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Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations

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Farrer Memorial Medal

The Farrer Memorial Medal is awarded annually to perpetuate the memory of William James Farrer.

Due to the age and archival nature of these documents, some do not meet current accessibility requirements.

Please note: The Farrer medal was not awarded from 1939 to 1942, and 1945.

2022 Farrer Memorial Medal

The 2022 Farrer Memorial Medal has been awarded to Professor Richard Trethowan for his outstanding contributions to wheat genetic improvement that continues to benefit both the Australian and global industry, and his contributions to the education and guidance of students and early career researchers in Australia and around the world.

Professor Trethowan has supervised 19 successful PhD completions at The University of Sydney, with seven more post-graduate students currently under supervision.

His research benefits not only NSW and Australia but has made a real impact on the global pursuit of food security.

Professor Trethowan's Farrer Memorial Oration is titled A Quest for (Sustainable) Yield.

Farrer Medal Presentation 2022

Farrer Medal Presentation (Left to Right) Ms Kate Lorimer-Ward, Prof Richard Trethowan, and Prof Alex McBratney

Media release

Professor Richard Trethowan announced as the 2022 Farrer Memorial Medal winner

List of medal recipients and orations

TitleReleasedDetails
Prof Richard Trethowan - A Quest for (Sustainable) Yield2022 PDF, 7.4 MB
Prof Rudi Appels - The wheat plant and its genome2021 PDF, 1.2 MB
Dr Lindsay O'Brien: Wheat breeders make it happen2020 PDF, 770.1 KB
Prof Timothy Reeves FTSE: Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture – for Food and Nutritional Security2019 PDF, 1.4 MB
Dr Reg C M Lance: Another Man's Life with Barley2018 PDF, 1.1 MB
Dr John Kirkegaard: Farming Systems Agronomy - it is rocket science2017 PDF, 492.7 KB
Mr Ted Knights: Chickpea in Australia - Our debt to visionaries and toilers past and present2016 PDF, 112.7 KB
Dr Joe Panozzo: Will current plant breeding for grain‐quality traits be applicable in a changing environment?2015 PDF, 231.2 KB
Dr Elizabeth Dennis: Arabidopsis and Agriculture- What can we learn about Hybrid Vigour?2014 PDF, 1.1 MB
Mr A Inglis AM: A Farrer Legacy – Innovation through collaboration2013 PDF, 183.1 KB
Prof G Hammer: Navigating biological complexity – The challenge for the new era of crop improvement2012 PDF, 468.9 KB
Dr C R Wellings: The stripe rust race: from state to nation to world2011 PDF, 100.3 KB
Prof M Poole: Australian crop production – A story of ongoing adaptation and Innovation2010 PDF, 99.7 KB
Dr R J Mailer: The Good Oil 2009 PDF, 147.9 KB
Prof P Cocks: Climate change - a failure of democracy?2008 PDF, 1.1 MB
Dr T Fischer AM: Improvements in wheat yield: Farrer, physiology and functional genomics2007 PDF, 672.8 KB
Prof J A G Irwin: Lucerne genetics and breeding2006 PDF, 356.9 KB
Dr J Williams: Sustainable agriculture in Australia - some ways forward2005 PDF, 920.9 KB
Dr B Clements: Shaking windows; rattling walls2004 PDF, 330.4 KB
Dr L Lewin: Rice in Australia - an example of cooperative effort 2003 PDF, 387.7 KB
Dr Ray Hare - Durum wheat in Australia - Past, Present, and Future .pdf2001 2024PDF, 165.1 KB
Mr W A Vertigan: Combating the Enemy2000 PDF, 222.8 KB
Dr W J Peacock: Farrer and further1999 PDF, 911.4 KB
Mr M N Kinsella: Sustaining horticulture through quarantine1998 PDF, 388.9 KB
Mr T J Flugge: Innovations in agricultural product marketing - The Australian wheat industry's experience1997 PDF, 147.1 KB
Prof C D Blake: Charles Sturt: A University for the 21st Century1996 PDF, 323.9 KB
Mr E N Fitzpatrick: Opportunity and responsibility - The challenge of natural resource management1995 PDF, 689.4 KB
Dr B S Fisher: Global climate change policy: Implications for Australia and Australian agriculture1994 PDF, 552.3 KB
Dr D E Smiles: A vision and a challenge for agricultural science1993 PDF, 266.0 KB
