Browse Entries - R
- R. H. Stokes Medal (1980 - ), RACI - Electrochemistry Division
- R. L. Windsor & Son Pty Ltd (1947 - )
- R. M. Johnston Memorial Medal (1920 - ), Royal Society of Tasmania
- R. W. Chapman Medal (1935 - ), Institution of Engineers, Australia
- RAAF Academy, Point Cook (1961 - 1986), Royal Australian Air Force
- RAAMC
- see Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (1948 - ) - RAANS
- see Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (1948 - ) - Rabinov, Gertude
- see Rubinstein, Gertrude (1918 - ), Chemical physicist - RACI - Aliphatic and Carbocylic Chemistry Division (1968 - 1970), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Analytical Chemistry Division (1969 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Australian Capital Territory Branch (c. 1992 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Biomolecular Chemistry Division (2000 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Canberra Branch (c. 1980 - 1991), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Cereal Chemistry Division (1965 - 2013), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Chemical Education Division (c. 1965 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Colloid and Surface Science Division (1979 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Coordination and Metal-Organic Chemistry Division (1965 - c. 1981), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Division of Medicinal and Agricultural Chemistry (1983 - 1989), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Electrochemistry Division (1966 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Electrochemistry Division, R. H. Stokes Medal (1980 - )
- RACI - Environment Division (c. 1990 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Heterocyclic Chemistry Division (1965 - 1970), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Industrial Chemistry Division (1968 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Inorganic Chemistry Division (c. 1990 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - New South Wales Branch (1953 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Northern Territory Branch (c. 1990 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Organic Chemistry Division (1970 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Organic Chemistry Division, A. J. Birch Medal (1992 - )
- RACI - Physical Chemistry Division (1974 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Polymer Division (1964 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Queensland Branch (1953 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Solid State Division (1967 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - South Australian Branch (1953 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Tasmanian Branch (1941 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Victorian Branch (1953 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- RACI - Western Australian Branch (1933 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Radcliff, Frank John (1927 - ), Biochemist
- Radcliffe, John Clive, Agricultural scientist and Environmental scientist
- Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (1881 - 1955), Anthropologist
- Radcliffe-Taylor, Marion Aroha (1898 - ), Orthopaedic surgeon
- Radio Australia (c. 1940 - )
- Radio Research Board (1927 - 1985)
- Radiophysics Laboratory - CSIR (1939 - 1940), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- Radok, Uwe (1916 - 2009), Meteorologist
- Radom, Leo (1944 - ), Chemist
- Radway Medal
- see K. Radway Allen Award (1995 - ), Australian Society for Fish Biology - Rae, Ian David (1937 - ), Organic chemist and Science historian
- Raggatt, Harold George (1900 - 1968), Geologist
- Ragless, Gordon (1909 - 2002), Ornithologist
- Rail CRC
- see CRC for Railway Engineering and Technologies (2001 - 2007) - RailCorp
- see New South Wales State Rail Authority (1980 - 2003), State of New South Wales - Rainbird, J.
- Rainbow, William Joseph (1856 - 1919), Arachnologist and Entomologist
- Rainsford Metal Products Pty Ltd (1954 - 1980s)
- Raison, John Kenneth (1932 - 1991), Biochemist
- Ralph Slatyer Medal (2017 - ), Australian National University, Research School of Biological Sciences
- Ralph Symonds Ltd (1941 - 1980s)
- Ramaciotti Australia Foundation
- see Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation (1970 - ) - Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award
- see Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (1996 - ), Clive and Vera Research Foundation - Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (1996 - ), Clive and Vera Research Foundation
- Ramsay, Edward Pearson
- see Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842 - 1916), Zoologist, Museum curator and Ornithologist - Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842 - 1916), Zoologist, Museum curator and Ornithologist
