# Australia Prize

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{{Short description|Former science award}}
The '''Australia Prize''' was [Australia](/source/Australia)'s pre-eminent prize for scientific research from 1990 until 2000, when it was replaced by the [Prime Minister's Prizes for Science](/source/Prime_Minister's_Prizes_for_Science). The award was international, 10 of the 28 recipients were not Australians.

==Recipients==
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* 1999 - Energy science and technology theme - [Martin A. Green](/source/Martin_Green_(professor)) and [Stuart R. Wenham](/source/Stuart_Wenham)
* 1998 - Molecular science theme - [Elizabeth Blackburn](/source/Elizabeth_Blackburn), [Suzanne Cory](/source/Suzanne_Cory), [Alec Jeffreys](/source/Alec_Jeffreys) and [Grant Sutherland](/source/Grant_Sutherland)
* 1997 - Telecommunications theme- [Allan Snyder](/source/Allan_Snyder), [Rodney Tucker](/source/Rodney_Tucker) and [Gottfried Ungerboeck](/source/Gottfried_Ungerboeck)
* 1996 - Pharmaceutical design theme - [Paul Janssen](/source/Paul_Janssen), [Graeme Laver](/source/Graeme_Laver), [Peter Colman](/source/Peter_Colman) and [Mark von Itzstein](/source/Mark_von_Itzstein)
* 1995 - Remote sensing theme - [Kenneth G. McCracken](/source/Kenneth_G._McCracken), Andrew Green, [Jonathon Huntington](/source/Jonathon_Huntington), [Richard Moore](/source/Richard_Moore_(engineer))
* 1994 - Sustainable land management theme - [Gene Likens](/source/Gene_Likens)
* 1993 - Sensory perception theme - [Horace Barlow](/source/Horace_Barlow), [Peter Bishop](/source/Peter_Bishop_(scientist)) and [Vernon Mountcastle](/source/Vernon_Mountcastle)
* 1992 - Mining or processing of mineral resources theme - [John Watt](/source/John_Watt_(physicist)), [Brian Sowerby](/source/Brian_Sowerby), [Nicholas Cutmore](/source/Nicholas_Cutmore) and [Jim Howarth](/source/Jim_Howarth_(scientist))
* 1991 - ''No awards presented''
* 1990 - Agriculture or the environment theme - [Allen Kerr](/source/Allen_Kerr_(biologist)), [Eugene Nester](/source/Eugene_Nester) and [Jeff Schell](/source/Jeff_Schell)

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100127005629/http://grants.innovation.gov.au/SciencePrize/Pages/PreviousPrizeWinners.aspx Australia Prize 1990-1999, Prime Minister's Prizes for Science]

Category:Australian science and technology awards
Category:History of science and technology in Australia

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