The Royal Society of Western Australia (RSWA) promotes

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Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. The RSWA was founded in 1914. It publishes the ''

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia The Royal Society of Western Australia (RSWA) promotes science in Western Australia. The RSWA was founded in 1914. It publishes the ''Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia'', and has awarded the Medal of the Royal Society of Western ...

'', and has awarded the Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (also known incorrectly as the Kelvin Medal) on an occasional basis since 1924.

Journal

The ''Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia'' is a quarterly

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covering scientific research carried out in

, or on topics related to Western Australia.. It is the official journal of Royal Society of Western Australia and traces its roots to the ''Journal and Proceedings of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia'' published from 1899 to 1903. The Mueller Botanic Society became the West Australian Natural History Society in 1903, and from 1904 to 1909, the journal was published as ''Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society''. In 1909 the society again changed its name, becoming the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia, and its journal was subsequently published as ''Journal of the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia'' until 1914. In that year, the Royal Society of Western Australia was established, and the journal obtained its present name.

Awards

RWSA Medal The RSWA Medal is an award from the Royal Society of Western Australia, established to honour outstanding work and achievement in science relative to Western Australia. In 1924, the Royal Society of Western Australia decided to commemorate the ...

or Kelvin Gold Medal *Doug Clarke Medal *Student Medal *Prizes

History

The Mueller Botanic Society was presided over by E. J. Bickford and F. Tratman from its foundation in 1899 until joined by the West Australian Natural History Society and later renamed the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia. The first president of the Royal society was W. J. Dakin, serving from 1913 until his replacement in 1915 by A. Gibb Maitland. Past presidents have included the palaeontologist

Duncan Merrilees Duncan Merrilees (1922–2009) was an Australian geologist, palaeontologist, lecturer and curator at the Western Australian Museum. His research on the fossil records of mammals also founded examination into the period after the arrival of humans ...

(1966–1967).

Sylvia Hallam Sylvia Hallam, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, FAHA (1927–2019) was an English-born archaeologist who spent most of her academic career in Australia at the University of Western Australia. She is best known as author of ''Fire ...

was the first women president (1985–1986).

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History of the Medal and its name
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