W. R. Browne Medal

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." The medal is named after William Rowan Browne.

Recipients

 * 1979: Edwin Sherbon Hills
 * 1981: Dorothy Hill
 * 1981: Norman Henry Fisher
 * 1984: Haddon King
 * 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