The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is the richest prize for natural history art in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is named after Frederick George Waterhouse

Frederick George Waterhouse

Frederick George Waterhouse was an English naturalist, zoologist and entomologist who made significant contributions to the study of the natural history of Australia....

, who was the first curator of the South Australian Museum

South Australian Museum

The South Australian Museum is a museum in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands.-History:...

. He discovered 40 new species of fish along the SA coastline, collected plants, insects, reptiles, birds and mammals and was an avid naturalist.

There are three categories:

• Works on Paper
• Sculpture and Objects
• Paintings

There are two awards: the Waterhouse Art Prize ($50,000) and the Peoples Choice ($5,000).
Also, for each of the three categories, winners get awarded, $10,000 for first prize, $5,000 for second prize, and $2,500 for third prize. There are size weight limitations for submitted works.