- Ramsay, Helen P. (1928 - ), Bryologist
- Ramsay, Hilda Eileen (Eileen) (1886 - 1961), Plant collector
- Ramsay, James (1838 - 1913), Herpetologist and Zoological collector
- Ramsay, John (1872 - 1944), Surgeon
- Ramsay, Lynnette B (Lynne) (1940 - ), Nurse administrator
- Ramsay, William (1868 - 1914), Manufacturer
- Ramsay, Wilson, Physician
- Ramsbotham, Joshua Fielden (1878 - 1951), Civil engineer
- Ranclaud, Archibald Boscawen Boyd (1884 - 1967), Physicist
- Rand, Michael (1927 - 2002), Pharmacologist and Toxicologist
- Randell, William Richard (1824 - 1911), Paddle-steamer owner and Politician
- Randolph, Mark Felton (1951 - ), Civil engineer
- Rands, William Henry (1861 - 1914), Geologist
- Randwick Tramway Workshops (1902 - 1960s)
- Ranger Uranium Mines Pty Ltd (1970s - 1980)
- Rank, Benjamin Keith (1911 - 2002), Surgeon
- Ranken, Thomas, Metrologist
- Rankine, Bryce Crossley (1925 - 2013), Wine scientist
- Ransom, Dorothy Ellen (1917 - )
- RAOU
- see Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997) - Raper, George (1769 - 1797), Natural history artist
- Raper, Judy Agnes (1954 - ), Chemical engineer and Educator
- Raphael, Beverley (1934 - 2018), Psychiatrist
- Raphael, Margaret Betty, Physician
- Rasmussen, Carolyn (1948 - ), Biographer and Science historian
- Rasp, Charles (1846 - 1907), Prospector
- Raston, Colin Llewellyn, Chemist
- RASV
- see Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (1850s - ) - Ratcliffe, Douglas Henry, Petroleum scientist
- Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (1904 - 1970), Conservationist, Entomologist, Science administrator and Zoologist
- Rathgeber, Henri Daniel (1908 - 1995), Physicist
- Rathjen, Peter (1964 - ), Biochemist
- Ratkowsky, David A. (1935 - ), Microbiologist
- Rattigan, John Herbert, Geologist
- Rattlesnake, H.M.S.
- see H.M.S. Rattlesnake (1822 - 1860), Royal Navy - Raupach, Michael (1950 - 2015), Climate scientist
- Raven, Robert R., Arachnologist and Museum curator
- Raw, Alan Rayson (1902 - 1964)
- Raws, William Lennon (Lennon) (1878 - 1958), Business executive
- Ray, Francois, Bacteriologist
- Ray, Robert, Physician
- Rayment, Percy Tarlton (1882 - 1964), Naturalist and Author
- Raymond, Edith Emily
- see Dornwell, Edith Emily (1865 - 1945), Teacher - Rayner, Jack Maxwell (1906 - 1982), Geophysicist
- Read, John (1884 - 1963), Academic and Organic chemist
- Read, Leanna Christine, Biochemist
- Read, Richard (1765? - 1829?), Artist
- Read, Thomas Andrew (1886 - 1972), Metallurgist
- Read, Wal R., Engineer
- Reading, Richard Fairfax, Dental scientist
- Reber, Grote (1911 - 2002), Radio astronomer
- Recher, Harry Frederick, Ornithologist and Conservationist
- Records of the Australian Academy of Science (1966 - 1980)
- Redfern, William (1774? - 1833), Surgeon
- Redman, Stephen John (1938 - ), Electrical engineer and Physiologist
- Redpath, Margaret Ruth (1940 - ), Oncologist
- Reed, Jack Wilson (1917 - ), Physicist and Teacher
- Reed, Joseph (1823? - 1890), Architect
- Reed, Joseph Griffith (1897 - ), Radio engineer
- Reed, Mary Ethel Hayter
- see Florey, Mary Ethel Hayter (1900 - 1966) - Reedy, Thomas (1842 - 1929)
- Reeks, Walter (1861 - 1925), Naval architect
- Rees, Albert Lloyd George (1916 - 1989), Chemist
- Reeve, Edward (1822 - 1889), Museum curator and Writer
- Reeves, Deniss Michael (1933? - 2017), Entomologist and Pharmacist
- Reeves, Hubert Trethowan (1894 - 1963), Botanist and Natural history photographer
- Reeves, Peter Richard (1934 - ), Microbiologist
- Refshauge, Joan Janet Brown (1906 - 1979), Medical administrator and Medical practitioner
- Regan, Charles, Manufacturer
- Regional Council of the Society for Growing Australian Plants (1958 - 1962)
- Reid, Alan Forrest (1931 - 2013), Chemist
- Reid, Isabelle Bruce (Belle) (1883 - 1945), Veterinarian
- Reid, Janice Clare (Jan) (1947 - ), Educator
- Reid, John, Physician
- Reid, Margaret Daphne, Quantum physicist
- Reid, Peter Ewan (1952 - ), Agricultural scientist and Plant breeder
- Reid, Robert Lovell (Bob) (1921 - 1996), Agricultural scientist
- Reilly, Pauline Neura (1918 - 2011), Ornithologist and Writer
- Reimann, Arnold Luehrs (1898 - 1991), Physicist
- Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co Pty Ltd (1905 - )
- Rendel, James Meadows (1915 - 2001), Agricultural scientist and Animal Geneticist
- Renewable Energy Authority Victoria (1990 - c. 1998)
- Renfree, Marilyn Bernice (1947 - ), Zoologist
- Rennick, Francis (1838 - 1915), Civil engineer
- Rennick, Stefanie (1918 - 2001), Conservationist and Teacher
- Rennie Memorial Medal (1931 - ), Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Rennie, Edward Henry (1852 - 1927), Chemist and University Administrator
- Rennie, George Edward (1861 - 1923), Physician
- Repco Bearing Company (1949 - c. 1978)
- Repco Corporation Limited (1981 - )
- Repco Limited (1937 - ?)
