The Australia Prize was Australia's pre-eminent prize for scientific research from 1990 until 2000, when it was replaced by the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science. The award was international, 10 of the 28 recipients were not Australians.
Recipients
1999 - Energy science and technology theme - Martin A. Green and Stuart R. Wenham 1998 - Molecular science theme - Elizabeth Blackburn, Suzanne Cory, Alec Jeffreys and Grant Sutherland 1997 - Telecommunications theme- Allan Snyder, Rodney Tucker and Gottfried Ungerboeck 1996 - Pharmaceutical design theme - Paul Janssen, Graeme Laver, Peter Colman and Mark von Itzstein 1995 - Remote sensing theme - Kenneth G. McCracken, Andrew Green, Jonathon Huntington, Richard Moore 1994 - Sustainable land management theme - Gene Likens 1993 - Sensory perception theme - Horace Barlow, Peter Bishop and Vernon Mountcastle 1992 - Mining or processing of mineral resources theme - John Watt, Brian Sowerby, Nicholas Cutmore and Jim Howarth 1991 - No awards presented 1990 - Agriculture or the environment theme - Allen Kerr, Eugene Nester and Jeff Schell
References Australia Prize 1990-1999, Prime Minister's Prizes for Science