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<abstract>The Robert Ellery Lectureship has been awarded by the Astronomical Society of Australia in alternate years since 1991. It recognises of outstanding contributions in astronomy or a related field, with emphasis given to the southern hemisphere. The recipient is invited to give the keynote address at the Society's Annual Scientific Meeting. Robert Ellery, who was director of the Melbourne Observatory from 1863 to 1895 and President of the Royal Society of Victoria for over 20 years. was highly influential to the establishment of modern astronomy in Australia.</abstract>

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Manchester, Richard Norman (1942 - )
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<p>Awarded the Lectureship 1993</p>
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Ekers, Ronald David (1941 - )
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Freeman, Kenneth Charles (1940 - )
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Melrose, Donald Blair (1940 - )
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Bessell, Michael (1942 - )
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Mould, Jeremy Richard (1949 - )
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<p>Awarded the Lectureship 2009</p>
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Webster, Rachel (1951 - )
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Ellery, Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908)
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Astronomical Society of Australia (1966 - )
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