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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.

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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

YearNameRefAffiliationField of Study
1924 William John Hancock [7] Perth Public Hospital radiography; medical application of x-rays.
1929E S Simpson [8] mineralogy and geology of WA.
1933W 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.
1945L 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.
1959E J Underwoodanimal nutrition and husbandry.
1966Clee Francis Howard Jenkinsagricultural entomology and natural history.
1970R T Pridergeology, 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.
1986C A Parkersoil biology.
1995 Albert Russell Main zoology; ecology and nature conservation.
1997Ernest Pease Hodgkinestuarine studies.
1997Arthur James McCombplant growth and ecology.
2001Phillip E. Playfordgeology and history of early Dutch exploration
2005 David Groves economic geology
2005Kenneth J McNamarapalaeontology
2010Sidney Donald Bradshawecophysiology

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  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.
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  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.
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