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A Rich Reward

3 October 2007

Professor Patricia Rich, who has been recognised for her contributions to geology, is a keen traveller. She is pictured during a recent visit to the Andes (Tucuman Province). Photo courtesy of Mikhail Fedonkin

Director of Monash University Science Centre, Professor Patricia Rich, has been named as this year's joint recipient of the Selwyn Medal.

Her husband Tom Rich has been named as the other recipient for his contribution to work at Museum Victoria . It is the first time the Selwyn Medal has been awarded jointly.

The Selwyn Medal is named in honour of Sir Alfred Selwyn, an eminent Victorian pioneering geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Victoria.

The medal is awarded, usually yearly, to recognise significant ongoing or former contributions of high calibre to any field of Victorian geology.

Candidates for the medal have made major contributions to new knowledge of the geology of Victoria, or a significant reinterpretation of it based on critical observations, or have contributed importantly to a major mineral or oil discovery, or have produced important geological publications or have been involved successfully in the development of the geological profession.

The Geological Society of Australia (GSA) was established in 1952 as a learned non-profit organisation. The Society's objectives have been expanded to promote, advance and support the Earth Sciences within the scientific and wider communities.