RSWA Medal

The RSWA Medal is an award from the Royal Society of Western Australia, established to honour outstanding work and achievement in science relative to Western Australia.

In 1924, the Royal Society of Western Australia decided to commemorate the centenary of the birth (26 June 1824) of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. The event was marked by the creation of the Gold Medal of the Royal Society. The award was established to honour outstanding work and achievement in science relative to Western Australia.[1][2] Miss Enid Isabel Allum, of 7 Richardson Street West Perth was commissioned to design the medal for £5-5-0 honorarium. Miss Allum was a member of the Royal Society of Western Australia, and had previously been Treasurer and Social Committee member. The Royal Mint at Perth commissioned the firm of Messrs. Stokes & Co, of Melbourne to produce the dye for the medal. In 1924, the inaugural medal was presented to Dr. William John Hancock. The first three medals were struck in gold in 1924, 1929, and 1933, and ever since the medals have been struck in silver. It is also known as the Kelvin Gold Medal.[3]

In 2013, the RSWA Medal was renamed the RSWA Forrest Medal in honour of Sir John Forrest.[4][5][6]

Recipients of Kelvin Gold Medal

Year	Name	Ref	Affiliation	Field of Study
1924	William John Hancock	[7]	Perth Public Hospital	radiography; medical application of x-rays.
1929	E S Simpson	[8]		mineralogy and geology of WA.
1933	W M Carne	[9]		plant pathology; the bitter pill of apples.
1937	Andrew Gibb Maitland	[10]		Pilbara survey and artesian water supplies.
1941	Edward de Courcy Clarke	[11]		geology of WA.
1945	L Glauert	[12]		natural sciences.
1949	Charles A. Gardner		Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	botany, the flora of WA.
1955	Harold William Bennetts			veterinary science; live stock diseases.
1959	E J Underwood			animal nutrition and husbandry.
1966	Clee Francis Howard Jenkins			agricultural entomology and natural history.
1970	R T Prider			geology, petrology and mineralogy.
1979	Ronald Murray Berndt			anthropology; aboriginal studies.
1979	B J Grieve			botany; ecophysiology and the flora of WA.
1979	Dominic Louis Serventy			zoology; ornithology and nature conservation.
1983	John Stanley Beard			botany; vegetation classification and mapping.
1986	C A Parker			soil biology.
1995	Albert Russell Main			zoology; ecology and nature conservation.
1997	Ernest Pease Hodgkin			estuarine studies.
1997	Arthur James McComb			plant growth and ecology.
2001	Phillip E. Playford			geology and history of early Dutch exploration
2005	David I Groves			economic geology
2005	Kenneth J McNamara			palaeontology
2010	Sidney Donald Bradshaw			ecophysiology

References

"THE ROYAL SOCIETY". The West Australian. XL (6, 902). Western Australia. 10 July 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"KELVIN CENTENARY". The West Australian. XL (6, 893). Western Australia. 30 June 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia". The Royal Society of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
Jenkins, C. F. H. (1965). A history of the Royal Society of Western Australia, and its role in the community. In Presidential Address. (48): 33-44.
Bougher, A., & Semeniuk, V. (1991). A Bibliography and Index to the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. Royal Society of Western Australia. (74): 1-35.
Recher, H. (1998). A brief history of the Journals, Crests, Medal and Seal of the Royal Society of Western Australia and previous Societies, 1897-1997. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. (81): 1-4.
"ROYAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL". The West Australian. XL (6, 901). Western Australia. 9 July 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"ROYAL SOCIETY". The West Australian. XLV (8, 396). Western Australia. 18 May 1929. p. 19. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"ROYAL SOCIETY MEDAL". The West Australian. XLIX (9, 583). Western Australia. 15 March 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"ROYAL SOCIETY". The West Australian. 53 (15, 896). Western Australia. 9 June 1937. p. 19. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"ROYAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL". The West Australian. 57 (17, 162). Western Australia. 9 July 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"PERSONAL". The West Australian. 61 (18, 386). Western Australia. 16 June 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 21 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "THE ROYAL SOCIETY". The West Australian. XL (6, 902). Western Australia. 10 July 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "KELVIN CENTENARY". The West Australian. XL (6, 893). Western Australia. 30 June 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia". The Royal Society of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[4] Jenkins, C. F. H. (1965). A history of the Royal Society of Western Australia, and its role in the community. In Presidential Address. (48): 33-44.

[5] Bougher, A., & Semeniuk, V. (1991). A Bibliography and Index to the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. Royal Society of Western Australia. (74): 1-35.

[6] Recher, H. (1998). A brief history of the Journals, Crests, Medal and Seal of the Royal Society of Western Australia and previous Societies, 1897-1997. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. (81): 1-4.

[7] "ROYAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL". The West Australian. XL (6, 901). Western Australia. 9 July 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "ROYAL SOCIETY". The West Australian. XLV (8, 396). Western Australia. 18 May 1929. p. 19. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[9] "ROYAL SOCIETY MEDAL". The West Australian. XLIX (9, 583). Western Australia. 15 March 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[10] "ROYAL SOCIETY". The West Australian. 53 (15, 896). Western Australia. 9 June 1937. p. 19. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[11] "ROYAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL". The West Australian. 57 (17, 162). Western Australia. 9 July 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[12] "PERSONAL". The West Australian. 61 (18, 386). Western Australia. 16 June 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 21 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.