Year |
Recipient |
Topic |
1951 |
Professor Joseph Burke, O.B.E., M.A. |
The future of the humanist |
1952 |
Dr L.W. Pennycuick, D.Sc. |
The secret of living |
1953 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Owen Dixon, P.C., G.C.M.G., M.A., LL.B., Q.C. |
Roosevelt and Hopkins |
1954 |
Professor A.D. Trendell, M.A., Litt.D., F.S.A. |
The medicine man and the medical man |
1955 |
The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies, P.C., C.H., LL.M., Q.C., M.P. |
Medicine, politics and law |
1956 |
Dr George F. Strong, B.S., M.D. (Minnesota), F.A.C.P., F.R.A.C.P. (Long), F.R.C.P. (C) |
The changing aspects of medicine |
1958 |
Professor M.L. Rosenheim, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P. |
The physician in training |
1959 |
Professor Sir Mark Oliphant, K.B.E., F.R.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (Melb.), LL.D. (St. Andrews), D.Sc. (Toronto) |
A scientist looks at nature |
1960 |
Dr J.A.L. Matheson, M.B.E., Ph.D. (Birm.), M.Sc. |
Engineering and medicine |
1961 |
Hon. Frank S. Wise, M.L.A. |
Australia’s empty spaces |
1963 |
Professor Sir Macfarlane Burnet, O.M., M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P. (Lond), F.R.C.P., F.A.A. |
The evolution of bodily defence |
1964 |
His Excellency Sir Bernard Fergusson, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., O.B.E. |
The doctor and the soldier |
1965 |
The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke, O.B.E., LL.M., Chief Justice of Victoria |
Significant trends of Australian federalism |
1966 |
Professor R.N. Robertson, F.R.S. |
From the temples of Aesculapius to the genetic code |
1967 |
Professor S.W. Carey, D.Sc. |
2000 A.D. – Prognosis |
1968 |
Professor Zelman Cowen, C.M.G., B.C.L., M.A. (Oxon.), LL.M. (Melb.), LL.D. (Hong Kong) |
Balance in the law: The competing claims of free press and fair trial |
1969 |
Sir Edward Ford, O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P. |
Neil Hamilton Fairley |
1970 |
The Right Honourable Sir Richard Wild, K.C.M.G., E.D., LL.M., Q.C., Chief Justice of New Zealand |
The problem of violence |
1972 |
Professor R.F. Whelan, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.A.C.P.L., F.A.A. |
The role of the university in medical education |
1975 |
Dr Edward C. Rosenow, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.P. |
The maintenance of standards in internal medicine |
1976 |
Dr Morton D. Bogdonoff, F.A.C.P. |
Speaker in symposium on ‘physician teach thyself – How?’ |
1980 |
Sir William Liley, K.C.M.G. |
A day in the life of the fetus |
1984 |
The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, C.M.G. |
Negligence and the physician |
1985 |
Professor L.M. Birt |
The doctors’ dilemma: Some issues concerning medical educators |
1986 |
The Hon. Sir Guy Green |
Legal techniques and medical value judgements |
1987 |
The Hon. Neal Blewett, M.P. |
Politics and medicine |
1988 |
The Hon. Dr D McCaughey |
Medical ethics |
1989 |
Dr H.J.H. Hiddlestone |
The physician as an internationalist |
1990 |
Professor Robert Porter |
The physician and research |
1991 |
Chief Justice David Malcolm |
Self-regulation and the professions |
1992 |
Dame Roma Mitchell |
The right to live and the right to die |
1993 |
Dame Leonie Kramer |
Shakespeare in daily life |
1994 |
Dr Brendan Nelson |
The social conscience and obligations of physicians in contemporary Australia |
1995 |
Bill Hayden |
Perspectives of a liberal humanist |
1996 |
Professor Allan W Snyder |
Shedding light on creativity |
1997 |
Sir Michael Hardie Boys |
Te Tiriti O Waitangi – The Treaty of Waitangi |
1998 |
Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue |
First world nation; third world health: Aboriginal health in Australia |
1999 |
Dr Peter F Carnley |
Sound, sense and silence |
2000 |
Dr Jonathan Phillips |
Medicine at the crossroads |
2001 |
Dr John Yu |
Whose children, whose responsibility? |
2002 |
Khun Mechai Viravaidya |
The fizz in the doctor’s wine |
2003 |
Sir Guy Green |
Professionalism and the limitations of information technology |
2004 |
Professor John Watson Funder |
The meaning of a profession |
2005 |
Professor Jane Elizabeth Harding |
Science and serendipity in the art of medicine |
2006 |
Mr Noel Pearson |
Our vision for the future of Cape York Peninsula |
2007 |
Professor Judith Whitworth |
Health policy: Ideology or evidence |
2008 |
Professor Don Roberton |
What will the future hold? |
2009 |
Professor David J. Tiller |
How lucky we are |
2010 |
Sir Anthony Mason |
Professionalism and the professional ideal in the modern world |
2011 |
Professor Dr Marcia Langton |
Aboriginal custom and tradition: their relevance in improving indigenous health outcomes |
2012 |
Professor John Mattick |
The genomic revolution and the genomic programming of human development |
2013 |
Professor Ron Paterson |
The good doctor |
2014 |
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman |
Science and Public Policy – Reconciling Two Cultures |
2015 |
Dr Ranjana Srivastava |
In the shadow of giants |
2016 |
Professor Edward Byrne |
UK and Australian health systems: a personal view |
2017 |
Professor David Le Couteur |
Our challenges: The evidence, the elderly |
2018 |
Professor Harriet Hiscock |
Be curious, give back – the life of a paediatric clinician researcher |
2019 |
Professor Juliet Ann Gerrard |
Ten things I wish someone had told me |
2020 |
Simone Wilkie (Major General, Retired) |
Speech not delivered due to COVID-19 |
2021 |
Professor Andrew (Bod) Goddard |
Do Royal Colleges still have any relevance |
2025 |
Professor Jaquelyne Hughes, FRACP |
Culture practiced in medicine |