- Research Data Network CRC (1994 - 1998)
- Research Division
- see Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) (1985 - ), Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology - Research Group, ICI Australia Ltd
- Research in Victorian Universities 1996-2001 (2000 - 2001)
- Research Institute for Marine Pharmacology (1974 - 1981)
- Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE) (2004 - )
- Research Laboratories, Postmaster-General's Department
- Research Medal (1976 - ), Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (1946 - ), Australian National University
- Resource Sciences Centre
- see Queensland Natural Resource Sciences Chemistry Centre (1995 - ), State of Queensland - Retallack, Bruce James, Educator
- Reuter, Fritz Henry (1905 - 2001), Food technologist and Chemical engineer
- Rexona Pty Company (1908 - 1989)
- Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth (1912 - 1977), Pathologist
- Reymond, Joseph Bernard (1834 - 1918), Vigneron
- Reynolds Metals Co
- Reynolds, Eric Charles, Dentist
- Reynolds, W. J., Engineer
- Rheem Australia Limited (1936 - )
- Rheem Manufacturing Company (1927 - )
- Rheology and Materials Processing Centre (c. 2002 - ), RMIT University
- Rhodes, F., Hydrographer
- Rhys Jones Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Archaeology (2002 - ), Australian Archaeological Association
- Riceman, David Stirling (1910 - 2001), Agricultural scientist
- Rich, Patricia
- see Vickers-Rich, Patricia (1944 - ), Palaeontologist and Ornithologist - Richards, Alfred Stanley (Stan) (1886 - ), Meteorologist
- Richards, Anne Frances (Annie) (1845 - 1930), Botanical collector
- Richards, Aola Mary (1927 - 2021), Entomologist
- Richards, Henry
- Richards, Henry Caselli (1884 - 1947), Geologist, University Administrator and Chemist
- Richards, Linda Jane, Neurobiologist
- Richards, R., Food scientist
- Richards, R.N., Antarctic explorer
- Richardson, Alan McDonald (1913 - 1985), Electrical engineer and Union official
- Richardson, Arnold Edwin Victor (1883 - 1949), Agricultural scientist
- Richardson, Arthur Charles Jeston (1872 - 1939), Mining engineer
- Richardson, Joseph Falding (1916 - 1989), Physicist
- Richardson, Lewis A. (1907 - 1971), Geophysicist
- Richardson, Mervyn Victor (1893 - 1972), Inventor
- Richardson, Roger Wolcott (1930 - 1993), Mathematician
- Rickard, Michael Desmond (1941 - 2019), Agricultural scientist and Parasitologist
- Rickard, Pamela Athalie Deidre (1928 - 2002), Biochemist and Biotechnologist
- Rickards, Field
- Rickards, Rodney Warren (1934 - 2007), Organic chemist
- Rickards, Winston Selby (1920 - 2007), Psychiatrist
- Riddle, Arthur Raymond (1888 - 1967), Physicist and Naturalist
- Riddols, M. A.
