Farrer Memorial Trust

William Farrer

The Farrer Memorial Trust was established in 1911 in Australia in memory of William Farrer. Initially established to provide study scholarships to Agricultural Scientists, the Trust became responsible in 1941 for the annual presentation of the Farrer Memorial Oration and awarding the Farrer Medal.

William Farrer and the Farrer Memorial Trust

Main article: William Farrer

William Farrer was a surveyor who turned his hand to farming in 1886 near where Canberra now stands. Initially he planted grape vines but the conditions were not suitable, so he then decided to plant wheat. Due to weather conditions his first two harvests where damaged by rust, which spurred Farrer to develop strains that were resistant to rust. In 1900, he was successful with a variety he named Federation after the imminent Federation of Australia. When Farrer died suddenly in 1906 a committee was created to raise funds needed to establish a Memorial Trust. On 16 October 1911, the Trust received the funds with a set of instructions, enabling it to provide research grants and scholarships to further Agricultural Science in Australia.[1][2]

Farrer Medal

In 1935, Frank Gallagher formed a committee to create the Farrer Memorial Oration, to be given by a person with an agricultural background. The first oration was by Tasmanian farmer and Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons at the Star Theatre, Queanbeyan on 3 April 1936, the birthday of William Farrer. At the end of the oration children from the Queanbeyan Intermediate High School presented Lyons with a silver medallion, which is now on display at Adolph Basser Library, Canberra. In 1941, Gallagher handed over the organisation of the Farrer Memorial Oration to the Farrer Memorial Trust.[3]

Recipients

Source: NSW Department of Primary Industries

  • 1936 J.A. Lyons
  • 1937 Dr G.L. Sutton [4]
  • 1938 Dr W.L. Waterhouse
  • 1939 not awarded
  • 1940 not awarded
  • 1941 not awarded
  • 1942 not awarded
  • 1943 Dr S.L. Macindoe
  • 1944 John Theodore Pridham
  • 1945 not awarded
  • 1946 H. Wenholz
  • 1947 Prof Samuel MacMahon Wadham
  • 1948 Prof J.A. Prescott[5]
  • 1949 Prof W.L. Waterhouse
  • 1950 Prof Robert Dickie Watt
  • 1951 Prof Laurence J.H. Teakle
  • 1952 Dr Bertram Thomas Dickson
  • 1953 A.T. Pugsley
  • 1954 Dr Allan Robert Callaghan
  • 1955 E.A. Southee
  • 1956 A.F. Bell
  • 1957 J.G. Crawford
  • 1958 Dr I.A. Watson
  • 1959 Dr R.J. Noble
  • 1960 H.J. Geddes
  • 1961 Prof Howard Carlyle Forster
  • 1962 Dr O.H. Frankel
  • 1963 Prof R. N. Robertson
  • 1964 Prof C.M. Donald[6]
  • 1965 Prof J.R.A. McMillan
  • 1966 Dr G. Edgar
  • 1967 Prof E.J. Underwood
  • 1968 Dr E.M. Hutton
  • 1969 C.S. Christian
  • 1970 Dr J. Melville
  • 1971 E.E. Bond
  • 1972 Prof J.M. Vincent
  • 1973 Dr D.F. Waterhouse
  • 1974 Dr Helen Newton Turner
  • 1975 Dr John S. Gladstones
  • 1976 Dr R.A. McIntosh
  • 1977 Dr D.J. McDonald
  • 1978 Walter Ives
  • 1979 Dr L.T. Evans
  • 1980 R.H. Martin
  • 1981 N.F. Derera
  • 1982 Prof J.P. Quirk
  • 1983 Dr J.R. Syme
  • 1984 Dr W.V. Single
  • 1985 Dr C.M. Francis
  • 1986 Dr D.E. Byth
  • 1987 Prof J.L. Dillon
  • 1988 Dr A.N. Smith
  • 1989 Dr M.H. Campbell
  • 1990 Dr D.H.B. Sparrow
  • 1991 Prof John W. Longworth
  • 1992 Dr E.F. Henzell
  • 1993 Dr D.E. Smiles
  • 1994 Dr B.S. Fisher
  • 1995 E.N. Fitzpatrick
  • 1996 Prof C.D. Blake
  • 1997 T.J. Flugge
  • 1998 M.N. Kinsella
  • 1999 Dr W.J. Peacock
  • 2000 W.A. Vertigan
  • 2001 Dr R.A. Hare
  • 2002 Prof Gil Hollamby[7]
  • 2003 Dr L. Lewin
  • 2004 Dr R.J. Clements
  • 2005 Dr John Williams
  • 2006 Prof John A.G. Irwin
  • 2007 Dr T. Fischer AM
  • 2008 Prof Philip Cocks[8]
  • 2009 Dr R.J. Mailer
  • 2010 Prof M.L. Poole
  • 2011 Dr C.R. Wellings
  • 2012 Prof Graeme Hammer
  • 2013 Andrew Inglis AM
  • 2014 Dr Elizabeth Dennis
  • 2015 Dr Joe Panozzo

See also

References

  1. Percival Serle, ed. (1949). "Farrer, William". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Angus and Robertson. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  2. "The Farrer Memorial Trust". New South Wales Department of Primary Industries(Agriculture). Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  3. "Farrer Memorial Trust". The Farrer Memorial Trust. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  4. "Sutton, George Lowe (1872 - 1964)". Bright Sparcs, Biographical entry. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  5. "Prescott, James Arthur (1890 - 1987)". Bright Sparcs, Biographical entry. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  6. "Colin Malcolm Donald: 1910-1985". Donald Medal, Australian Society of Agromony. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  7. "Farrer medal awarded to wheat breeder". Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  8. "Salinity expert named 2008 Farrer Memorial Medal". Retrieved 2007-12-28.
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