  The Hirsch (2005) h-index is now widely used as a metric to compare
individual researchers. To evaluate it in the context of Australian Astronomy,
the h-index for every member of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) is
found using NASA's Astrophysics Data System Bibliographic Services (ADS).
Percentiles of the h-index distribution are detailed for a variety of
categories of ASA members, including students. This enables a list of the top
ten Australian researchers by h-index to be produced. These top researchers
have h-index values in the range 53<h<77, which is less than that recently
reported for the American Astronomical Society Membership. We suggest that
membership of extremely large consortia such as SDSS may partially explain the
difference. We further suggest that many student ASA members with large h-index
values have probably already received their Ph.D.'s and need to upgrade their
ASA membership status. To attempt to specify the h-index distribution relative
to opportunity, we also detail the percentiles of its distribution by years
since Ph.D. award date. This shows a steady increase in h-index with seniority,
as can be expected.
