Phillip Law was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year's Honours of 1961 [REF].
In 1960 he was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society,[REF] in 1987 the James Cook Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales,[REF] and in 1988, the Australian Geographic's Adventurer of the Year Award [REF].