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SOCIETY HONOURS

The RAHS Council recognises contributions to the advancement of education in the field of Australian history in three categories namely Fellow, Honorary Fellow and Medallist.

FELLOWS 

Members of the Society who, in the judgement of the Council, have rendered service in advancing the knowledge of Australian history and in furtherance of the objects of the Society, shall be eligible for appointment as Fellows. Under the Society’s Regulations, the number of Fellows shall not exceed twenty-five and not more than three Fellows may be appointed in a calendar year.

Mr Alan E. J. Andrews

Dr Rosemary Annable  FFAHS

Emeritus Professor Brian Fletcher  FAHA

Professor Stephen Garton  FAHA, FASSA

Mr Robert Irving  OAM

Emeritus Professor Marjorie Jacobs  AO

Dr Ian Jack  FRHistS

Mr Keith A. Johnson  AM, FSG, FSAG

Associate Professor Carol Liston

Mr Brian Madden  OAM

Dr Lesley Muir OAM

Emeritus Professor Alan G. L. Shaw  AO, FAHA, FASSA, FRHSV, FFAHS

Dr Peter Reynolds  OAM

Professor Geoffrey Sherington

Dr Anne-Maree Whitaker   FRHistS

 

HONORARY FELLOWS 

Persons who, in the judgement of the Council, have rendered valuable service in advancing the knowledge of Australian history, shall be eligible for appointment as Honorary Fellows. Under the Society’s Regulations, the number of Honorary Fellows shall not exceed ten and not more than one Honorary Fellow may be appointed in a calendar year.

Emeritus Professor Alan Atkinson  FAHA

Dr Shirley Fitzgerald

Dr Lionel Gilbert OAM

Professor Kenneth S. Inglis AO, FAHA, FASSA

Dr Dennis Norman Jeans

Dr Beverley Kingston FASSA

Mr Gordon D. Richardson OBE, FLAA

 

MEDALLISTS

The award of Medallist for Distinguished Service shall be made by the Council to those members of the Society who, in its judgement, have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of the work of the Society.

Mr Richard d'Apice   AM

Mrs Audrey MacSween

Mr Victor Martin

Mrs Beverley Naughton

 

PRESIDENTS OF THE RAHS

 Andrew Houison

1901

 Norman Selfe

1902

 William Henry Hazell Yarrington

1903

 Arthur Ashworth Aspinall

1904

 Joseph Henry Maiden

1905

 William James Günther

1906

 Joseph Henry Maiden

1907

 Andrew Houison

1908

 James Henry Watson

1909

 William Henry Hazell Yarrington

1910

 James Dalgarno

1911

 Francis Walker

1912-1913

 Charles Henry Bertie

1914

 Charles Trimby Burfitt

1915

 Walter Scott Campbell

1916

 William Albert Braylesford Greaves

1917

 Hugh Wright

1918

 Stephen Henry Smith

1919

 Reginald James Black

1920

 Karl Reginald Cramp

1921

 John Alexander Ferguson

1922

 Aubrey Halloran

1923-1925

 James Henry Watson

1926-1927

 Karl Reginald Cramp

1928-1929

 Harold Francis Joseph Norrie

1930

 Owen Esmond Friend

1931-1933

 George Henry Abbott

1934-1936

 Karl Reginald Cramp

1937-1939

 John Alexander Ferguson

1940-1941

 Alfred Ernest Stephen

1942-1944

 Guy Drayson Blaxland

1945-1947

 George Mackaness

1948-1949

 James Keith Solling Houison

1950-1952

 Karl Reginald Cramp

1953

 Charles Herbert Currey

1954-1958

 Alexander Hugh Chisholm

1959-1960

 Harold Arthur MacLeod Morgan

1961-1962

 Allan Ernest Bax

1963-1969

 Rae Else-Mitchell

1970-1976

 Kenneth John Cable

1977-1981

 (Alice) Hazel Kelso King

 1982-1984

 John Michael Bennett

 1985-1986

 Robert Charles Lewis Irving

 1987

 Carol Ann Liston

 1988-1992

 Rosemary Diane Annable

1993-1998

 Ruth Meredith Frappell

1999-2001

 Carol Ann Liston

2002

 (Robert) Ian Jack

2003-2011

 David Sulman Carment

2011