1915-2000) [Editor of Australian Journal of Psychology 1949-1960]
1960-1961 Philip Halford Cook (1912-1990)
1961-1962 Sydney S Dunn
1962-1963 Ronald Taft
1963-1964 Edward F Campbell
1964-1965 Samuel B Hammond
1965 Richard A Champion
Sydney Group
1946-1947 Chairman J F Clair, Recorder M Thomas, Committee C A Gibb, D Rose 66 Members and 6 applications
Melbourne Group
December 1946 subgroup formed to establish a central registry of persons tested by approved psychologists. Register lodged with the Vocational Guidance Bureau of the Commonwealth Employment Service. Co-operating bodies make monthly returns of the names of persons tested, their ages and dates of testing. Approved persons or institutions can be informed by application to the REgistry whether or not a person has been tested and by whom.
1946-1947 Committee Professor Oeser, Dr McElwain, Dr Cook, Dr Phillips, Dr Buckley, Miss Cable (Recorder under Nov), Mrs Bucklow (recorder) 32 members 10 applicants
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| PublishedWorks | A Meeting of Minds: The Australian Psychological Society and Australian Psychologists 1944-1994
British Psychological Society Australian Branch 1944-1965. Edited by Claire Jaclson. BPS 2018 |
| Notes | The Papers of the BPS Australian Branch and it's successor body are at the University of Melbourne Archives |
| Source | Annual Report of the Branch |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |
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