- see Ingram, M. A., Chemist - Ride, William David Lindsay (1926 - 2011), Palaeontologist and Zoologist
- Ridge, Kathryn Elizabeth (Kathy) (1970 - ), Conservationist
- Ridge, M. J., Food scientist
- Ridley, John (1806 - 1887), Flour miller, Inventor and Preacher
- Rieckmann, Karl Heinz Walter (1933 - ), Medical scientist
- Riek, Edgar (1920 - 2016), Entomologist
- Rigby, Graham Austin (1940 - ), Electrical engineer
- Riley, Margaret Marie
- see Browne, Margaret Marie (nee Riley) (1837 - ), Author, Botanist and Horticulturist - Rimmer, William Bolton (1882 - 1943), Astronomer
- Ringwood, Alfred Edward (Ted) (1930 - 1993), Geophysicist
- Rintoul, Stephen Rich (1960 - ), Climate scientist, Marine scientist and Oceanographer
- Rio Tinto Limited (1997 - )
- RISE
- see Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE) (2004 - ) - Risson, Robert Joseph Henry (1901 - 1992), Civil engineer, Military engineer and Tramway Engineer
- Ritchie Brothers
- Ritchie, Edgar Gowar (1871 - 1956), Engineer and Public servant
- Ritchie, Ernest (1917 - 1976), Inorganic chemist
- Ritchie, Ian McKay (1936 - 2014), Chemist
- Ritchie, R., Engineer
- Ritchie, Samuel Sextus (1825 - 1879), Company director
- River Murray Commission (1917 - 1988), Commonwealth of Australia
- Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (David) (1885 - 1961), Chemist and Science administrator
- Rivett, Amy Christine (1891 - 1962), Physician
- Rivett, David
- see Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (David) (1885 - 1961), Chemist and Science administrator - Rivett, Doris Mary (Mary) (1896 - 1969), Psychologist
- Rivett, Edward William (1894 - 1962), Physician
- Rix, Henry Finch (1848 - 1906), Educator
- Rizzardo, Ezio (1943 - ), Organic chemist
- RMIT University (1992 - )
- RMIT University, Centre for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (1987 - ?)
- RMIT University, Centre for Applied Social Research (CASR)
- RMIT University, Centre for Design at RMIT (c. 1990 - )
- RMIT University, Department of Aerospace Engineering
- RMIT University, Department of Applied Biology and Biotechnology (1971 - )
- RMIT University, Department of Applied Biology and Institute of Land and Food Resources, Burnley
- RMIT University, Department of Applied Chemistry (1909 - )
- RMIT University, Department of Applied Physics (1950 - )
- RMIT University, Department of Building and Construction Economics
- RMIT University, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering (1950s - )
- RMIT University, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering ( - c. 2000)
- RMIT University, Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering (1980s - ?)
- RMIT University, Department of Computer Science (1980 - )
- RMIT University, Department of Electrical Engineering (1903 - )
- RMIT University, Department of Food Science (1994 - ?)
- RMIT University, Department of Human Biology and Movement Science (? - c. 2000)
- RMIT University, Department of Industry, Professional and Adult Education
- RMIT University, Department of Land Information
- RMIT University, Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- RMIT University, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (1900s - ?)
- RMIT University, Department of Medical Laboratory Science (? - c. 2000)
- RMIT University, Faculty of Applied Science (1967 - )
- RMIT University, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences and Nursing (? - c. 2000)
- RMIT University, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Services
- RMIT University, Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services
- RMIT University, Faculty of Engineering (1967 - )
- RMIT University, Faculty of the Constructed Environment
- RMIT University, Key Centre for Applied and Nutritional Toxicology (1980s - )
- RMIT University, Polymer Technology Centre (1990 - c. 2000)
- RMIT University, Rheology and Materials Processing Centre (c. 2002 - )
- RMIT University, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (2001 - )
- RMIT University, School of Architecture and Design
- RMIT University, School of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering (2000 - )
- RMIT University, School of Social Science and Planning
- RMIT University, Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre for Aerospace Design Technology (1991 - )
- RMSAB
- see Royal Meteorological Society Australian Branch (1973 - 1987) - Robert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd (1954 - )
- Robert Bryce and Company Limited (1913 - 1986)
- Robert Corbett Pty Ltd
- Roberts, Alfred (1823 - 1898), Surgeon
- Roberts, Frederick Hugh Sherston (1901 - 1972), Entomologist and Parasitologist
- Roberts, James Waller (1871 - 1948), Civil engineer
- Roberts, John Keith (1897 - 1944), Physicist
- Roberts, Judith Mary (1936 - ), Nurse
- Roberts, Kathryn Louise (1943 - ), Nurse educator
