Selwyn George "Bill" Lane E.D. R.L. (1922–2000) was an Australian amateur ornithologist who worked for the Sydney County Council for most of life until he retired in 1983.
Lane banded Australian birds for half a century (from the 1950s to the 1990s) throughout Australia, and was an early experimenter with cannon netting. He also helped in the training of many of Australia's bird-banders. Lane published numerous articles in the Australian Bird Bander, Corella and Emu. He was instrumental in raising the awareness of the impact urban development has upon the habitat and distribution of Australia's native birds and other animals. He was awarded the inaugural John Hobbs Medal of the RAOU in 1995 in recognition of his contributions to amateur ornithology.
The S.G. 'Bill' Lane Award is presented annually by the Australian Bird Study Association to the most outstanding student in ornithologyatCharles Sturt University. Recipients of the award are:
2001: Cheryl Gole
2002: Helen Stevens
2003: Maria Grazia Bellio
2004: Lara Juliusson, of Denver, Colorado, USA.
2005: Gavin Jackson
2006: Alison Bowling
2007: Jennifer Nicholls, Leonie Daws and Philip Hughes
