This award was introduced in 1975.
| Robert Charles Sharman | 1975 |
| Phyllis Mander Jones | 1976* |
| Janet Dora Hine | 1977 |
| Patricia Mary June Quinn | 1977 |
| Gerald Lyn Fischer | 1981 |
| Roger Joyce | 1981* |
| Ian Maclean | 1981* |
| Suzanne Marthe Helene Mourot | 1981 |
| Bruce Thomas Burne | 1983 |
| Peter Orlovich | 1983 |
| Michael John Saclier | 1985 |
| Peter John Scott | 1985 |
| Margaret Lois Medcalf | 1989 |
| Doreen Wheeler | 1989 |
* deceased
The Society inaugurated this award for distinguished contributions in 1993.
| Nancy Florence Lutton | 1993 |
| Robert Charles Sharman | 1994 |
| Frank Strahan | 1995* |
| Baiba Berzins | 1998 |
| Clive Smith | 1998 |
| Barbara Reed | 2000 |
| David Roberts | 2000 |
| Karen Anderson | 2006 |
| Ian Pearce | 2007 |
| Adrian Cunningham | 2007 |
| Colleen McEwen | 2007 |
* deceased
This award was previously known as the Laureate.
| Graeme Powell | 2001 |
| Shauna Hicks | 2007 |
The Society inaugurated this award for distinguished contributions in 1993.
| Anne-Marie Lucienne Schwirtlich | 1993 |
| Kandy Jane Henderson | 1996 |
| Sue McKemmish | 1996 |
| Ann Pederson | 1996 |
| Michael Piggott | 1997 |
| Jenni Davidson | 1998 |