Dr E F Henzell: Limits to development: Prospects for Australian agriculture1992 PDF, 623.7 KB
Prof J W Longworth: Sustainability and agricultural education1991 PDF, 620.8 KB
Dr D H B Sparrow: In the shadow of wheat1990 PDF, 408.0 KB
Dr M H Campbell: Extending the frontiers of aerially sown pastures1989 PDF, 122.9 KB
Dr A N Smith: Terra incognita1988 PDF, 566.6 KB
Prof J L Dillon: Population, resources & food: The world between today and tomorrow 1987 PDF, 681.9 KB
Dr D E Byth: Tropical crop legume improvement - A matter of adaptation1986 PDF, 719.4 KB
Dr C M Francis: Conservation of plant genetic resources - A continuing saga1985 PDF, 684.8 KB
Dr W V Single: Frost injury and the physiology of the wheat plant1984 PDF, 685.7 KB
Dr J R Syme: Working with the world for plant improvement 1983 PDF, 829.6 KB
Prof J P Quirk: A land gleaming with furrows – wheat production in Australia 1982 PDF, 606.3 KB
Mr N F Derera: The harmful harvest rain 1981 PDF, 670.7 KB
Mr R H Martin: In Farrer's footsteps1980 PDF, 607.1 KB
Dr L T Evans: Response to challenge – William Farrer and the making of wheats1979 PDF, 1.4 MB
Mr W Ives: The development of agricultural policy in the Australian Federation1978 PDF, 904.7 KB
Dr D J McDonald: Rice and its adaptation to world environments1977 PDF, 1.2 MB
Dr R A McIntosh: The genetics of wheat and wheat rusts since Farrer1976 PDF, 948.5 KB
Dr J S Gladstones: Legumes and Australian agriculture1975 PDF, 1.1 MB
Dr H Newton Turner: Hidden treasure: Genetic diversity in plants and animals 1974 PDF, 1.1 MB
Dr D F Waterhouse: Insects and wheat in Australia1973 PDF, 905.9 KB
Prof J M Vincent: Nitrogen from microbes1972 PDF, 1.0 MB
Mr E E Bond: Wheat quality – yesterday, today and tomorrow1971 PDF, 678.2 KB
Dr J Melville: The agricultural dilemma1970 PDF, 935.0 KB
Mr C S Christan: Land resources and land research1969 PDF, 1.2 MB
Dr E M Hutton: Australia's pasture legumes1968 PDF, 1.5 MB
Prof E J Underwood: Man, land and food1967 PDF, 631.7 KB
Dr G Edgar: Australian agriculture in the port war era1966 PDF, 896.4 KB
Prof J R A McMillan: Water, agricultural production and world population1965 PDF, 1.4 MB
Prof C M Donald: The progress of Australian agriculture and the role of pastures in environmental change1964 PDF, 949.4 KB
Prof R N Robertson: Phytotrons, spectrophotometers and productivity1963 PDF, 445.2 KB
Dr O H Frankel: The social responsibility of agricultural science1962 PDF, 505.9 KB
Prof H C Forster: The potential for agricultural settlement in the Northern Territory1961 PDF, 598.6 KB
Mr H J Geddes: The storage and use of irrigation water on the individual holding 1960 PDF, 1.7 MB
Dr R J Noble: Agriculture and the United Nations1959 PDF, 1.8 MB
Dr I A Watson: The present status of breeding disease resistant wheats in Australia 1958 PDF, 2.2 MB
Mr J G Crawford: Economics – The nation and the individual1957 PDF, 968.4 KB
Mr A F Bell: Science services for primary industry1956 PDF, 908.0 KB
Mr E A Southee: Practice with science1955 PDF, 896.5 KB
Dr A R Callaghan: Quality in the Australian wheat crop1954 PDF, 745.6 KB
Mr A T Pugsley: Genetics in the service of agriculture1953 PDF, 484.6 KB
Mr B T Dickson: Three notable developments in agriculture1952 PDF, 510.1 KB
Prof L J H Teakle: The role of nitrogen in soil fertility1951 PDF, 195.1 KB
Prof R D Watt: Some Benefactors of Australian agriculture1950 PDF, 634.7 KB
Prof W L Waterhouse: Some aspects of the wheat rust problem1949 PDF, 201.2 KB
Prof J A Prescott: Our advancing knowledge of soil fertility1948 PDF, 631.6 KB
Prof S M Wadham: Adjustment in agricultural development1947 PDF, 422.5 KB
Mr H Wenholz: Farrer oration 19461946 PDF, 345.3 KB
Mr T J Pridham: Farrer oration 19441944 PDF, 275.3 KB
Dr S L Macindoe: Science and a batter way of life for farmers1943 PDF, 424.2 KB
Dr W L Waterhouse: Some aspects of the life and work of Farrer1938 PDF, 199.7 KB
Dr G L Sutton: William James Farrer 1845–1906 1937 PDF, 248.7 KB
Rt Hon J A Lyons: The 1st Farrer Oration1936 PDF, 102.4 KB
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