Creative foundations. The royal society of New South Wales: 1867 and 2017

There have been two key foundations in the history of the Royal Society of New South Wales. The first at its creation as a Royal Society in 1867, shaped significantly by the Colonial savant, geologist the Rev. W. B. Clarke, assisted by a corps of pioneering scientists concerned to develop practical scientific knowledge in the colony of N.S.W. And the second, under the guidance of President Donald Hector 2012-2016 and his counsellors, fostering a vital "renaissance" in the Society's affairs to bring the high expertise of contemporary scientific and transdisciplinary members to confront the complex socio-techno-economic problems of a challenging twenty-first century.