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}}{{Distinguish|Australian Geographer}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}Australian Geographic is a media business that produces the Australian Geographic and Australian Geographic Adventure magazine, australiangeographic.com. and operates. either itself or business partners, Australian Geographic stores, Australian Geographic Travel and various other businesses.Australian Geographic magazine, originally titled Dick Smith's Australian Geographic, is a bi-monthly geographical journal created by Dick Smith in 1986.WEB,weblink Australian Geographic, Bauer Media, 22 September 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150921153958weblink">weblink 21 September 2015, dead, The magazine focuses mainly on stories about Australia, or about Australian people in other countries. The six editions published each year are available by subscription and on newsstands. They include posters or sheet maps in each edition, as well as photographs and detailed technical illustrations.The entire Australian Geographic magazine archive is available on its website to subscribers.Australian Geographic website.The profits earned by Australian Geographic Holdings are contributed the Australian Geographic Society which is a registered Australian Charity.Australian Geographic Society.

History

The Australian Geographic magazine, originally titled Dick Smith's Australian Geographic, was initially published by Australian Geographic Pty Ltd, a private company controlled by Dick Smith, the founder of Dick Smith Electronics and Dick Smith Foods. His name was removed from the title two years later. Australian Geographic Pty Ltd also operated the Australian Geographic chain of retail stores.WEB,weblink Australian Geographic Shop, 15 August 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110827051619weblink">weblink 27 August 2011, dead, The publication's offices were originally based in Terrey Hills north of Sydney. Smith wanted the publication to focus on accuracy by exclusively including articles that were peer-reviewed. Australian Geographic acquired rights to the Australian Encyclopaedia and published editions in 1988 and 1996. In 1995, when subscriptions totalled more than 200,000, Smith sold the business to Fairfax Media for A$41 million.NEWS, The World According to Dick, The Weekend Australian Magazine, Dalton, Trent, 19 May 2018, 17, In December 1998, the business was bought out by its management.WEB,weblink Australian Geographic, Archer Capital, 9 October 2016, From September 2000 to December 2001, Australian Geographic published a bimonthly science and technology magazine known as Newton Graphic Science. There were, however, only eight issues published before the magazine went permanently out of print.In November 2006, PBL Media's ACP Magazines (now Bauer Media Group) purchased the Australian Geographic publishing division. The Australian Geographic magazine was then based at Park Street, Sydney. The editor-in-chief of Australian Geographic was Chrissie Goldrick, while the editor was John Pickrell.In September 2007, Australian Geographic Retail, which operates an online store and retail stores selling products including Australiana, weather stations, telescopes, books and toys, was sold separately to the publication business. From 2007 to 2016 Australian Geographic Retail was owned by Myer Family Investments but after large operating losses it was sold in August 2016 to The Co-op, a retail supplier to universities.NEWS,weblink The Co-op acquires Australian Geographic, Business News Australia, 26 August 2016, 22 October 2016, The license ended in 2019.WEB, Staff, Ag,weblink ends licensing agreement with University Co-op Bookshop, Australian Geographic, 2019-10-03, 2022-08-02, In 2018, the publication was sold to Blue Ant Media.WEB,weblink Bauer Media sells Australian Geographic to Northern Pictures, 2 March 2018, 3 March 2018, Mumbrella, Josie, Tutty, Blue Ant Media subsequently sold all its Australian businesses to RACAT Group, including Australian Geographic and the Sydney-based Northern Pictures.

Australian Geographic Society Awards

The Australian Geographic Society Adventure Award has been awarded since 1987 and is Australia's longest-running award for adventure.WEB,weblink What to expect from this year's Australian Geographic awards, 2018-10-09, Australian Geographic, en-AU, 2019-07-15, It is judged on merit and therefore not all of the categories are awarded annually. The award ceremony, attended in 2018 by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,NEWS,weblink The Duchess of Sussex stuns in Oscar de la Renta at Australian Geographic Society Awards dinner in Sydney, News Corp, 27 October 2018, 19 June 2019, is a celebration of achievement and is not a competition.WEB, AG,weblink AG Society Adventure Awards, Australian Geographic, 19 September 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110811221203weblink">weblink 11 August 2011, dead, The award is given in five categories – Lifetime of Adventure, Lifetime of Conservation, Adventurer of the Year, Conservationist of the Year, Spirit of Adventure, Young Adventurer of the Year and Young Conservationist of the Year.

