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<abstract>The Walter Boas Medal has been awarded annually by the Australian Institute of Physics since 1984. It recognises excellence in research in physics in Australia, and is awarded for work undertaken in the five years prior to the date of the award. The Medal commemorates Walter Boas, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Tribophysics from 1949 to 1969 and foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics.</abstract>

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Australian Institute of Physics (1963 - )
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<p>The Institute has awarded the Medal since 1984</p>
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Bland-Hawthorn, Jonathan (Joss) (1959 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2020</p>
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Ostrikov, Kostya (Ken)
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<p>Awrded the Medal 2010</p>
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Nugent, Keith Alexander (1959 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1997</p>
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Thomas, Anthony William (Tony) (1949 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1987</p>
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Williams, James Stanislaus (Jim) (1948 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1989 and 1993</p>
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Bray, Igor
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1996</p>
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Eggleton, Benjamin J. (Ben) (1970 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2011</p>
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Hollenberg, Lloyd L.
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2012</p>
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Bachor, Hans-Albert (1952 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2000</p>
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Delbourgo, Robert (1940 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1988</p>
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Drummond, Peter D. (1950 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2008</p>
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Jagadish, Chennupati (1957 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2013</p>
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Hannaford, Peter (1939 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1985</p>
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Tobar, Michael Edmund (1964 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2006</p>
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Boas, Walter Moritz (1904 - 1982)
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<p>The Australian Institute of Physics has awarded the Medal since 1984</p>
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Dracoulis, George Dennis (1944 - 2014)
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2004</p>
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Blair, David Gerald (1946 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1995</p>
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Flambaum, Victor V. (1951 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2009</p>
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McKellar, Bruce Harold John (1941 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1992</p>
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Melrose, Donald Blair (1940 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1986</p>
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Milburn, Gerard James (1958 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2003</p>
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Wilkins, Stephen Williams (1946 - 2013)
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<p>Awarded the Medal (shared) 1997</p>
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Klein, Anthony George (Tony) (1935 - 2021)
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<p>Awarded the Medal (jointly) 1990</p>
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Opat, Geoffrey Ivan (1935 - 2002)
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<p>Awarded the Medal (jointly) 1990</p>
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Piper, James Austin (Jim) (1947 - 2023)
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<p>Awarded the Medal 1984</p>
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Gu, Min (1960 - )
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<p>Awarded the Medal 2015</p>
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