P007329 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Award created 2023-12-14 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007329b.htm culturalArtefact Farrer Memorial Medal AACR2 1936 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Award Agriculture The Farrer Memorial Medal is awarded annually by the Research Scholarship Fund of the Farrer Memorial Trust and recognises distinguished service to agricultural science in Australia in the fields of research, education or administration. Since 1936 the Trust has awarded the Medal, recipients delivering the annual Farrer Memorial Oration. The Trust operates under the aegis of the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (formerly the Department of Agriculture), which publishes the orations delivered by the recipients. William Farrer is renowned for his development of rust-resistant strains of wheat.

The Medal was not awarded 1939 - 1942 and 1945.

 Farrer Memorial Trust (1911 - )

The Trust has awarded the Medal since 1936

 Callaghan, Allan Robert (1903 - 1993)

Awarded the Medal 1954

 Prescott, James Arthur (1890 - 1987)

Awarded the Medal 1948

 Henzell, Edward Frederick (Ted) (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal 1992

 Dennis, Elizabeth Salisbury (1943 - )

Awarded the Medal 2014

 Underwood, Eric John (1905 - 1980)

Awarded the Medal 1967

 McIntosh, Robert Alexander (1939 - )

Awarded the Medal 1976

 Farrer, William James (1845 - 1906)

The Medal has been awarded by the Farrer Memorial Trust since 1936

 Noble, Robert Jackson (1894 - 1981)

Awarded the Medal 1959

 New South Wales Department of Agriculture, State of New South Wales (1908 - 2004)

The Department managed the Medal on behalf of the Farrer Memorial Trust to 2004

 Christian, Clifford Stuart (Chris) (1907 - 1996)

Awarded the Medal 1969

 Watson, Irvine Armstrong (1914 - 1986)

Awarded the Medal 1958

 Sutton, George Lowe (1872 - 1964)

Awarded the Medal 1937

 Trethowan, Richard

Awarded the Medal 2022

 Pugsley, Albert Tonkin (1910 - 2002)

Awarded the Medal 1953

 Edgar, Grahame (1901 - 1985)

Awarded the Medal 1966

 Vincent, James Matthew (1911 - 2000)

Awarded the Medal 1972

 Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (Hartley) (1901 - 1979)

Awarded the Medal 1951

 Peacock, William James (Jim) (1937 - 2025)

Awarded the Medal 1999

 Evans, Lloyd Thomas (1927 - 2015)

Awarded the Medal 1979

 Melville, James (Jim) (1908 - 1984)

Awarded the Medal 1970

 Kirkegaard, John Allen (1962 - )

Awarded the Medal 2017

 Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)

Awarded the Medal 1950

 Dickson, Bertram Thomas (1886 - 1982)

Awarded the Medal 1952

 Wadham, Samuel MacMahon (1891 - 1972)

Awarded the Medal 1947

 Frankel, Otto Herzberg (1900 - 1998)

Awarded the Medal 1962

 Robertson, Rutherford Ness (Bob) (1913 - 2001)

Awarded the Medal 1963

 Pridham, John Theodore (1879 - 1954)

Awarded the Medal 1944

 Forster, Howard Carlyle (1903 - 1981)

Awarded the Medal 1961

 Donald, Colin Malcolm (1910 - 1985)

Awarded the Medal 1965

 Bell, Arthur Frank (1899 - 1958)

Awarded the Medal 1956

 Waterhouse, Douglas Frew (1916 - 2000)

Awarded the Medal 1973

 Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887 - 1969)

Awarded the Medal 1938 and 1949

 'Farrer Memorial Medal', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Farrer Memorial Medal Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations Sydney New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2023 Journal Article: Land resources and land research: Farrer Memorial Oration, September, 1969 Christian, C. S. Land resources and land research: Farrer Memorial Oration, September, 1969 1970 Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science June 71-84