Legacy and Honours
- 1949, he was elected an Honorary Life Member of the RAOU.
- 1952, he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion.
- He is commemorated by the Cleland Conservation Park in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia, and the J.B. Cleland Kindergarten in Beaumont, South Australia.
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