:James Cook Medal
The James Cook Medal is awarded on an occasional basis by the Royal Society of New South Wales for "outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere". It was established in 1947 from funds donated by Henry Ferdinand Halloran, a member of the Society.{{cite web| url= http://royalsoc.org.au/awards/james-cook-medal| title= The James Cook Medal|publisher= Royal Society of new South Wales|accessdate = 12 April 2017}}
Recipients
Source: [http://royalsoc.org.au/awards/james-cook-medal RSNSW]
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- 2019 Matthew England
- 2018 Elizabeth Elliott
- 2017 Gordon Parker
- 2016 Professor David Cooper{{cite web|url=http://royalsoc.org.au/awards/james-cook-medal|title= The James Cook Medal|publisher= The Royal Society of NSW|accessdate= 12 April 2017}}
- 2015 Professor Martin Green{{cite web|url= http://www.acap.net.au/news/acap-director-awarded-james-cook-medal| title= ACAP Director awarded James Cook Medal |publisher= Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics|accessdate = 31 August 2015}}
- 2013 Professor Brien Holden{{cite web|url= http://www.brienholdenvision.org/media-centre/latest-news/943-visionary-to-receive-james-cook-medal.html|title= Visionary receives James Cook Medal|publisher= BrienHolden Vision Institute|accessdate= 31 August 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194535/http://www.brienholdenvision.org/media-centre/latest-news/943-visionary-to-receive-james-cook-medal.html|archive-date= 23 September 2015|url-status= dead}}
- 1999 Peter Colman{{cite web|url= http://www.csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Colman,+Peter+Malcolm|title= Peter Malcolm Colman|publisher= CSIRO|accessdate= 31 August 2015|archive-date= 25 October 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151025120049/http://www.csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Colman%2C+Peter+Malcolm|url-status= dead}}
- 1994 Sir Gustav Nossal{{cite web| url = https://www.svi.edu.au/our_story/patron/| title= SVI Patron - Gustav JV Nossal| publisher= St Vincents Institute| accessdate = 31 August 2015}}
- 1991 Graeme Milbourne Clark{{cite web| url=https://www.science.org.au/teacher-notes-professor-graeme-clark| title= Teacher notes - Professor Graeme Clark|publisher= Australian Academy of Science|accessdate = 31 August 2015}}
- 1987 Phillip Garth Law
- 1985 Donald Metcalf
- 1984 Ronald Lawrie Huckstep
- 1979 Robert John Walsh
- 1978 Sir Lawrence J. Wackett{{cite web| url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wackett-sir-lawrence-james-15887| title= Wackett, Sir Lawrence James (1896–1982)| publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography| accessdate = 31 August 2015}}
- 1977 I.A. Watson
- 1975 A. Walsh
- 1974 Sir Marcus L. Oliphant
- 1969 Lord Casey of Berwick
- 1966 Sir William Hudson
- 1965 Sir John Gunther
- 1964 M.R. Lemberg
- 1961 Sir John Eccles
- 1959 Albert Schweitzer
- 1956 Sir Ian Clunies Ross{{cite web|url=http://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/2070| title= History in the Making|publisher=Museum Victoria|accessdate = 31 August 2015}}
- 1955 A.P. Elkin
- 1954 Sir Frank M. Burnet
- 1953 Sir David Rivett
- 1952 W.L. Waterhouse
- 1951 Sir Norman McAlister Gregg{{cite journal|title=Perinatal lessons from the past: Sir Norman Gregg, ChM, MC, of Sydney (1892–1966) and rubella embryopathy|pmc=2675410 | pmid=17951553|doi=10.1136/adc.2005.091405|volume=92|year=2007|journal=Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed.|pages=F513–4 | last1 = Dunn | first1 = PM}}
- 1950 Sir Neil H. Fairley
- 1948 B.A. Houssay
- 1947 The Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts
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