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- 1 2 The Rank Prize Funds Prizegiving 8 February 2010 , retrieved 2020-06-13
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- ↑ "Prizes awarded by the Human and Animal Nutrition and Crop Husbandry Fund". The Rank Prize. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- ↑ Sinclair-Jones, Michael (2 November 2012), UWA leaders honoured by election to technology academy, University of Western Australia, retrieved 2020-06-13
- ↑ AMSI congratulates Professor Robyn Owens on her election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, 1 June 2020, retrieved 2020-06-13
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