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Whitley Awards (1979-)
or Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Awards ; or Whitley Medal
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Whitley Awards are presented annually for outstanding publications or zoological literature, or works profiling wildlife of Australia and Australasia.

The Awards offer commendations rather than awarding winners, with the exception of the Whitley Medal itself.

Notes

  • Presented annually since 1979 by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales for excellence, primarily in text, in publications that contain a significant amount of information relating to the fauna of the Australasian region. The awards are a tribute to Gilbert Whitley, an eminent Australian ichthyologist.

    Award winners receive either the Whitley Medal or a Certificate of Commendation. The latter is awarded in many categories including: Best Illustrated Publication, Best Text, Best Field Guide, Best Reference Work, Best Historical Zoology, Best Children's Publication, Best CD-ROM, Best Limited Edition, Best Textbook and Best Video.

    Source: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales website: http://www.rzsnsw.org.au/Whitleys.htm

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2019

winner (Whitley Medal) y separately published work icon Zobi and the Zoox Zobi and the Zoox : A Story of Coral Bleaching Ailsa Wild , Aviva Reed (illustrator), Briony Barr , Gregory Crocetti , Melbourne : Scale Free Network , 2014 8355612 2014 single work picture book children's

With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a family of slow but steady Zoox (zooxanthellae). The coral becomes gravely ill and bacteria around them begin to starve. Can Zobi and the Zoox work together to save the day?

This book is about a symbiotic relationship. It tells the story of the microscopic friends living in a tiny coral polyp. (Source: Back cover)

 for 2018 CSIRO edition.

Year: 2008

None within scope.

Year: 2003

None within scope.

Year: 1987

joint winner y separately published work icon The Kookaburra that Helps at the Nest Pauline Reilly , W. M. Rolland (illustrator), Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1987 Z847043 1987 single work picture book children's Joint winner with Lyrebird & Emu.
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