P006681 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Award created 2019-11-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006681b.htm culturalArtefact Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia AACR2 Kelvin Medal Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia Royal Society of Western Australia Medal 1924 Start Place Perth, Western Australia, Australia Award The Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia recognises outstanding work in science relating to Western Australia and was inaugurated in 1924 to mark the centenary of the birth of Lord Kelvin. It is sometimes referred to as the Kelvin Medal (the obverse carries an image of Lord Kelvin) or the Society's Gold Medal, the first three having been struck in gold. The Medal is awarded approximately every four years, although more than one Medal may be awarded at one time. The recipient is invited to present a lecture to the Society. Bennetts, Harold William (1898 - 1970)

Awarded the Medal 1955

 Carne, Walter Mervyn (1885 - 1952)

Awarded the Medal 1933

 Beard, John Stanley (1916 - 2011)

Awarded the Medal 1983

 Groves, David Ian (1942 - )

Awarded the Medal 2005

 Hodgkin, Ernest Pease (1908 - 1998)

Awarded the Medal (jointly) 1997

 Gardner, Charles Austin (1896 - 1970)

Awarded the Medal 1949

 McNamara, Kenneth J.

Awarded the Medal 2005

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

The Society has awarded the Medal since 1924

 Hancock, William John (1864 - 1931)

Inaugural recipient of the Medal 1924

 Simpson, Edward Sydney (1875 - 1939)

Awarded the Medal 1929

 Main, Albert Russell (Bert) (1919 - 2009)

Awarded the Medal 1995

 Glauert, Ludwig (1879 - 1963)

Awarded the Medal 1945

 McComb, Arthur James (1936 - 2017)

Awarded the Medal 1997

 Underwood, Eric John (1905 - 1980)

Awarded the Medal 1959

 Jenkins, Clee Francis Howard (1908 - 1997)

Awarded the Medal 1966

 Grieve, Brian John (1907 - 1997)

Awarded the Medal 1979

 Berndt, Ronald Murray (1916 - 1990)

Awarded the Medal 1979

 Serventy, Dominic Louis (1904 - 1988)

Awarded the Medal 1979

 De Laeter, John Robert (1933 - 2010)

Awarded the Medal 1993

 Main, Barbara York (1929 - 2019)

Awarded the Medal 2018

 Playford, Phillip Elliott (Phil) (1931 - 2017)

Awarded the Medal 2001

 Blair, David Gerald (1946 - )

Awarded the Medal 2018

 Maitland, Andrew Gibb (1864 - 1951)

Awarded the Medal 1937

 'Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Royal Society of Western Australia Medallists, 1997: Dr Ernest Hodgkin, OAM; Dr Arthur McComb Jones, M. G. K. The Royal Society of Western Australia Medallists, 1997: Dr Ernest Hodgkin, OAM; Dr Arthur McComb 1997 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 80 287 Journal Article: Society's Gold Medal - its institution and first award (to Dr. W. J. Hancock) Anon Society's Gold Medal - its institution and first award (to Dr. W. J. Hancock) 1924 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 10 xvii-xix Journal Article: History and roles of the Royal Society of Western Australia Bevan, A. W. R. History and roles of the Royal Society of Western Australia 2014 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 97 1-12 Journal Article: A brief history of the journals, crests, medal and seal of the Royal Society of Western Australia and previous societies, 1897 - 1997 Withers, P. C. A brief history of the journals, crests, medal and seal of the Royal Society of Western Australia and previous societies, 1897 - 1997 1998 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81 1-4 Journal Article: Professor David Groves: the Royal Society of Western Australia Medallist, 2005 Anon Professor David Groves: the Royal Society of Western Australia Medallist, 2005 2006 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 89 87-8