| Year |
| 2004 |
Life time Achievement award from The Painters and Sculptors Association of Australia. Presented by Federal Minister for the Arts Darryl Williams |
| 2003 |
Federation Medal for Contribution to Arts |
| 1998 |
State Living Treasures Award, Ministry for the Arts, Western Australia |
| 1988 |
Kingfisher Prize, N.S.W. |
| 1987 |
National Heritage Award, Contemporary Division |
| 1984 |
Honorary Doctorate (D. Litt.) from the University of Western Australia, Perth |
| 1980 |
Mona McCaughey Prize |
| 1980 |
Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1979 |
Western Australia Week Council’s Citizen of the Year: Arts, Culture and Entertainment Award |
| 1976 |
Wynne Prize for Landscape painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1966 |
T.E. Wardle Invitation Prize |
| 1962 |
McKeller Hall Prize – Commonwealth Games |
| 1962 |
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art |
| 1961 |
Rubinstein Portrait Prize (second prize) |
| 1960 |
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art |
| 1959 |
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art |
| 1957 |
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art |
| 1954 |
Perth Prize for Contemporary Art |
