W. R. Browne Medal

Last updated September 10, 2025

The W. R. Browne Medal is awarded by the Geological Society of Australia "to a person distinguished for contributions to the geological sciences in Australia."^[1] The medal is named after William Rowan Browne.

Recipients

1979: Edwin Sherbon Hills
1981: Dorothy Hill ^[2]
1981: Norman Henry Fisher
1984: Haddon King ^[3]
1986: Germaine Joplin
1988: Basil Balme
1992: David Brown
1994: Allan White
1996: John R. De Laeter
1998: Cecil George Murray
2000: Alfons VandenBerg
2002: Brenda Franklin
2004: Ian Withnall
2006: Ken Campbell
2008: Jim Ross
2010: Anthony Cockbain
2012: John Foden
2014: Gavin Young
2016: Bryan Smith
2018: Neville Exon
2021: Peter Betts
2023: Anita Andrew

References

↑ "GSA Awards — W.R. Browne Medal". Geological Society of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
↑ Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)
↑ D. F. Branagan. "King, Haddon Rymer Forrester (1905–1990)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 May 2012.

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[1] "GSA Awards — W.R. Browne Medal". Geological Society of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[2] Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)

[3] D. F. Branagan. "King, Haddon Rymer Forrester (1905–1990)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 May 2012.

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