Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History explained
The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History was created by the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard following the Australian History Summit held in Canberra on 17 August 2006. The Summit looked at how the Australian government could strengthen Australian history in the school curriculum.[1] The winner (or winners) receive a gold medallion and a grant worth A$100,000.[2]
The prize is awarded to an individual or a group, for an outstanding publication or body of work that contributes significantly to an understanding of Australian history. The subject of works submitted can include, but are not limited to:
- historical events;
- historical figures (including biographies) and
- work covering a relevant subject.
In 2012, the prize was incorporated into the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.[3]
Honorees
Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History winners and shortlists!Year!Author(s)!Title!Result!Ref.| 2007 | | | Winner | |
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| Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy | Winner | |
| TW Edgeworth David: A Life | Shortlist | |
| | Shortlist | |
| 2008 | | Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica | Winner | [4] |
|---|
| | Winner | |
| Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia | Shortlist | |
| Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers | Shortlist | |
| , Stephen Amezdroz, Tony Wright, Wain Fimeri, and Matthew Thomason | Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery | Shortlist | |
| 2009 | and Bentley Dean | Contact (a documentary film) | Winner | [5] |
|---|
| Various | First Australians | Shortlist | |
| | Shortlist | |
| | Shortlist | |
| and Henry Reynolds | Drawing the Global Colour Line | Shortlist | |
| 2010 / 2011 | | | Winner | [6] |
|---|
| Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Great War | Winner | |
| | Shortlist | |
| Beersheba: A Journey through Australia’s Forgotten War | Shortlist | |
| | Shortlist | |
| Savage or Civilised? Manners in Colonial Australia | Shortlist | |
| 2012 | | | Winner | [7] [8] |
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| 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia | Shortlist | [9] |
| Breaking the Sheep’s Back | Shortlist | |
| Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian Nation | Shortlist | |
| Renegade Films Australia Pty Ltd | Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us | Shortlist | |
| 2013 | | Farewell, Dear People | Winner | [10] |
|---|
| | Shortlist | |
| Sandakan | Shortlist | |
| Gough Whitlam | Shortlist | |
| | Shortlist | |
| 2014 | | Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War | Winner | [11] [12] |
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| Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged our Troops in World War II | Winner | |
| First Victory: 1914 | Shortlist | [13] |
| Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy | Shortlist | |
| | Shortlist | |
| 2015 | | Charles Bean | Winner | |
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| | Winner | |
| , Volume 3: Nation | Shortlist | |
| Descent into Hell | Shortlist | |
| Menzies at War | Shortlist | |
| 2016 | | |
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Notes and References
- http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/policy_initiatives_reviews/key_issues/Australian_History/Default.htm Australian History Summit 2006
- http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/policy_initiatives_reviews/key_issues/Australian_History/pm_historyprize.htm Australian History Prize
- http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/poets-and-historians-be-honoured-literary-awards "Poets and Historians to be Honoured in Literary Awards"
- http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/programs/australianhistory/pages/2008.aspx "The 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History"
- http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/Programs/AustralianHistory/Pages/2009.aspx "2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History"
- http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/programs/australianhistory/pages/home.aspx "2010/2011 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History"
- Web site: Mears win's PM's literary award for Foal's Bread . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723205953/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/books/mears-wins-pms-literary-award-for-foals-bread/story-e6frg8nf-1226432582588 . 23 July 2012 . 23 July 2012.
- Web site: 2016-05-25 . RiP Gillian Mears . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230310223949/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/05/25/57550/rip-gillian-mears/ . 10 March 2023 . 2023-03-10 . . en-AU.
- Web site: 2012 shortlists . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120602025832/http://www.arts.gov.au/funding/awards/pmla/2012/shortlists . 2012-06-02 . 2023-03-10 . Office for the Arts.
- Web site: 2013-08-26 . Awards: Aussie Prime Minister's Literary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024160836/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2071 . 24 October 2021 . 2023-03-10 . Shelf Awareness.
- Web site: 2013-08-26 . Awards: Aussie Prime Minister's Literary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024160836/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2071 . 24 October 2021 . 2023-03-10 . Shelf Awareness.
- News: Shaw . Martin . 2014-12-09 . The Prime Minister's Literary awards: the ties that bind . en-GB . . live . 2023-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220906061804/https://www.theguardian.com/books/australia-books-blog/2014/dec/09/the-prime-ministers-literary-awards-the-ties-that-bind . 6 September 2022 . 0261-3077.
- Web site: 2014-10-19 . 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlists . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022171205/http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-10-19/2014-prime-ministers-literary-awards-shortlists-0 . 2014-10-22 . 2023-03-10 . Prime Minister of Australia The Hon Tony Abbott MP.
