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Congratulations to the 2025 Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Anya Reading The premier funding body for University research excellence in Australia is the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the most prestigious ARC awards are the Laureate Fellowships. These five-year fellowships are reserved for internationally top-tier researchers, and one, named the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate […]

Congratulations to Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Matt King The premier funding body for University research excellence in Australia is the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the highest ARC awards are the Laureate Fellowships. These five-year fellowships are reserved for internationally top-tier researchers, only 17 being awarded annually. Among the 2025 awardees is Professor Matt King, […]

The Royal Society of Tasmania warmly congratulates  Mary Koolhof on receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for her service to education and the community. A longstanding member, councillor, and former president of the Society, Mary Koolhof has made outstanding contributions to learning, inclusion, and community engagement. […]

The RST will offer three medals in 2025: The Royal Society of Tasmania Medal, the Clive Lord Medal and the MR Banks Medal.

Listed here are the 2024 medal winners for the Peter Smith Medal and the Louisa Anne Meredith Medal. A medals ceremony will be held at Government House on 18th June, 2025 where the medal winners will be presented with their medals by Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC. This ceremony is open to everyone. […]

The RST Council recently approved the two winners of the 2024 Doctoral (PhD) Award. This award is intended to recognise recent PhD graduates who have made significant advances during their doctoral research. The value of the award is $1,000 (AUD). The winners of the 2024 RST Doctoral (PhD) Award were Dr Ingrid Cox and Dr […]

Tasmania Reads is a week-long celebration of reading and storytelling of all kinds. In March 2025 the RST hosted a popular and much-enjoyed talk by Tasmanian crime fiction writer David Owen. Many attendees knew David from his time as Official Secretary to three Tasmanian Governors at Government House. In 2021 he co-authored with Prof Kate […]

It is with great sadness we acknowledge the death of Distinguished Professor James Kirkpatrick AM on 21 October 2024. Professor Kirkpatrick was one of our most prestigious members and a significant contributor to the Royal Society. In 2019 he was awarded the Clive Lord Medal in recognition of his research on Tasmania’s natural environment, including […]

Professor David Green died on 6 September 2024 in Hobart. He was a long-term member of the RST and was awarded the RM Johnston Memorial Medal in 2016. Professor Green’s career in geology (igneous petrology) was truly remarkable for the breadth and significance of his research and achievements, especially his contributions to understanding the formation […]

Congratulations to our RST member Lynne Uptin OAM who was awarded the 2024 Best Botanical Art Exhibit Award and a Gold Medal award for 2024 for her suite of works. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in London is staging its annual Botanical Art and Photography Show from 14 June to 7 July 2024. The exhibition […]