Inductee International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame
Research Associate Australian Museum
Honorary Consultant Queensland Museum
Project Aware Board of Governors
Honorary Fellow Australian Institute of Professional Photography
Fellow of the Australian / New Zealand International chapter of The Explorers Club
Neville Coleman has achieved in every field of self-taught expertise. From Underwater Explorer, Naturalist and Environmental Photographer, Photojournalist, Educator, Conservationist, Philosopher, Publisher and Poet, to one of the most accomplished underwater natural history authors in the world.
His urge to discover, and the unknown challenge of the sea, led to exploration on a larger scale.
In 1969, after two years of preparation, he conducted the Australian Coastal Marine Expedition: a total of almost four years traveling 64,000 kilometers around the Australian coast, observing, recording, photographing and collecting many thousands of marine creatures for Australian museums.
It was to be the first underwater photographic fauna survey of an entire continent ever attempted in the world.
Neville Coleman lectures regularly throughout the world on underwater marine biology and conservation.