- Roberts, Kay
- see Roberts, Kathryn Louise (1943 - ), Nurse educator - Roberts, Lewis John (1950 - ), Botanical artist and Naturalist
- Roberts, Noel Lee (1890 - 1967), Journalist and Ornithologist
- Roberts, Norman Frederick (1915 - ), Physicist
- Roberts, Paul P. (1969 - ), Electrical engineer
- Roberts, R., Engineer
- Robertson, Alexander Provan (Alex) (1925 - 1995), Mathematician
- Robertson, Allan Gordon (1916 - 2009), Civil engineer
- Robertson, Bill
- see Robertson, William H., Astronomer - Robertson, David Stirling (1920 - 1999), Military scientist
- Robertson, Edward Graeme (1903 - 1975), Conservationist and Neurologist
- Robertson, Enid Lucy (1925 - 2016), Systematic botanist
- Robertson, Gilbert (1794 - 1851), Agricultural scientist
- Robertson, James Robert Millar (1844 - 1932), Mining engineer
- Robertson, Macpherson (1859 - 1945), Science patron and Industrialist
- Robertson, Rutherford Ness (1913 - 2001), Botanist, University Administrator and Biologist
- Robertson, Sarah Anne, Reproductive biologist
- Robertson, Thorburn Brailsford (1884 - 1930), Biochemist and Physiologist
- Robertson, Walter Whitburn (1886 - 1959), Civil engineer
- Robertson, Wendy (1927 - 2016), Mathematician
- Robertson, William H., Astronomer
- Robin Gibson and Partners
- Robin, Elizabeth Anne de Quetteville (Libby) (1956 - ), Environmental Historian and Science historian
- Robin, Gordon de Quetteville (1921 - 2004), Physicist, Antarctic researcher and Glaciologist
- Robin, Libby
- see Robin, Elizabeth Anne de Quetteville (Libby) (1956 - ), Environmental Historian and Science historian - Robinson, Angus Hargreaves (1907 - 1973), Farmer and Ornithologist
- Robinson, Brian (1941 - 2004), Environmental scientist and Public servant
- Robinson, Brian John (1930 - 2004), Radio astronomer
- Robinson, David, Engineer
- Robinson, Denise, Company director
- Robinson, Derek William (1935 - ), Mathematician
- Robinson, Edward Trevor (1922 - 2007)
- Robinson, Frank Norman (1911 - 1997), Sound recorder and Ornithologist
- Robinson, George Augustus (1791 - 1886), Builder and Protector of aboriginals
- Robinson, Grace Fairley
- see Boelke, Grace Fairley (1870 - 1948), Physician - Robinson, Herbert Edward (1857? - 1933), Map publisher
- Robinson, Ian J. (1910 - 1995), Chemical engineer
- Robinson, Robert (1886 - 1975), Organic chemist
- Robinson, Terence James (1919 - 2004), Agricultural scientist
- Robinson, William Sydney (1876 - 1963), Industrialist
- Robison Bros & Co Pty Ltd (1854 - ?)
- Robson, Alan David (1945 - ), Agricultural consultant, Agricultural scientist and Vice-Chancellor
- Robson, Richard (1937 - ), Chemist
- Roche
- see Hoffman-La Roche - Roche Medal
- see Research Medal (1976 - ), Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Roche Molecular Biochemicals Medal
- see Research Medal (1976 - ), Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Rocke Thompsitt ( - 1930)
- Rocla Industries Limited (1920 - )
- Rod and Bar Division (c. 1915 - c. 1999), BHP Steel International
- Rodda, Stanley Northey (Dobbie) (1877 - 1939), Educational administrator and Mining engineer
- Roderick, Jack William (1913 - 1990), Engineer
- Rodgers, Alexander William (1932 - 1997), Astronomer
- Rodway, Leonard (1853 - 1936), Botanist and Dentist
- Roe, John Septimus (1797 - 1878), Surveyor and Explorer
- Roebuck, William Norman (1930 - 2012), Educator and Engineer
- Rofe, Bryan (1918 - 1971), Military scientist and Science administrator
- Rogers, Arthur Lionel (c. 1860 - 1939), Instrument maker and Scientific technician
- Rogers, Colin (1940 - ), Applied mathematician
- Rogers, George Ernest (1927 - 2021), Biochemist
- Rogers, James Stanley (1893 - 1977), Physicist
- Rogers, Ken G. (1939 - 2021), Ornithologist and Statistician
- Rogers, Lesley Joy (1943 - ), Physiologist
- Rogers, Richard Sanders (c. 1861 - 1942), Physician and Orchidologist
- Rogers, William Percy (1914 - 1997), Parasitologist
- Rohde, Klaus (1932 - ), Parasitologist
- Rolla
- Rolleston, Christopher (1817 - 1888), Public servant
- Romilly, Hugh Hastings (1856 - 1892), Governor and Explorer
- Ronalds, Beverley Frances (1958 - ), Engineer
- Ronaldson, Susan Mary (Sue) (1953 - ), Nurse educator
- Room, Thomas Gerald (Gerald) (1902 - 1986), Mathematician
- Roos, L., Viticulturist
- Roper, John (1822? - 1895), Explorer and Civil servant
- Rosales, Henry (c. 1820 - 1916), Mining engineer
- Rose, Anthony B. (Tony) (1924 - 2016), Naturalist and Ornithologist
- Rose, Calvin Wyatt (1929 - ), Agricultural physicist
- Rose, Gordon Albert (1930 - ), Computer scientist
- Rose, John, Manufacturer
- Rose, Mary Esther, Geneticist
- Rose, Solomon (Sol) (1916 - 2002), Medical administrator
- Rose, Walter John (1885 - 1952), Metallurgist and Mining engineer
- Roseby, Thomas (1844 - 1918), Astronomer and Minister of religion
- Rosemorrin Smelting Works (1847 - ?)
