Australian Natural History Medallion
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The Australian Natural History Medallion is awarded each year by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
to the person judged to have made the most meritorious contribution to the understanding of Australian Natural History. The Medallion has been awarded annually since 1940,the recipients being:
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Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation.It was founded in May 1880 by a group of nature enthusiasts that included Thomas Pennington Lucas. Charles French and Dudley Best. It is the oldest conservation group in Victoria...
to the person judged to have made the most meritorious contribution to the understanding of Australian Natural History. The Medallion has been awarded annually since 1940,the recipients being:
- 1940 - Alexander Hugh ChisholmAlexander Hugh ChisholmAlexander Hugh Chisholm was a noted Australian journalist, newspaper editor, author and amateur ornithologist. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , President of the RAOU 1939-1940, and Editor of its journal the Emu 1926-1928. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1941...
- 1941 - Frederick ChapmanFrederick ChapmanFrederick Chapman was the inaugural Australian Commonwealth Palaeontologist.-Early life:Chapman was born in Camden Town, London, England and studied at Royal College of Science, London where he was initially an assistant to John Wesley Judd...
- 1942 - David FleayDavid FleayDavid Howells Fleay was an Australian naturalist who pioneered the captive breeding of endangered species, and was the first person to breed the platypus in captivity....
- 1943 - Herbert Ward WilsonHerbert Ward WilsonHerbert Ward Wilson was an Australian science lecturer and naturalist.-Education:Wilson was born in England at Bradford, Yorkshire, but moved to Victoria, Australia, with his family in 1883, settling at Dimboola. There he attended school and late joined the Victorian Education Department as a...
- 1944 - John McConnell BlackJohn McConnell BlackJohn McConnell Black was a Scottish botanist who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and eventually documented and illustrated thousands of flora in South Australia in the early 20th century. His publications assisted many botanists and scientists in the decades that followed...
- 1945 - Charles P. MountfordCharles P. MountfordCharles Pearcy Mountford was an Australian anthropologist and photographer. He is known for his pioneering work on indigenous Australians and his depictions and descriptions of their art.-Works:* The Art of Albert Namatjira...
- 1946 - Heber A. Longman
- 1947 - Philip Crosbie Morrison
- 1948 - Ludwig GlauertLudwig GlauertLudwig Glauert was a British-born Australian paleontologist, herpetologist and museum curator. He is known for work on Pleistocene mammal fossils, and as a museum curator who played an important role in natural science of Western Australia.Glauert was born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, England...
- 1949 - Edith ColemanEdith ColemanEdith Coleman was an australian naturalist who made important observations on pollination syndromes in Australian plant species.-References:*Allan McEvey, , Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 463....
- 1950 - Bernard C. Cotton
- 1951 - Tarlton RaymentTarlton RaymentPercy Tarlton Rayment FRZS was an Australian artist, author, broadcaster, poet, naturalist, entomologist and beekeeper of English origin. He was born in Reading, Berkshire, moved to Australia as a young man, and died in Melbourne, Victoria...
- 1952 - John Burton ClelandJohn Burton ClelandSir John Burton Cleland CBE was a renowned Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist.-Early Life and education:...
- 1953 - Charles Leslie BarrettCharles Leslie BarrettCharles Leslie Barrett was an Australian naturalist, journalist, author and ornithologist.Born in Hawthorn, Victoria, he was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1901 and editor of its journal the Emu, 1910-1916...
- 1954 - Herman M. R. RuppHerman RuppHerman Montague Rucker Rupp was an Australian clergyman and botanist who specialised in orchids and was known as the "Orchid Man"....
- 1955 - Stanley R. Mitchell
- 1956 - Dominic Louis ServentyDominic Louis ServentyDr Dominic Louis Serventy was an eminent Perth based Australian ornithologist. He was born at Brown Hill, Western Australia. He was educated at the University of Western Australia and Cambridge University to parents of Croatian origin. He was president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists...
- 1957 - Charles Ernest William BryantCharles Ernest William BryantCharles Ernest William Bryant was a barrister and amateur ornithologist. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1929. A member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , he was editor of its journal, the Emu, from 1929 to 1960, the year of his death, a period of 31 years...
- 1958 - Charles J. Gabriel
- 1959 - Keith Alfred HindwoodKeith Alfred HindwoodKeith Alfred Hindwood was a Sydney-based Australian businessman and amateur ornithologist. He joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1924, served as President 1944-1946, and was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1951...
- 1960 - James Hamlyn Willis
- 1961 - Emil H. Zeck
- 1962 - Norman Arthur WakefieldNorman Arthur WakefieldNorman Arthur Wakefield was an Australian teacher, naturalist, paleontologist and botanist, notable as an expert on ferns. He described many new species of plants....
- 1963 - Thistle Y. SteadThistle Yolette HarrisThistle Yolette Harris , also known as Thistle Stead, was an Australian botanist and conservationist who lectured in biological science at Sydney Teachers’ College. In 1951 she married pioneer conservationist and marine biologist David Stead...
