experiment, Ron Taylor Film Productions () Taylor, Ron & Valerie; Croll, Ian; editor (1982), The Great Barrier Reef: nature's gift to Australia-Australia's gift to the world, Beer Productions, Cairns Taylor, Ron & Valerie; Goadby, Peter; editors (1986), Great shark stories, Crowood Press, Marlborough, England () Taylor, R. & Taylor, V.; (1986), Sharks: Silent Hunters of the Deep, Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd, Surrey Hills, NSW, Australia () (hardback). Taylor, Ron & Valerie; (1987), Papua New Guinea marine fishes, Robert Brown & Associates, Bathurst, NSW () (pbk.) () (pbk.) Taylor, Ron & Valerie; (1997), Blue Wilderness, Fourth Day Publishing () () Awards, honours and other recognitions Ron 1962 – Encyclopædia Britannica Award for Playing With Sharks 1966 – the NOGI statuette for Education and Sports (then awarded by the Underwater Society of America) 1993 – SSI Platinum Pro 5000 Diver 2003 – Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Citation: For service to conservation and the environment through marine cinematography and photography, by raising awareness of endangered and potentially extinct marine species, and by contributing to the declaration of species and habitat protection. Ron and Valerie 1992 – Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year 1997 – the jury award for the film Shark Pod at the Antibes Underwater Festival, France 1998 – the Golden Palm Award for the book Blue Wilderness at the 25th World Festival of Underwater Pictures in Antibes, France. 2000 – International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame 2002 – Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia's Serventy Conservation Medal 2008 – Australian Geographic Lifetime of Conservation Award 2011 – Australian Cinematographers Society Hall of Fame Life membership of the St George Spearfishing & Freediving Club Inc. (date of conferral not stated) 2012 – renaming of the newly declared Neptune Islands Group Marine Park surrounding the Neptune Islands in South Australia to the Neptune Islands Group (Ron and Valerie Taylor) Marine Park See also References Further reading (includes interview with Ron and Valerie Taylor) External links Ron and Valerie Taylor's Facebook page Ocean Artists Society page for Valerie Taylor Ron Taylor obituary, Sydney Morning Herald Valerie Taylor video and stills 2003 Australian spearfishing championships 1960s Cinema newsreels photographed by Ron Taylor 1960s Ron Taylor wins world championship 1965 in Tahiti The Blue Lagoon Diving in 1964 (Includes Ron Taylor's Slaughter at Saumarez, 360P) Taylor's save a Great white shark 1970 Valerie Taylor pictures New Skindiving Paradise 1934 births 2012 deaths Australian