- Rosengarten, David Samuel (1937 - 1994), Surgeon
- Rosenhain, Walter (1875 - 1934), Metallurgist
- Rosenthal Schneider, Ilse (1891 - 1990), Physicist
- Roseworthy Agricultural College (1883 - 1991), The University of Adelaide
- Roseworthy Campus (1991 - ), The University of Adelaide
- Rosolen, K. R., Computer scientist
- Ross, Alexander David (1883 - 1966), Physicist
- Ross, Andrew Hendry (1829 - 1910), Chemical analyst, Physician and Botanist
- Ross, Chisholm (1857 - 1934), Psychiatrist
- Ross, David (1850 - 1930), Astronomer and Bank employee
- Ross, Euphemia Welch (1889 - 1971), Astronomer
- Ross, Hugh Alexander Mercer (1911 - ), Radio engineer
- Ross, Ian Clunies
- see Clunies Ross, William Ian (1899 - 1959), Parasitologist and Veterinary scientist - Ross, Ian Gordon (1926 - 2006), Chemist and Vice-Chancellor
- Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger (1887 - 1956), Physician
- Ross, James Clark (1800 - 1862), Antarctic explorer, Arctic explorer and Naval officer
- Ross, John (1817 - 1903), Explorer and Farmer
- Ross, John Alexander (1868 - 1957), Solicitor and Ornithologist
- Ross, Joseph (1832 - 1909), Manufacturer
- Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834 - 1906), Company director
- Ross, N. G., Electrical engineer
- Rossbank Magnetic Observatory
- see Rossbank Observatory (1840 - 1854) - Rossbank Observatory (1840 - 1854)
- Rosser, Celia Elizabeth (1930 - ), Botanical artist
- Rossjohn, Jamie (1969 - ), Medical scientist and Structural biologist
- Ross-King, Alice
- see Appleford, Alice Ross (1891 - 1968), Nurse and Nurse administrator - Roth, Henry Ling (1855 - 1925), Anthropologist and Museum curator
- Roth, Reuter Emerich (1858 - 1924), Physician
- Roth, Walter Edmund (1861 - 1933), Ethnologist and Physician
- Rothamsted Experimental Station (1843 - )
- Rothamsted Laboratory (1843 - ?)
- Rothera, Arthur Cecil Hamel (1880 - 1915), Biochemist
- Roughley, Theodore Cleveland (1888 - 1961), Marine zoologist
- Rountree, Phyllis Margaret (1911 - 1994), Bacteriologist
- Rouse, John Joseph (1861? - 1938), Business executive and Accountant
- Rovira, Albert Delfin (1928 - ), Soil expert
- Row, Donald Hawkins (1939 - 2023), Mathematician
- Rowan, Ellis
- see Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922), Botanical artist, Explorer and Botanical collector - Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922), Botanical artist, Explorer and Botanical collector
- Rowe, Alan, Archaeologist
- Rowe, Albert Percival (1898 - 1976), Physicist
- Rowell, L. E., Architect
- Rowlands, Evan (1824 - 1894), Manufacturer
- Rowley, Charles D.
