Events

WS Macleay and the natural history circle


12 February 2009 to 1 December 2009

William Sharp Macleay's natural history Horae Entomologicae (1819 - 21) sought God's order in nature through a system of organisation based on the affinities and analogies between organisms. This quinarian system, as it was known, was read and considered by London's young and radical naturalists in the 1820's and the 1830's, among them the promising scholar Charles Darwin.


Time: Open Mon to Fri 10-4.30pm and Sundays 12noon - 4pm

Location: Maclaey Museum

Cost: Free entry

Contact: Museum Reception

Phone: 9036 5253

Email: 25332a002c0b1a2a5e1552375b764435523163162a01413145

More info: http://www.usyd.edu.au/museums