Honour
Steve Van Dyck has been awarded the 2008 Queensland Museum Medal for Research.
Van Dyck was awarded the medal for his considerable talent in discovering a number of new species and also for behavioural studies of Australian mammals.
The medal was presented to Dr Steve Van Dyck by the Queensland Arts Minister Rod Welford in February, 2008.
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