About Fellowship
Fellowships are the highest level of recognition endowed upon individuals by the Geospatial Council of Australia.
The titles of Fellow or Honorary Fellow are awarded to individuals that have made a significant contribution to our peak body, and/or to the profession and are only approved following a rigorous nomination and assessment process.
You can find out more about eligibility criteria and the nomination process in our Fellowship Policy. To nominate a peer or colleague for fellowship, please download and complete the nomination form and email to ceo@geospatialcouncil.org.au.
Our Fellows
Fellows are nominated by their peers and renew their status each year as a financial member.
Our Areas of Practice are:
- GDARS – GIS, Digital Analytics & Remote Sensing
- Hydrography
- Surveying.
GDARS brings together the former Spatial Information & Cartography, and Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry commissions of SSSI.
Surveying brings together members of the land, engineering & mining surveying commissions of SSSI.
Hydrography members were formerly the hydrography commission of SSSI.
Fellows as of April 2025
Name |
Region |
Area of Practice |
|---|---|---|
Lesley Arnold |
WA |
GDARS |
Francis Blanchfield |
ACT |
GDARS |
Paul Boland |
TAS |
Surveying |
Alistair Byrom |
QLD |
Surveying |
Jacinta Burns |
VIC |
GDARS |
Adriaan Cafe |
VIC |
Surveying |
Jacobus de Lange |
QLD |
GDARS |
Peter Douglas |
WA |
Surveying |
Christopher Earls |
WA |
GDARS |
Robert Edwards |
WA |
Surveying |
Leslie Fehlhaber |
QLD |
Surveying |
Gregory Goodman |
NSW |
Surveying |
Noel Hamey OAM |
ACT |
GDARS |
Warwick Hehir |
NSW |
GDARS |
Dr Petra Helmholz |
WA |
GDARS |
Stephen Hogan |
ACT |
Surveying |
Andrew Jones |
SA |
Surveying |
Malcolm Jones |
WA |
Hydrography |
Arthur Kearsley |
NSW |
Surveying |
David Kirchner |
QLD |
GDARS |
Nick Lawrence |
QLD |
GDARS |
Richard Lemon |
NSW |
Surveying |
Megan Lewis |
SA |
GDARS |
Graham Lodwick |
WA |
Surveying |
John Maschke |
QLD |
Hydrography |
Paul McClelland |
QLD |
Surveying |
Kevin McDougall |
QLD |
Surveying |
Andrej Mocicka |
VIC |
Surveying |
Linda Morgan |
WA |
Surveying |
Peter Murphy |
QLD |
Surveying |
Jonathan Osborn |
TAS |
GDARS |
Dipak Paudyal |
QLD |
GDARS |
Robert Pentecost |
QLD |
Surveying |
Phillip Pozzi |
QLD |
Surveying |
Anthony Proust |
NSW |
Surveying |
Mary Rabling |
VIC |
Surveying |
Jasbir Randhawa |
NSW |
Hydrography |
Alan Regan |
QLD |
Surveying |
Geoff Robb |
WA |
Surveying |
Craig Sandy |
VIC |
Surveying |
Mark Shortis |
VIC |
GDARS |
Shane Simmons |
QLD |
Surveying |
David Sinclair |
QLD |
Surveying |
Peter Sippel |
QLD |
Surveying |
Kerry Smyth |
WA |
GDARS |
Christopher Swane |
QLD |
Surveying |
Barry Thorne |
SA |
Surveying |
Robert Twin |
ACT |
GDARS |
Hein Van Der Heide |
QLD |
Surveying |
Raymond Watson |
WA |
Surveying |
Doug White |
ACT |
GDARS |
Simon Wood |
SA |
Surveying |
Honorary Fellows
An Honorary Fellowship is bestowed in recognition of outstanding contribution and provides complimentary membership for life.
Honorary Fellows as of April 2025
Name |
Region |
Area of Practice |
|---|---|---|
Cliff Bacon |
OS |
GDARS |
Andrew Barnicoat |
ACT |
Surveying |
Christopher Bellman |
VIC |
GDARS |
Gypsy Bhalla |
ACT |
GDARS |
Peter Bowen |
WA |
GDARS |
Derrick Brown |
WA |
Surveying |
Eugene Browne |
WA |
GDARS |
Richard Browne |
WA |
Surveying |
Peter Byrne |
WA |
Surveying |
William Cartwright |
VIC |
GDARS |
James Curnow |
SA |
Surveying |
John Dent |
TAS |
Surveying |
Paul Digney |
TAS |
Surveying |
Bruce Forster |
NSW |
GDARS |
Clive Fraser |
VIC |
GDARS |
Ronald Furness |
NSW |
Hydrography |
Michael Giudici |
TAS |
Surveying |
Ken Granger |
QLD |
GDARS |
John Harrison |
SA |
Surveying |
Tony Hart |
NSW |
GDARS |
Matthew Higgins |
QLD |
Surveying |
Peter Holland (Deceased) |
ACT |
GDARS |
Raymond Holmes (Deceased) |
VIC |
GDARS |
Gary Hunter |
VIC |
Surveying |
Leslie Isdale |
QLD |
GDARS |
Earl James |
NT |
Surveying |
Dexter Johnston |
WA |
GDARS |
William Kitson |
QLD |
Surveying |
Kevin Landy |
QLD |
GDARS |
Grahame Lindsay OAM |
SA |
Surveying |
Ronald Lister |
NSW |
GDARS |
Gary Maguire |
SA |
GDARS |
Brian Marwick |
VIC |
Surveying |
Gerald McCalden |
NSW |
GDARS |
Malcolm McCoy |
VIC |
Surveying |
Edward McKinnon |
WA |
Surveying |
John Medbury |
TAS |
Surveying |
Rob Melloy |
QLD |
GDARS |
John Minehan |
NSW |
Surveying |
Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse |
VIC |
GDARS |
Gary Nairn AO (Deceased) |
ACT |
Surveying |
Stuart Nixon |
WA |
GDARS |
Bernard O’Sullivan |
WA |
Surveying |
Lindsay Perry |
VIC |
Surveying |
Abbas Rajabifard |
VIC |
GDARS |
Terrence Roberts |
VIC |
Surveying |
Robert Sarib |
NT |
Surveying |
Jonathan Saxon |
NSW |
Surveying |
Grahame Searle |
WA |
GDARS |
Garry Smith |
QLD |
GDARS |
Ewen Sneddon |
QLD |
Surveying |
Peter Swan AM |
QLD |
Surveying |
John Trinder |
NSW |
GDARS |
Jan Gabriel Van Wyk |
NSW |
GDARS |
Ian Williamson |
VIC |
GDARS |
Peter Woodgate (Deceased) |
VIC |
RSPC |
Graeme Wright |
WA |
SICC |