Lifetime of Adventure{| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Awardee!Achievements|2023|Glenn Singleman & Heather SwanDATE=2023-10-31 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2023/11/MEET-THE-2023-AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-AWARD-WINNERS/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2022Geoff Wilson (veterinarian)>Dr Geoff WilsonDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-LIFETIME-OF-ADVENTURE-AWARD-WINNER-DR-GEOFF-WILSON/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019Leyland brothers>Leyland|During the 1970s Mal and his brother rose to fame through their televised adventures across Australia, most notably the series Ask the Leyland Brothers. They went in search of lost monuments, rumoured migratory birds and ephemeral lakes. The brothers were responsible for inspiring a generation of Australians to explore their own country.|2018Sydney Kirkby (explorer)>Syd KirkbyDATE=2018-10-25 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2018/10/SYD-KIRKBY-LIFETIME-OF-ADVENTURE-2018/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2017Jon Muir>Jon Muir OAMDATE=2017-10-30 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2017/10/JON-MUIR-LIFETIME-OF-ADVENTURE-2017/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC DATE=2017-10-31 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/NEWS/2017/11/WINNERS-OF-THE-2017-AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-AWARDS/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2016|Ron AllumDATE=2013-03-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/TOPICS/SCIENCE-ENVIRONMENT/2013/03/LEGEND-OF-THE-DEEP-RON-ALLUM/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC DATE=2016-10-26 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/NEWS/2016/10/WINNERS-OF-AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETYS-2016-AWARDS/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2015Eric Philips>Eric Philips OAMDATE=2015-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2015/10/LIFETIME-OF-ADVENTURE-2015/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2014Hans Tholstrup>Hans TholostrupDATE=2014-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2014/10/LIFETIME-OF-ADVENTURE-2014/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US,

Lifetime of Conservation {| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Awardee!Achievements|2023|Brigitte Stevens|Since 2006, after founding the Wombat Awareness Organisation, Brigitte has rescued and rehabilitated 10,000 wombats, and lobbied for stronger legislative protections for wombats. Her sanctuary for injured, orphaned and misplaced wombats is the largest of its kind in the world.|2022|John WamsleyDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/NEWS/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-LIFETIME-OF-CONSERVATION-JOHN-WAMSLEY-OAM/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019|John Rumney|John founded Undersea Explorer, offering free berths to reef researchers, thereby facilitating vital access to remote places across the GBR. He also established Eye to Eye Marine encounters research and tourism operation, facilitating primary reef research through tourism partnerships.|2018|Atticus FlemingDATE=2018-10-25 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2018/10/ATTICUS-FLEMING-LIFETIME-OF-CONSERVATION-AWARD-2018/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2017|Curt & Mich JennerDATE=2017-10-30 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2017/10/CURT-AND-MICH-JENNER-LIFETIME-OF-CONSERVATION-2017/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2016|Robyn WilliamsDATE=2016-10-13 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2016/10/ROBYN-WILLIAMS-LIFETIME-OF-CONSERVATION-2016/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2015|Robert Purves AMDATE=2015-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2015/10/LIFETIME-OF-CONSERVATION-2015/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2014|Tim FlanneryDATE=2014-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2014/10/LIFETIME-OF-CONSERVATION-2014/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, ">

