Honours
- Australian Natural History Medallion for 1940, inaugural awardee
- elected as a Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London in 1945
- elected as a Corresponding Member (Life) of the New York Zoological Society in 1947
- Appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1960
- Associate of the Queensland Museum in 1978
- Fellow of the Explorers Club in New York in 1979
- Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1980
- Advance Australia Award in 1980
- honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Queensland in 1984
- appointed a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow in 1984
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