N. W. Jolly Medal
The N.W. Jolly Medal is Forestry Australia’s highest and most prestigious honour for outstanding service to the profession of forestry in Australia.
It recognises contributions from across the full scope of forestry and reflecting the diversity of significant contributions being made across a wide range of disciplines and forest management activities. In this context, forestry includes the sustainable management, development and use of forests for the diversity of goods and services that forest ecosystems provide, whether for public, private or commercial purposes, including education, research and development, forest policy and all types of forest land management.
The Award is named in honour of Norman William Jolly (1882-1954), who made an outstanding contribution to development of professional forestry in Australia in the first half of the 20th Century. More information about N.W. Jolly can be found HERE.
The Award is made by Forestry Australia’s Board on the recommendation of the Merit Awards Committee, which is made up of three Forestry Australia members and previous Jolly Medal recipients. The Rules for the N.W. Jolly Medal can be found HERE.
2023 – Call for nominations
Forestry Australia is calling for nominations for the N.W. Jolly Medal with recipients announced at the 2023 ANZIF Conference in October 2023.
Nominations close: 12.00 noon (AEST) Friday 11 August 2023
N.W. Jolly Medal Recipients
| 2021 | Dr Jerry Leech | 1989 | S. W. Gentle | ||||
| Gary Morgan AM AFSM | 1988 | G. Minko | |||||
| 2019 | Tony G. Bartlett AFSM | 1987 | A. Keeves | ||||
| Rob de Fégely AM | 1986 | A. G. Brown AM | |||||
| 2018 | Russell Haines | 1985 | T. M. Cunningham | ||||
| Anne Geary | 1984 | G. N. Baur | |||||
| 2017 | Christine Stone | 1983 | D. G. Nikles PSM | ||||
| Rob Youl OAM | 1982 | J. H. Chinner | |||||
| 2015 | J. Hans Drielsma AM | 1981 | L. T. Carron | ||||
| 2012 | Sadanandan Nambiar AO | 1980 | R. H. Luke AM | ||||
| 2011 | R.L. Newman OAM | 1979 | W. D. Muir | ||||
| D.W. Flinn | 1978 | A. G. MacArthur | |||||
| 2009 | D.I. Bevege | 1977 | N. Hall | ||||
| 2008 | R.J. Underwood AM | 1974 | N. B. Lewis | ||||
| 2007 | G.A. Kile AM | 1973 | J. M. Gilbert | ||||
| 2006 | F. Jack Bradshaw | 1972 | A. H. Crane | ||||
| 2005 | E.R. Rolley | 1971 | L. D. Pryor AO | ||||
| 2003 | N. Phil Cheney PSM | 1970 | W. G. Chandler MBE | ||||
| 2002 | R. A. Free | 1969 | A. R. Trist | ||||
| 2000 | G. J. Bacon AM | 1968 | L. S. Hudson | ||||
| 1999 | B. J. Beggs | 1967 | A. C. Harris | ||||
| 1997 | D. Doley | 1966 | K. P. McGrath AM | ||||
| 1996 | R. C. Ellis | 1965 | L. R. Benjamin CBE | ||||
| 1995 | F. H. McKinnell | 1964 | D. A. N. Cromer | ||||
| 1994 | I. S. Ferguson AM | 1963 | E. H. F. Swain | ||||
| 1993 | R. G. Florence | 1962 | M. R. Jacobs ISO | ||||
| 1991 | L. A. Pederick | 1959 | V. A. Grenning | ||||
| 1990 | M. J. Hall AM |
NB: Australian and Imperial Honours only are shown. Recipients may have received honours from other countries and academies.