- 1964 - Winifred WaddellWinifred WaddellWinifred Waddell, MBE, was an English-born Australian botanist.Waddell worked with native-plant preservation groups during the 1950s. She was responsible for securing the first wildflower sanctuary, at Tallarook, Victoria, in 1949. She was appointed MBE on 1 January 1964 for her work in...
- 1965 - Roy WheelerWilson Roy WheelerWilson Roy Wheeler was an Australian postman and amateur ornithologist. He was an active bird bander and was convener of the Altona Survey Group, later part of the Victorian Ornithological Research Group. In 1965 he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion...
- 1966 - J. Ros Garnet
- 1967 - Gilbert P. WhitleyGilbert Percy WhitleyGilbert Percy Whitley was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and Osborne House...
- 1968 - Norman Barnett Tindale
- 1969 - Charles Austin Gardner
- 1970 - Jean GalbraithJean GalbraithJean Galbraith was an Australian botanist, gardener, writer of children's books and poet.Jean was born at Tyers, Gippsland, and remained there. The family's sprawling native garden at their cottage "Dunedin" formed the backdrop to her first articles on growing native flowers.She was counted an...
- 1971 - Alexander Clifford Beauglehole
- 1972 - Allen Axel Strom
- 1973 - Edmund D. Gill
- 1974 - Vincent Noel ServentyVincent Noel ServentyVincent Noel Serventy OAM was a noted Australian author, ornithologist and conservationist.Born in Armadale, Western Australia, the youngest of eight children of migrant Croatian parents, he graduated from the University of Western Australia in geology and psychology...
- 1975 - Alison W. Ashby
- 1976 - Winifred M. Curtis
- 1977 - John Russell (Jack) Wheeler
- 1978 - Allen Roy Sefton
- 1979 - Helen Aston
- 1980 - Michael Tyler
- 1981 - Elizabeth Marks
- 1982 - Howard Jarman
- 1983 - Trevor PescottTrevor PescottTrevor William Pescott is an Australian naturalist, conservationist and writer, based in Geelong, Victoria. He was born in Ballarat and educated in Geelong, qualifying with a Diploma of Civil Engineering from the Gordon Institute of Technology...
- 1984 - Kevin Keneally
- 1985 - Jack HyettJack HyettJack Hyett was an Australian teacher, broadcaster, author, naturalist and amateur ornithologist. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria. He was Foundation President of the Victorian Ornithological Research Group and the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club. He served as editor of the Emu, the journal of...
- 1986 - Graham PizzeyGraham PizzeyGraham Martin Pizzey AM was a noted Australian author, photographer and ornithologist. He was born and grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Geelong Grammar School. After leaving school he worked in his family's leather business, while studying part-time and publishing articles and...
- 1987 - Robert G.H. Green
- 1988 - John Dell
- 1989 - Bruce A. FuhrerBruce A. FuhrerBruce Alexander Fuhrer is an Australian mycologist. He was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1989 and is a Life Member of the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club. He has written many books on Australian fungi, including a Comprehensive Field Guide to Australian Fungi. He worked for 25...
- 1990 - Ellen McCullochEllen McCullochEllen Margery McCulloch OAM was a Melbourne-based Australian nature writer and amateur ornithologist who had a long association with Bird Observation & Conservation Australia .-Life:...
- 1991 - Fred J.C. Rogers
- 1992 - Enid L. Robertson
- 1993 - Alan J. Reid
- 1994 - Jan W. Cribb
- 1995 - W. Rodger Elliott
- 1996 - Ken N.G. Simpson
- 1997 - Geoffrey Monteith
- 1998 - Peter W. Menkhorst
- 1999 - Mary P. Cameron
- 2000 - Dr. Malcolm Calder
- 2001 - Alan B. Cribb
- 2002 - Ian D. Endersby
- 2003 - Clive Dudley Thomas MintonClive Dudley Thomas MintonClive Dudley Thomas Minton, AM is a metallurgist, administrator, management consultant and amateur ornithologist. His interest in birds began in childhood. He attended Oundle School and went on to complete a PhD degree in Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. Although involved in studies...
- 2004 - David Lindenmayer
- 2005 - Pauline ReillyPauline Neura ReillyPauline Neura Reilly, OAM was an Australian author and ornithologist.-Early Years:Reilly was born in Adelaide. Her family moved to Melbourne where she attended Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Melbourne Girls Grammar School until 1934...
- 2006 - Ian FraserIan Fraser (naturalist)Ian Fraser is an Australian naturalist, conservationist and author, based in Canberra, where he arrived from Adelaide in January 1980....
- 2007 - Jeanette Covacevich
- 2008 - Ern Perkins
- 2009 - Richard ShineRichard Shine- Richard Shine :Professor Richard Shine AM FAA is an Australian evolutionary biologist and ecologist; he has conducted extensive research on reptiles and amphibians, and proposed a novel mechanism for evolutionary change. He is currently a Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney.Rick...
- 2010 - Don P. A. Sands OAM
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