Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1854	A Wikipedia article entitled Royal Society of Victoria lays out the following the following sequence of event: In 1854, a couple of organizations with similar aspirations were founded: On 1854, June 15, the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science was founded, and On 1854, August 12, the Philosophical Society of Victoriawas founded. In 1855, July, these two organizations merged to form the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. In 1859, after receiving royal assent, the organization became the Royal Society of Victoria.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Melbourne Australia	This location is supported by its website ()
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1854, June 15 - 1855, July	Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science	A Wikipedia article entitled Royal Society of Victoria
1854, August 12 - 1855, July	Philosophical Society of Victoria	A Wikipedia article entitled Royal Society of Victoria
1855, July - 1859	Philosophical Institute of Victoria	A Wikipedia article entitled Royal Society of Victoria
1859 -	Royal Society of Victoria	A Wikipedia article entitled Royal Society of Victoria
Royal Society of Victoria

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1.1854/55(1855)   1854-A	Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria : including the papers and proceedings of the Society Continued by 1855-A [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Trans. Phil. Soc. Vic. [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 4 (14 August, 1981), p.324 cites 1 (1855).] Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. [Taxon, Vol. 23, No. 2/3 (May, 1974), p.437 cites 1, 1855.] Trans. Phil. Soc. Victoria [Am. J. Botany, Vol. 71, No. 7 (Aug., 1984), p.999 cites 1, 1855.] Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 4 (14 August, 1981), p.86 cites 1 (1855).]
1854 - 1855   1854-B	Transactions and proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science Continued by 1855-A [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Trans. Proc. Victorian Inst. Adv. Sci. [Flora Neotropica, Vol. 76, (Jun. 25, 1999), p.10 cites 1884-1855.] Trans. Proc. Victorian Inst. Advancem. Sci. [Swainsona, Vol. 35 (2021), p.26 cites 1855.] Trans. & Proc. Vict. Inst. [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 1, No. 6 (6 December, 1979), p.330 cites 1854-1855.] Trans. & Proc. Victorian Inst. Advancem. Sci. [Taxon, Vol. 35, No. 2 (May, 1986), p.266 cites 1854-1855.] Trans. and Proc. Victorian Inst. Advancem. Sci. [Plant Systematics Evol., Vol. 236, No. 3/4 (February 2003), p.219 cites 1854-1855.] Trans. Vic. Inst. [Austrobaileya, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1981), p.375 cites 1855.] Trans. Vict. Inst. [Taxon, Vol. 12, No. 8 (Oct. - Nov., 1963), p.297 cites 1, 1855.]
1.1855/56(1857) - 4.1859(1860)   1855-A	Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria Continues 1854-A and 1855-B. Continued by 1860-A [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Philos. Inst. Vic. Trans. [Austrobaileya, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2001), p.46 cites 3, 1858.] Trans. Phil. Inst. Vic. [Austrobaileya, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1984), p.71 cites 3 (1859).] Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. [Austrobaileya, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1984), p.82 cites 3 (1859).] Trans. Phil. Inst. Victoria [Systematics Geog. Plants, Vol. 73, No. 1 (2003), p.7 cites 2, 1858.] Trans. Philos. Inst. Vict. [J. Arnold Arboretum, Vol. 21, No. 4 (OCTOBER, 1940), p.522 cites 3, 1859.] Trans. Philos. Inst. Victoria [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2nd June, 1981), p.186 cites 3, 1859.] Trans. Philosophical Inst. Victoria [ArcheolOceania, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Apr., 1988), p.15 cites 3, 1859.]
5.1860 - 24.1888; N.S. 1.1888 - 6.1914   1860-A	Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria The title was Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria for 6.1861/64(1865) - 24.1888. Continues 1855-A From this publication 1889-A emerged. [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Tr. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria [American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1889), p.92 cites 1887, xxiv.] Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 7, No. 2 (27 March, 1985), p.154 cites 24, 1888.] Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria [Bryologist, Vol. 100, No. 2 (Summer, 1997), p.194 cites 19, 1882.] Trans. and Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria [Ann. NaturHist. Mus. Wien, 11. Bd., häft 2 (1896), p.189 cites XVIII (1882).] Trans. & Proc. Royal Soc. Victoria [Annales Botanici Fennici, Vol. 42, No. 3 (2005), p.232 cites 19, 1882.] Trans. and Proceed. Royal Soc. Victoria [Darwiniana, T. 19, No. 2/4 (Mayo 1975), p.588 cites 80, 1883.] Trans Proc R Soc Vic [Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 35, No. 2 (July 2010), p.317 cites 18, 1882.] Trans. Proc. R. Soc. Victoria. [Annales Botanici Fennici, Vol. 20, No. 2 (1983), p.104 cites 18, 1882.] Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. [Taxon, Vol. 37, No. 2 (May, 1988), p.482 cites 17, 1881] Trans R Soc of Victoria. [Soc. Choice Welfare, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2001), p.134 cites 18, 1882.] Trans. r. Soc., Vict. [Man, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Sep., 1974), p.442 cites 5, 1909.] Trans. Roy. Soc. Vic. [Ann. Botany, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 139 (January 1971), p.148 cites 2, 1890] Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. [J. Arnold Arboretum, Vol. 34, No. 1 (JANUARY 1953), p.25 cites N. S. 1, 1889.] Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 27, No. 314 (Feb., 1893), p.137 cites 1891.] Trans. Royal Soc. of Victoria [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc, Vol. 43, No. 3 (1911), p.225 cites Vol. 5, 1910.] Trans. Royal Soc. Victoria [Annales Botanici Fennici, Vol. 45, No. 4 (2008), p.280 cites 19, 1882.] Transact. and Proc. Roy. Soc. of Victoria [Ann. NaturHist. Mus. Wien, p.199 cites vol. XXIII, 1886.] Transact. of the roy. soc. Victoria [Z. Morphol. Ökol. Tiere, Vol. 3, No. 2/3 (20. MÄRZ 1925), p.356 cites 1889.] Transact. R. Soc., Victoria [Annales Géog., 1ère Année, No. 1 (15 Octobre 1891), p.83 cites 1883.] Transact. R. Societ. Victoria. [Annales Géog., 1ère Année, No. 1 (15 Octobre 1891), p.99 cites 1883, XIX.]
