Sir Harold was a leading businessman who made a great contribution to agricultural development in Tasmania as well as being Managing Director of the Blundstone company. He owned land near Richmond, and was a great supporter of the Coal River Products Association. He helped the association, particularly by advising on the right ways to approach government and business, when seeking support for our activities. This led to successful lobbying for such important developments as crop production agreements, irrigation schemes and Landcare partnerships with natural resource management groups.
To commemorate Sir Harold’s contribution, CRPA instituted a prize in 1991 which has been awarded each year since to a student in the agriculture or food systems courses at the University of Tasmania who shows the greatest potential to make a significant contribution to agriculture in Tasmania and more broadly.
Awardees have indeed gone on to make their mark in the agricultural world. The Association has provided a cash prize each year, recently increased to $1000.
Honor Roll
2025 – Sarah Fulton and Bronte Legro
2024 – Joe Lawrence
2023 – Zoe Byrne
2022 – Holly Coad
2021 – Annick Witte
2020 – William Coad and Amy Madsen
2019 – Lauren Rowlands
2018 – Angus Dunbabin
2017 – Ellen Roper
2016 – Tamara Clark
2015 – Matthew Morris and Oliver Roberts
2014 – Brodie Hill
2013 – Alex John
2012 – Samantha Cables and Sandra Bales
2011 – Thomas Brown
2010 – Joshua Cables and Angus Galloway
2009 – Thomas Snare
2008 – Iain Bruce
2007 – David Whishaw
2006 – Sara Houston and Meisha-Marika Holloway Phillips
2005 – Colin Bignell
2004 – Angela Merry
2003 – James Kirkham
2002 – Philippa Sadler
2001 – Shane Broad
2000 – Richard Rawnsley
1999 – Dion McKenzie
1998 – Mark French
1997 – Seona Noye
1996 – David Parsons
1995 – Douglas Ioane
1994 – Christopher Barnes
1991 – Andrew Hall