1940

Alex H. Chisholm

Ornithology; General Natural History (Popularisation)

1941

Frederick Chapman

Geology, Palaeontology, Microscopy

1942

David H. Fleay

Mammalogy, Ornithology

1943

Herbert W. Wilson

General Natural History (Education)

1944

John McConnell Black

Botany

1945

Charles P. Mountford

Anthropology, Ethnology

1946

Heber A. Longman

Zoology, Palaeontology

1947

P. Crosbie Morrison

General Natural History (Popularisation)

1948

Ludwig Glauert

Herpetology (Palaeontology)

1949

Edith Coleman

General natural History; Botany etc.

1950

Bernard C. Cotton

Conchology

1951

Tarlton Rayment

Entomology (Bees)

1952

John Burton Cleland

General Natural History, Ornithology (Botany, Ethnology, Conservation etc.)

1953

Charles Leslie Barrett

Ornithology, General Natural History (Popularisation)

1954

Herman M. R. Rupp

Botany (Orchids)

1955

Stanley R. Mitchell

Anthropology, Geology

1956

Dominic Louis Serventy

Ornithology

1957

Charles E. Bryant

Ornithology

1958

Charles J. Gabriel

Conchology

1959

Keith A. Hindwood

Ornithology

1960

James H. Willis

Botany, General Natural History

1961

Emil H. Zeck

Entomology

1962

Norman A. Wakefield

Botany, Ornithology (Mammalogy) etc.

1963

Thistle Y. Stead

Botany, Conservation (Education)

1964

Winifred Waddell

Botany, Conservation

1965

Roy Wheeler

Ornithology

1966

J. Ros Garnet

Botany, Conservation

1967

Gilbert P. Whitley

Ichthyology (Oceanography)

1968

Norman Barnett Tindale

Anthropology, Entomology, etc.

1969

Charles A. Gardner

Botany

1970

Jean Galbraith

Botany, Conservation (General Natural History)

1971

Alexander Clifford Beauglehole

General Natural History, (Botany, Entomology)

1972

Allen Axel Strom

Conservation (Ecology)

1973

Edmund D. Gill

Anthropology, Geology, Palaeontology

1974

Vincent Noel Serventy

Ornithology, Natural History (Conservation, Popularisation)

1975

Alison W. Ashby

Botany (Illustration, Cultivation)

1976

Winifred M. Curtis

Botany

1977

John Russell (Jack) Wheeler

Ornithology, General Conservation

1978

Allen Roy Sefton

Ornithology, General Conservation

1979

Helen Aston

Ornithology, Botany (Aquatic Plants)

1980

Michael Tyler

Herpetology (Frogs)

1981

Elizabeth Marks

Entomology

1982

Howard Jarman

Ornithology

1983

Trevor Pescott

Natural History (Ornithology, Conservation)

1984

Kevin Keneally

Botany, Natural History

1985

Jack Hyett

Natural History (Ornithology)

1986

Graham Pizzey

Natural History (Ornithology)

1987

Robert G.H. Green

Zoology (Ornithology, Ecology)

1988

John Dell

Herpetology, Ornithology, Biogeography, Conservation

1989

Bruce A. Fuhrer

Botany (Photography)

1990

Ellen McCulloch

Ornithology

1991

Fred J.C. Rogers

Botany

1992

Enid L. Robertson

Botany, Ecology, Conservation

1993

Alan J. Reid

Environmental Education, Ornithology

1994

Joan W. Cribb

Botany, Mycology

1995

W. Rodger Elliott

Botany

1996

Ken N.G. Simpson

Natural History (Ornithology)

1997

Geoffrey Monteith

Entomology

1998

Peter W. Menkhorst

Ornithology, Mammalogy, Wildlife Management

1999

Mary P. Cameron

Botany, Conservation

2000

D. Malcolm Calder

Botany, Conservation