N.S. 1.1889-volume 126, numbers 1/2 (2014)   1889-A	Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Emerged from 1860-A [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Pr. Roy. Soc. Vict. [AsianPerspectives, Vol. 8, No. 1 (SUMMER 1964), p.81 cites 75, 1962.] Pro Roy Soc Victoria [Palynology, Vol. 39, No. 2 (July 2015), p.285 cites 77, 1963.] Pro. Royal Soc. Victoria [Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc., Vol. 51, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), p.251 cites n. ser., 4, 1892.] Proc. of the Roy. Soc. of Victoria [Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., Vol. 16, No. 5 (MAY, 1935), p.148 cites Vol. 34 (N.S.), 1922.] Proc. of the Roy. Society of Victoria [Anthropos, Bd. 31, H. 1./2. (Jan. - Apr., 1936), p.3 cites XIII, 1900-1901] Proc. of the Royal Soc. of Victoria [Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., Vol. 16, No. 5 (MAY, 1935), p.148 cites Vol.33, (N.S.) 1921.] Proc. R. Soc. Vic. [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 10, No. 1 (13 March, 1987), p.129 cites n.s. 33, 1921.] Proc. R. Soc. Vict. [Irish Natur. J., Vol. 21, No. 10 (Apr., 1985), p.462 cites (N.S.) 5, 1892.] Proc. R. Soc. Victoria [Records Auckland Museum, Vol. 16 (1979), p.133 cites N.S. 18, 1887.] Proc. Roy. Soc. of Vic. [Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., Vol. 16, No. 5 (MAY, 1935), p.144 cites Vol. 33, (N.S.), 1921.] Proc. Roy. Soc. of Vict. [Ann. Botany, Vol. 24, No. 93 (January, 1910), p.86 cites New Series, vol. iii, 1891.] Proc. Roy. Soc. of Victoria [New Phytologist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 31, 1909), p.31 cites Vol. XXI., 1908.] Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. [Erdkunde, Bd. 4, H. 3/4 (Nov., 1950), p.229 cites Vol. 56, 1944.] Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. [Micropaleontology, Vol. 27, No. 1 (1981), p.95 cites 38, n.s. 1926.] Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 119, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1992), p.49 cites 77, 1963.] Proc. Roy. Society Victoria [J. Coastal Res., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Autumn, 2000), p.1177 cites 71, 1958.] Proc. Royal Soc. of Victoria [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 44, No. 4 (1912), p.313 cites Vol. 23, 1911.] Proc. Royal Soc. Vic. [J. Adelaide Bot. Garden, Vol. 10, No. 2 (7 August, 1987), p.232 cites 59. 1947.] Proc. Royal Soc. Vict. [Plant And Soil, Vol. 146, No. 1/2, (October 1992), p.106 cites 95, 1983.] Proc. Royal Soc. Victoria [J. Paleontology, Vol. 41, No. 3 (May, 1967), p.798 cites v.51, 1939.] Proceedings R. Soc. Victoria [Anthropos, Bd. 46, H. 5./6. (Sep. - Dec., 1951), p.1066 cites 13, 1900.] R. Soc. Vic. Proc. [Evolution, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Mar., 1981), p.241 cites 84, 1971.] R. Soc. Vict. Proc. [Trans. Instit. Brit. Geog., Vol. 4, No. 4 (1979), p.483 cites 62, 1950.] R. Soc. Victoria, Proc. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 21, No. 3 (May, 1947), p.280 cites vol.57, new ser., 1945.] Roy. Soc. Vict., Proc. [Micropaleontology, Vol. 29, No. 4 (1983), p.475 cites 70, 1958] Roy. Soc. Victoria, Proc. [Micropaleontology, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr., 1955), p.173 cites new ser., vol. 16, 1904.] Roy. Society Victoria Proc. [Palynology, Vol. 4 (1980), p.196 cites 84, 1973.] Royal Soc. Victoria, Proc. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan., 1939), p.81 cites new ser., vol. 27, 1915.] Royal Soc. Victoria, Proceedings [J. Paleontology, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Jul., 1954), p.466 cites vol. 47, n.s., 1934.] Royal Soc. Victoria Trans. Proc. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 19, No. 6 (Nov., 1945), p.621 cites vol. 14, 1878.]
1913-   1913-A	Annual report of the council for the year ... / Royal Society of Victoria GENERAL-NOTES [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]