Adventurer of the Year{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Awardee !! Achievement|2023|Richard Barnes|Solo Kayak across the Tasman sea, 1676 km, unassisted, non-stop. Australia to New Zealand.|2022|Lisa BlairDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-ADVENTURER-OF-THE-YEAR-LISA-BLAIR/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019|Michelle LeeDATE=2019-10-31 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2019/11/2019-WINNERS-OF-THE-AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-AWARDS-ANNOUNCED/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, DATE=2018-10-25 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2018/10/STEVE-PLAIN-ADVENTURER-OF-THE-YEAR-2018/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC DATE=25 OCTOBER 2018, Australian Geographic, DATE=30 OCTOBER 2017, Australian Geographic, Michael Smith (aviator)>Michael Smith The first person to solo circumnavigate the world in a single-engine flying boat. He had initially intended to fly to London, but upon his arrival he decided to continue flying across the North Atlantic, North America and the North Pacific. HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2016/10/MICHAEL-SMITH-ADVENTURER-OF-THE-YEAR-2016/>TITLE=ADVENTURER OF THE YEAR 2016WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, DATE=27 OCTOBER 2015, Australian Geographic, DATE=27 OCTOBER 2014, Australian Geographic, Tim Jarvis >DATE=22 OCTOBER 2013, Australian Geographic, Pat Farmer >DATE=20 JUNE 2012, Australian Geographic, Linda Beilharz >DATE=6 OCTOBER 2010ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110928002819/HTTP://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/2010-AG-AWARDS-ADVENTURER-OF-THE-YEAR-LINDA-BEILHARZ.HTMURL-STATUS=DEAD, FIRST AUSSIE WOMAN LINDA BEILHARZ SUCCESSFULLY TREKS BOTH POLES>URL=HTTP://WWW.PERTHNOW.COM.AU/NEWS/FIRST-AUSSIE-WOMAN-LINDA-BEILHARZ-SUCCESSFULLY-TREKS-BOTH-POLES/STORY-E6FRG12C-1225863638675ACCESS-DATE=5 SEPTEMBER 2011, Andrew Lock >DATE=14 OCTOBER 2009 URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=22 AUGUST 2011, DATE=6 DECEMBER 2008, 3 July 2011, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION >URL=HTTP://WWW.ABC.NET.AU/CREATUREFEATURES/CELEB/LLOYDGODSON.HTMACCESS-DATE=3 JULY 2011ARCHIVE-DATE=28 AUGUST 2011DATE=15 JUNE 2009ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110308184103/HTTP://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/UNDERWATER-MAN-LIVES-HIS-DREAM.HTMURL-STATUS=DEAD, Tim Cope >YEAR=2010YEAR=2010ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20100908061809/HTTP://WWW.TIMCOPEJOURNEYS.COM/PAGE/JOURNEYS/ON-THE-TRAIL-OF-GHENGIS-KHAN/THE-EXPEDITION/URL-STATUS=DEAD, CYCLING SIBERIA>URL=HTTP://WWW.TIMCOPEJOURNEYS.COM/PAGE/JOURNEYS/CYCLING-SIBERIA/ACCESS-DATE=3 JULY 2011, YENISEY RIVER>URL=HTTP://WWW.TIMCOPEJOURNEYS.COM/PAGE/JOURNEYS/YENISEY-RIVER/ACCESS-DATE=3 JULY 2011, Andrew McAuley >PUBLISHER=ANDREW MCAULEY ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110707141631/HTTP://WWW.ANDREWMCAULEY.COM/KAYAKING.HTML URL-STATUS=DEAD, OLDAKER >FIRST=AARON URL=HTTP://WWW.ANDREWMCAULEY.COM/ARTICLES/BASS%20STRAIT%20DIRECT%20NEWS.PDF NEWSPAPER=THE ADVOCATE DATE=29 NOVEMBER 2003 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110930124916/HTTP://WWW.ANDREWMCAULEY.COM/ARTICLES/BASS%20STRAIT%20DIRECT%20NEWS.PDF TITLE=ANDREW MCAULEY WAS NOT CRAZY OR RECKLESS BUT CROSSING THE TASMAN SEA IN A KAYAK WAS A CALCULATED, PLANNED GAMBLE HE LOSTACCESS-DATE=3 JULY 2011DATE=17 FEBRUARY 2007 ARCHIVE-URL= HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110628202650/HTTP://WWW.THEAGE.COM.AU/NEWS/NATIONAL/ANDREW-MCAULEY-WAS-NOT-CRAZY-OR-RECKLESS-BUT-CROSSING-THE-TASMANSEA-IN-A-KAYAK-WAS-A-CALCULATED-PLANNED-GAMBLE-HE-LOST/2007/02/16/1171405447066.HTML URL-STATUS= LIVE, Jon Johanson >PUBLISHER=FéDéRATION AéRONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110616210321/HTTP://WWW.FAI.ORG/AWARDS/RECIPIENT.ASP?ID=29891 URL-STATUS=DEAD, Sue Fear >| First Australian-born woman to climb Mount Everest.Jon Muir >YEAR=2011YEAR=2011URL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVE-DATE=16 APRIL 2012, dmy-all, Tammy van Wisse >ACCESS-DATE=3 JULY 2011 ARCHIVE-DATE= 17 JULY 2011, live, Dick Smith (entrepreneur)>Dick Smith Flew a balloon across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Australia.DICK SMITH, AUSTRALIAN, ELECTRONICS, RETAIL & AVIATION MAGNATE>URL=HTTP://WWW.AUSSIETYCOON.COM/ARCHIVE/INDEX.PHP/T-30.HTMLACCESS-DATE=3 JULY 2011, DATE=29 MAY 2011ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110218054345/HTTP://WWW.SIMPSONDESERT.FL.NET.AU/ARCHA/URL-STATUS=DEAD, David Henry Lewis>David Lewis Completed the world's first circumnavigation of the planet in multi-hull vessel.OBITUARIES: DAVID LEWIS>URL=HTTPS://WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/NEWS/OBITUARIES/1414266/DAVID-LEWIS.HTMLNEWSPAPER=THE TELEGRAPHLOCATION=LONDON, THE MAN WHO SET OUT TO SEE IT ALL>URL=HTTP://WWW.SMH.COM.AU/ARTICLES/2002/11/15/1037080913844.HTMLNEWSPAPER=THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ARCHIVE-URL= HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110623071223/HTTP://WWW.SMH.COM.AU/ARTICLES/2002/11/15/1037080913844.HTML URL-STATUS= LIVE, Sydney Kirkby (explorer)>Syd Kirkby First man to venture into the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica with sled dogs during 1956–57.SYDNEY L KIRKBY (1933– )>URL=HTTP://WWW.ANTARCTICA.GOV.AU/ABOUT-ANTARCTICA/HISTORY/PEOPLE-OF-ANTARCTIC-HISTORY/SYD-KIRKBYACCESS-DATE=4 JULY 2011, PUBLISHER=BLUEWORLD SPEAKING URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=11 MARCH 2011, BLACKWOOD>FIRST=FIONAURL=HTTP://WWW.ABC.NET.AU/STATELINE/TAS/CONTENT/2003/S874106.HTMNEWSPAPER=AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATIONARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20161220182852/HTTP://WWW.ABC.NET.AU/STATELINE/TAS/CONTENT/2003/S874106.HTMURL-STATUS=DEAD, PUBLISHER=NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVEPUBLISHER=SIMPSON DESERT FRENCH LINEARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110706123505/HTTP://WWW.SIMPSONDESERT.FL.NET.AU/BIRDS/URL-STATUS=DEAD, Len Beadell >PUBLISHER=BEADELL TOURS URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=11 JULY 2011, LEN BEADELL>URL=HTTP://WWW.ABC.NET.AU/GNT/HISTORY/TRANSCRIPTS/S1136644.HTMACCESS-DATE=18 JULY 2011ARCHIVE-DATE=3 MAY 2016, dead, PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN WOMAN'S WEEKLY, THEPUBLISHER=SUNSHINE COAST DAILYWORK=THE TELEGRAPHLOCATION=LONDONLAST=WILLIAMS, 21 April 2008, Ron Taylor (diver)>Ron and Valerie Taylor (diver) >PUBLISHER=RON AND VALERIE TAYLORARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110715201729/HTTP://WWW.RONVALTAYLOR.COM/URL-STATUS=DEADPUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATIONARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110907064911/HTTP://WWW.ABC.NET.AU/TALKINGHEADS/TXT/S1403416.HTMURL-STATUS=DEAD, Warren Bonython >PUBLISHER=WILLEM KEMPENPUBLISHER=ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN SCIENCEPUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, 19 July 2011, | First maritime circumnavigation of Australia in an open boat, and first to cross Australia in a solar powered car.WORK=THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALDDATE=28 MARCH 2008, Philip Law >| Scientist and Antarctic explorer.PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND EXPLORERS CLUBARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20140522013305/HTTP://WWW.ANZEC.ORG/VIEW_MEMBER.PHP?MEMBER_ID=39URL-STATUS=DEAD, dmy-all,

