CMG, and made a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Clunies Ross died of atherosclerotic heart disease on 20 June 1959 in Melbourne, and is buried in Box Hill cemetery. The career of Ian Clunies Ross is widely commemorated in Australia. The Australian $50 paper bank note issued in 1973 celebrated Ian Clunies Ross on one side, and Howard Florey on the other. The National Science Centre in Parkville, Victoria was renamed as Clunies Ross House in 1968, and decorated with a mural by Robert Ingpen celebrating Clunies Ross' career. Honours Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (1 January 1954) as Chairman of the CSIRO. Knight Bachelor (10 June 1954) as Chairman of the CSIRO. Namesakes Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award. Clunies Ross Street in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Clunies Ross Street in Prospect, New South Wales, Australia. Clunies Ross Court in Brisbane Technology Park, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland, Australia. Clunies Ross Award or ATSE Clunies Ross Award from 1959. Clunies Ross House at Newington College. Ian Clunies Ross lecture theatre in the J.D.Stewart Building, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney. References Bibliography O'Dea, C. 1997. Ian Clunies Ross – a biography. Hyland House, South Melbourne Australian Academy of Science Biography – Ian Clunies Ross External links Clunies Ross Foundation Clunies Ross - a man of science (1962) 1899 births 1959 deaths Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian Knights Bachelor Australian parasitologists Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science People educated at Newington College