1854 | Captain Andrew Clarke (Philosophical Society) | Surveyor General |
1854 | Justice Redmond Barry (Victorian Institute) | First Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria |
1855-1857 | Captain Andrew Clarke (Philosophical Institute) | Surveyor General |
1858 | Sir William Stawell (Philosophical Institute) | Chief Justice of Victoria |
1859 | Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller | Government Botanist, Director of Botanic Gardens |
1860-1863 | Sir Henry Barkly | Governor of Victoria |
1864 | Sir Frederick McCoy | Professor of the Natural Sciences, Government Palaeontologist, Director of the National Museum of Victoria |
1865 | Rev. Dr John Ignatius Bleasdale | Catholic Priest, Chemist and Mineralogist |
1866-1884 | Robert L.J. Ellery | Government Astronomer, Director of the Melbourne Observatory |
1885-1900 | William C. Kernot | First Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne |
1901 | Dr James Jamieson | Medical Officer, Melbourne City |
1902 | Edward J. White | Chief Assistant, Melbourne Observatory |
1903 | John Dennant | Science Inspector, Education Department |
1904 | Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer | Professor of Biology, University of Melbourne, Director of the Museum |
1905 | George Sweet | Geologist and Industrialist |
1906 | Edward J. Dunn | Director, Geological Survey of Victoria |
1907 | Calder E. Oliver | Engineer-in-Chief, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works |
1908-1909 | Pietro P.G.E. Baracchi | Government Astronomer |
1910-1911 | Ernest W. Skeats | Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne |
1912-1913 | John Shephard | Microscopist and Industrialist |
1914-1915 | Thomas S. Hall | Lecturer in Biology, University of Melbourne |
1916-1917 | William A. Osborne | Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne |
1918-1919 | James A. Kershaw | Director of National Museum of Victoria |
1920-1921 | Alfred J. Ewart | Professor of Botany, University of Melbourne and Government Botanist |
1922-1923 | Frank Wisewould | Solicitor |
1924 | Thomas H. Laby | Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne |
1925-1926 | Joseph M. Baldwin | Government Astronomer |
1927-1928 | Wilfred E. Agar | Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne |
1929-1930 | Frederick Chapman | Commonwealth Palaeontologist |
1931-1932 | Herbert S. Summers | Associate Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne |
1933-1934 | William J. Young | Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne |
1935-1936 | Norman A. Esserman | Officer-in-Charge, National Standards Laboratory, CSIRO |
1937-1938 | Samuel M. Wadham | Professor of Agriculture, University of Melbourne |
1939-1940 | Daniel J. Mahony | Director of the National Museum of Victoria |
1941-1942 | Reuben T. Patton | Lecturer, Botany Department, University of Melbourne |
1943-1944 | William Baragwanath | Director, Geological Survey of Victoria |
1945-1946 | John K. Davis | Antarctic Explorer, Commonwealth Director of Navigation |
1947-1948 | Dermot A. Casey | Anthropologist |
1949-1950 | Phillip Crosbie Morrison | Natural History Writer and Broadcaster |
1951-1952 | John S. Turner | Professor of Botany, University of Melbourne |
1953-1954 | Frank L. Stillwell | Geologist |
1955-1956 | Edwin S. Hills | Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne |
1957-1958 | Valentine G. Anderson | Consulting Chemist |
1959-1960 | Geoffrey W. Leeper | Associate Professor in Agricultural Chemistry, University of Melbourne |
1961-1962 | Richard R. Garran | Senior Executive, Imperial Chemical Industries |
1963-1964 | Richard T.M. Pescott | Director of the National Museum of Victoria, Director of Royal Botanic Gardens and Government Botanist of Victoria |
1965-1966 | John H. Chinner | Reader-in-Charge of Forestry, University of Melbourne |
1967-1968 | Phillip G. Law | Director of Antarctic Division, Vice-President of Victoria Institute of Colleges |
1969-1970 | Edmund D. Gill | Palaeontologist, Deputy Director of the National Museum of Victoria |
1971-1972 | Alfred Dunbavin Butcher | Director of Fisheries and Wildlife, Chairman of the Zoological Board of Victoria |
1973-1974 | Sir Robert R. Blackwood | Industrialist, Chancellor of Monash University |
1975-1976 | James D. Morrison | Professor of Physical Chemistry, La Trobe University |
1977-1978 | John F. Lovering | Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne |
1979-1980 | Lionel L. Stubbs | Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Melbourne |
1980-1982 | Gordon D. Aitchison | Chief, Division of Applied Geomechanics, CSIRO |
1983-1984 | David M. Churchill | Government Botanist of Victoria, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens |
1985- Jan.-June 1986 | Dr Grisha A. Sklovsky | Managing Director, Trans Knowledge Assoc. Pty Ltd |
Jul. 1986 - Jun. 1987 | Dr Terence P. O'Brien | Reader in Botany, Monash University |
Jul.-Dec. 1987 | Dr Grisha A. Sklovsky | Managing Director, Trans Knowledge Assoc. Pty Ltd |
1988-1990 | Dr William R.S. Briggs | Development Director, Chisholm Institute of Technology |
1991-1992 | Dr Graeme F. Watson | Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne |
1993-1994 | Dr John W. Zillman | Director, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology |
1995-1996 | Dr Maxwell G. Lay | Director, Roads Corporation Victoria |
1997-1998 | Prof. Em. Herbert H. Bolotin | Professor of Physics, University of Melbourne |
1999-2001 | Assoc. Prof. Gordon D. Sanson | Associate Professor of Zoology, Monash University |
2001-2003 | Assoc. Prof. Neil W. Archbold | Professor of Palaeontology, Deakin University |