- Rowley, Ian Cecil Robert (1926 - 2009), Ornithologist
- Rowntree, Edward Fearnley (1894 - 1966), Engineer
- Rowson, R., Innovator
- Rowswell, Brian Geoffrey, Computer scientist
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- see Adelaide Hospital (1840 - ) - Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales (1891 - )
- Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (1850s - )
- Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia (1895 - ?)
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )
- Royal Australasian College of Radiologists (1972 - 1998)
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )
- Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1921 - )
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Aircraft Research and Development Unit (1947 - )
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Directorate of Meteorological Services (D.Met.S.) (1941 - 1946)
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Experimental Aircraft Station (1920s - ?)
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Special Duties Performance Flight (1941 - 1947)
- Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Academy, Point Cook (1961 - 1986)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) (1977 - )
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
- see Royal Australasian College of Radiologists (1972 - 1998) - Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (1948 - )
- Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (1948 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, H. G. Smith Memorial Medal (1929 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Leighton Memorial Medal (1965 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Margaret Sheil Leadership Award (2017 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Aliphatic and Carbocylic Chemistry Division (1968 - 1970)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Analytical Chemistry Division (1969 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Australian Capital Territory Branch (c. 1992 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Biomolecular Chemistry Division (2000 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Canberra Branch (c. 1980 - 1991)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Cereal Chemistry Division (1965 - 2013)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Chemical Education Division (c. 1965 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Colloid and Surface Science Division (1979 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Coordination and Metal-Organic Chemistry Division (1965 - c. 1981)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Division of Medicinal and Agricultural Chemistry (1983 - 1989)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Electrochemistry Division (1966 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Environment Division (c. 1990 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Heterocyclic Chemistry Division (1965 - 1970)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Industrial Chemistry Division (1968 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Inorganic Chemistry Division (c. 1990 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - New South Wales Branch (1953 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Northern Territory Branch (c. 1990 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Organic Chemistry Division (1970 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Physical Chemistry Division (1974 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Polymer Division (1964 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Queensland Branch (1953 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Solid State Division (1967 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - South Australian Branch (1953 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Tasmanian Branch (1941 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Victorian Branch (1953 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI - Western Australian Branch (1933 - )
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Rennie Memorial Medal (1931 - )
- Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1980 - 1998)
- Royal Australian Navy (1911 - )
- Royal Australian Navy Research Laboratory (RANRL) (1969 - 1984), Commonwealth of Australia
- Royal Australian Survey Corps (1936 - 1996), The Australian Army
- Royal Botanic Garden Sydney (1816 - ), Colony and State of New South Wales
- Royal Botanic Gardens Board (1992 - ), State of Victoria
- Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (1958 - ), State of Victoria
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE) (1998 - 2016)
- Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
- see Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (1958 - ), State of Victoria - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )
- Royal Children's Hospital (1953 - )
- Royal College of Nursing, Australia (1989 - )
- Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
- see Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (1970 - ) - Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (1970 - )
- Royal Commission for Promoting Technological and Industrial Instruction (1869 - 1890), Parliament of Victoria
- Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (1897 - )
- Royal Flying Corps (1912 - 1918)
- Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928 - )
- Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (1883 - 1920s)
- Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, New South Wales Branch
- see Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (1883 - 1920s) - Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia Branch, John Lewis Gold Medal (1947 - )
- Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (1885 - )
- Royal Geographical Society of South Australia
- see Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (1885 - ) - Royal Gunpowder Factory
- Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria (1849 - )
- Royal Institution of Australia (2009 - )
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- see Melbourne Hospital (1848 - 1935) - Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - )
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (1960 - 1992)
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), School of Engineering (c. 1887 - 1967)
- Royal Melbourne Technical College (1954 - 1960)
- Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens (1977 - )
- Royal Meteorological Society Australian Branch (1973 - 1987)
- Royal Navy, H.M.B. Endeavour (1764 - 1778)
- Royal Navy, H.M.S. Discovery (1901 - )
- Royal Navy, H.M.S. Erebus (1826 - 1848?)
- Royal Navy, H.M.S. Investigator (1795 - c. 1872)
- Royal Navy, H.M.S. Rattlesnake (1822 - 1860)
- Royal Navy, H.M.S. Terror (1813 - 1848?)