Conservationist of the Year {| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Awardee!Achievement|2023|Karrina Nolan|‘Original power’ - tackled the lack of clean, affordable power available to First Nation and Torres Strait Islander households.|2022|Linda SparrowDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/NEWS/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-AWARD-WINNER-LINDA-SPARROW/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019|Albert Wiggan|Albert is an indigenous ranger, using western science and Indigenous teachings to preserve the waters of Boddergron. When the government tried to build the world’s largest LNG gas export terminal at James Price Point (a marine sanctuary), he lobbied the Supreme Court and fronted a blockade. |2018|Numbat Task ForceNumbat>numbats, one of only two natural populations left today.STAFF >FIRST=A. G. TITLE=THE NUMBATS' LAST STAND ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-03 LANGUAGE=EN-US, |2017|Natalie IsacecsDATE=2017-10-30 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2017/10/NATALIE-ISAACS-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-2017/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2016|Tim Jarvis25zero>25ZERO project aimed to highlight the retreat of glaciers on the world’s 25 glacial mountains, by summiting 3 of them and raising awareness of their decline.STAFF >FIRST=A. G. TITLE=TIM JARVIS 25ZERO EXPEDITION: BACKGROUND ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-03 LANGUAGE=EN-US, |2015|Tim FaulknerDATE=2015-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2015/10/CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-2015/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2014|Anna RoseEarth Hour Australia’s revolution into a year round social movement, focusing on protecting the GBR. Anna co-founded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.STAFF DATE=2014-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2014/10/CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US,