- Royal Observatory, Rossbank, Hobart
- see Rossbank Observatory (1840 - 1854) - Royal Perth Hospital Ex-trainees and Associates (1936 - )
- Royal Polytechnic Institute and Museum of Natural History and Science (1862 - 1869)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )
- Royal Societies of Australia (2007 - )
- Royal Society of Australia (1931 - 1955)
- Royal Society of Canberra (1955 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales, Archibald Liversidge Medal and Lecture (1931 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales, Clarke Medal (1878 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales, Edgeworth David Medal (1948 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales, History and Philosophy of Science Medal (2013 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales, James Cook Medal (1954 - )
- Royal Society of New South Wales, Walter Burfitt Prize (1935 - )
- Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )
- Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )
- Royal Society of South Australia, Sir Joseph Verco Medal (1928 - )
- Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )
- Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )
- Royal Society of Tasmania, Clive Lord Memorial Medal (1930 - )
- Royal Society of Tasmania, M. R. Banks Medal (1998 - )
- Royal Society of Tasmania, R. M. Johnston Memorial Medal (1920 - )
- Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany and the Advancement of Science
- see Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - ) - Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )
- Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research (1959 - )
- Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )
- Royal Society of Western Australia Medal
- see Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - ) - Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (1828 - ), Colony of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania, and State of Tasmania
- Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (1863 - )
- Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Cochlear Implant Clinic (1985 - )
- Royal Women's Hospital (1954 - )
- Royal Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (1910 - 1957)
- Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )
- The Royal Zoological Society of South Australia (1878 - )
- Royce, Robert Dunlop (Bob) (1914 - 2008), Botanist and Science administrator
- RPA
- see Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - ) - RSC
- see Queensland Natural Resource Sciences Chemistry Centre (1995 - ), State of Queensland - RTBG
- see Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (1828 - ), Colony of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania, and State of Tasmania - Ruakura Research Centre
- Rubbo, Sydney Dattilo (1911 - 1969), Bacteriologist
- Rubinov, Alexander Moiseevich (1940 - 2006), Mathematician and University Administrator
- Rubinstein, Gertrude (1918 - ), Chemical physicist
- Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Optical physicist
- Ruby Payne-Scott Award for Excellence in Early Career Research (2013 - ), Australian Institute of Physics
- Rückert, Hans F.
- Rudall, James Thomas (1828? - 1907), Ophthalmologist and Pathologist
- Rudd, James Brydon (1910 - 1975), Physicist and Radio engineer
- Rudman, William B. (Bill) (1944 - ), Malacologist and Museum curator
- Rule, Kevin James (1941 - ), Botanical collector and Taxonomist
- Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig (1788 - 1862), Astronomer
- Rummel, Ludwig (1837 - 1904), Analytical chemist
- Rundle, Francis Felix (1910 - 1993), Medical scientist and Surgeon
- Rundle, Valentine, Aviator
- Runnegar, Bruce Norman (1941 - ), Malacologist, Palaeontologist and University Administrator
- Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872 - 1956), Botanist and Minister of religion
- Rural Credits Fund (1960s - ?)
- Rural Industry Research Funds (1960s - ?)
- Rural Water Commission (1984 - 1992), State of Victoria
- Rusden, Henry Keylock (1826 - 1910), Public servant and Polemicist
- Russell Bros. (1838 - c. 1855)
- Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1961 - ?), The University of Melbourne
- Russell, Boyne Marie (1931 - 2022), Physician
- Russell, Emmie (1892 - 1987), Orthoptist
- Russell, Henry Chamberlain (1836 - 1907), Astronomer
- Russell, Ian, Meteorologist and Forecaster
- Russell, Peter Nicol (1816 - 1905), Ironfounder and Benefactor
- Russell, Robert ( - 1840), Ironfounder
- Russell, Robert (1808 - 1900), Surveyor and Natural history artist
- Russell, Robert Hamilton (1860 - 1933), Surgeon
- Russell, William, Navigator
- Rutherford, Ernest (1871 - 1937), Physicist
- Rutherford, James (1827 - 1911), Pastoralist and Coachline proprietor
- Ryan, Cecil Godfrey (1866 - 1954), Mine manager and Mining engineer
- Ryan, Charles Snodgrass (1853 - 1926), Surgeon and Ornithologist
- Ryan, James Francis (1925 - 2004), Journalist and Radiologist
- Ryan, Marian Ellis
- see Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922), Botanical artist, Explorer and Botanical collector - Ryan, Patrick (Pat) (? - 1977), Meteorologist
- Ryan, Reginald D. (1925 - 2017), Computer scientist
- Rylands Brothers (? - 1921)
- Rylands Brothers (Australia) Ltd (1921 - ?)
- Rymill, John Riddoch (1905 - 1968), Explorer