Spirit of Adventure Award {| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Awardee!Achievement|2023|Dr Kate Leeming OAM|Kate became the first person to cycle across Queen Maud Land on the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. |2022|Sophie MattersonDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-SPIRIT-OF-ADVENTURE-SOPHIE-MATTERSON/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019|Nick Gleeson|Solo traversed a salt lake in South Australia without the assistance of his seeing-eye dog.|2018|Paul PritchardTotem Pole (Tasmania)>Tasmania’s Totem Pole - In 2016 returned to climb Paul climbed one handed and footed to the Totem Pole. In 2017 he led a team of disabled cyclists from Australia’s lowest to highest point on a journey of more than 2000km, from Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko.HEATHCOTE >FIRST=ANGELA TITLE=PAUL PRITCHARD: SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE WINNER 2018 ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-03 LANGUAGE=EN-US, |2017|Lisa BlairDATE=2017-10-30 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2017/10/SPIRIT-OF-ADVENTURE-2017/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2016|Brian Freeman, Alyssa Azar, Lachlan Smart|Freeman summited Everest after founding Walking Wounded, assisting returned Australian soldiers through supporting their mental health. Azar became the youngest Australian to summit Everest at 19 yrs old, after having natural disasters thwart her previous 2 attempts. Smart became the youngest person to fly a single engine aircraft solo around the world. At 18 he travelled 45,000km, stopping in 15 countries.|2015|Huw KingstonSave the Children Australia - which ended up becoming the charity’s most successful individual campaigner ever.STAFF DATE=2015-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2015/10/SPIRIT-OF-ADVENTURE-2015/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2014|Heath Jamieson, Seamus DonaghueWalking With The Wounded to tackle a 335 km trek to the South Pole, having both sustained serious injuries in Afghanistan.STAFF DATE=2014-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2014/10/SPIRIT-OF-ADVENTURE/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, ">

Young Adventurer of the Year{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Awardee !! Achievement|2023|Lewi Taylor|Climbed all 158 peaks of The Abels (Tasmania) in 158 days.|2022|Gabby KanizayDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-YOUNG-ADVENTURER-OF-THE-YEAR-GABBY-KANIZAY/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019|Jimmy AshbyDATE=2019-10-31 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2019/11/2019-WINNERS-OF-THE-AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-AWARDS-ANNOUNCED/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2018|Jade HameisterDATE=2018-10-25 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2018/10/JADE-HAMEISTER-YOUNG-ADVENTURER-OF-THE-YEAR-2018/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, Canning Stock Route unsupported and using an electric fat bike. The bicycle was powered by a trailer carrying solar panels.YOUNG ADVENTURER OF THE YEAR 2017PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 6 July 2019, Jade Hameister >PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 17 April 2017, PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 17 April 2017, PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, Jessica Watson >PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=29 MARCH 2011, TEEN WINS AWARD FOR MONGOLIAN ADVENTURE>URL=HTTP://WWW.SMH.COM.AU/NATIONAL/TEEN-WINS-AWARD-FOR-MONGOLIAN-ADVENTURE-20091016-H14T.HTMLACCESS-DATE=22 JULY 2011, 17 October 2009, 2008 James Castrission rowspan=2ACCESS-DATE=25 JULY 2011, FIRST MATE >URL=HTTP://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/JOURNAL/FIRST-MATE.HTM ACCESS-DATE=25 JULY 2011 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110329120019/HTTP://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/JOURNAL/FIRST-MATE.HTM, 29 March 2011, | Justin JonesRex Pemberton >PUBLISHER=AAPTARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110517201925/HTTP://AAPT.COM.AU/OUR-COMPANY/NEWS/2006/AAPT-SPONSORS-REX-PEMBERTON-FINAL-TWO-CLIMBSURL-STATUS=DEAD, EVEREST IS NOT ENOUGH FOR AUSTRALIA'S PEAK PERFORMER – REX PEMBERTON >URL=HTTP://WWW.HEIDELBERG.COM/NZ/WWW/EN/CONTENT/ARTICLES/RECENT_NEWS/200605_06/REX_PEAK_060531 ACCESS-DATE=4 AUGUST 2011 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20111006031403/HTTP://WWW.HEIDELBERG.COM/NZ/WWW/EN/CONTENT/ARTICLES/RECENT_NEWS/200605_06/REX_PEAK_060531 PUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=26 FEBRUARY 2011, 2006 Stephen Fordyce Completed a mid-winter traverse of the Western Arthurs range in Southwest Tasmania.PARTNERS>URL=HTTP://WWW.STEPPEBYSTEPPE.COM.AU/PARTNERS.HTMLACCESS-DATE=4 AUGUST 2011ARCHIVE-DATE=6 JULY 2011, dead, | Roger Chao| Youngest Australian to ever climb Mount Everest at the age of 21. 2004 Chris Bray Walked from Port Davey to Strahan around 300 km of coastline.| Jasper Timm | Youngest person to attempt Mount Everest.| Cycled across Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, and China in 1999; and paddled the length of the Yenisey River in 2001.2001 Jeremy Richardson rowspan=3|First Australian team to attempt a winter ascent of Denali, US| Jarlath Weingott| Angus Weingott| Cycled solo from Indonesia to England in 2000.| Hatherly rode a bike around Australia in 11.5 months during 1996.| unknown1996 Mark Shearer 2000 km kayaking journey in Chile>ADVENTURE AWARDS >URL=HTTPS://WWW.NEWSPAPERS.COM/ARTICLE/THE-SYDNEY-MORNING-HERALD-ADVENTURE-AWA/129620797/ WORK=THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD LOCATION=SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA FORMAT=NEWSPAPERS.COM, | 2000 km kayaking journey in Chile1994 Damon Howes rowspan=2|Spent a year near the Wanderer River on the South West coast of Tasmania.| Deanne Howes1992 James Woodford unknown| unknown| unknown| unknown| Paddled the entirety of the Murray River in a kayak.

Young Conservationist of the Year {| class"wikitable"

!Year!Awardee!Achievement|2022|Dr Anika MolesworthDATE=2022-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/2022/10/AUSTRALIAN-GEOGRAPHIC-SOCIETY-GALA-AWARDS-2022-YOUNG-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-DR-ANIKA-MOLESWORTH/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2019|Angelina Arora|Invented a biodegradable alternative to plastic made from prawn shells, decomposed 1.5million times faster. She is now exploring the effect of algae on oil spill remediation.|2018|Sophia SkarparisDATE=2018-10-25 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2018/10/SOPHIA-SKARPARIS-YOUNG-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-2018/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2017|Madison StewartDATE=2017-10-30 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/VIDEO/2017/10/MADISON-STEWART-YOUNG-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-2017/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2016|Joshua Gilbert|Gilbert has caused a great increase in climate change activism as the chair of the NSW Young Farmers Association amongst farmers and shifted the organisation's focus from Royal Commission to Climate Change.|2015|Amelia TelfordDATE=2015-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2015/10/YOUNG-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-2015/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US, |2014Bindi Irwin>Bindie IrwinDATE=2014-10-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AUSTRALIANGEOGRAPHIC.COM.AU/SOCIETY/AWARDS/2014/10/YOUNG-CONSERVATIONIST-OF-THE-YEAR-2014/ WEBSITE=AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, en-US,

See also

• Geographic magazine

References

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• Australian Geographic 10th Anniversary Collectors Edition No. 40 Oct – Dec 1995

External links

• Australian Geographic

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