Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History

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.[2]

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 Les Carlyon The Great War Winner
Peter Cochrane Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy Winner
David Branagan TW Edgeworth David: A Life Shortlist
Josephine Flood The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People Shortlist
2008 Tom Griffiths Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica Winner [4]
Robert Kenny The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World Winner [4]
John Fitzgerald Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia Shortlist
Philip Jones Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers Shortlist
Paul Rudd, Stephen Amezdroz, Tony Wright, Wain Fimeri, and Matthew Thomason Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery Shortlist
2009 Martin Butler and Bentley Dean Contact (a documentary film) Winner [5]
Various First Australians Shortlist
Robin Gerster Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of Japan Shortlist
Grace Karskens The Colony: A History of Early Sydney Shortlist
Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds Drawing the Global Colour Line Shortlist
2010 / 2011 Jim Davidson A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hancock Winner [6]
Peter Stanley Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Great War Winner [6]
James Curran and Stuart Ward The Unknown Nation; Australia After Empire Shortlist
Paul Daley Beersheba: A Journey through Australia’s Forgotten War Shortlist
Kirsten McKenzie A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty Shortlist
Penny Russell Savage or Civilised? Manners in Colonial Australia Shortlist
2012 Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aboriginies Made Australia Winner [7][8]
James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia Shortlist [9]
Charles Massey Breaking the Sheep’s Back Shortlist [9]
Russell McGregor Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian Nation Shortlist [9]
Renegade Films Australia Pty Ltd Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us Shortlist [9]
2013 Ross McMullin Farewell, Dear People Winner [10]
Frank Bongiorno The Sex Lives of Australians: A History Shortlist
Paul Ham Sandakan Shortlist
Jenny Hocking Gough Whitlam Shortlist
Nicole Moore The Censor's Library Shortlist
2014 Joan Beaumont Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War Winner [11][12]
Hal G. P. Colebatch Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged our Troops in World War II Winner [11][12]
Mike Carlton First Victory: 1914 Shortlist [13]
Michael Pembroke Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy Shortlist [13]
Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka Shortlist [13]
2015 Ross Coulthart Charles Bean Winner
David Horner The Spy Catchers, Volume 1 of The Official History of ASIO Winner
Alan Atkinson The Europeans in Australia, Volume 3: Nation Shortlist
Peter Brune Descent into Hell Shortlist
Anne Henderson Menzies at War Shortlist
2016 Geoffrey Blainey The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia Winner [14]
Sam Lipski and Suzanne D. Rutland Let My People Go: The Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews, 1959–89 Winner [14]
Peter Monteath and Valerie Munt Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred Rose Shortlist [15]
Doug Morrissey Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life Shortlist [15]
Robert Stevenson The War with Germany, Volume III of the Centenary History of Australia and the Great War Shortlist [15]
2017 Elizabeth Tynan Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story Winner
Josephine Bastian A Passion for Exploring New Countries: Matthew Flinders and George Bass Shortlist
Neil McDonald Valiant Truth: The Life of Chester Wilmot, War Correspondent Shortlist
John Murphy Evatt: A Life Shortlist
Charlie Ward A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off Shortlist
2018 John Edwards John Curtin's War: The Coming of War in The Pacific, and Reinventing Australia, Volume 1 Winner [16][17][18][19]
Judith Brett The Enigmatic Mr Deakin Shortlist [20]
Paul Irish Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney Shortlist [20]
Jayne Persian Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians Shortlist [20]
Tim Rowse Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901 Shortlist [20]
2019 Meredith Lake The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History Winner [21][22]
Billy Griffiths Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia Shortlist [22]
Anna Haebich Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar Performance Shortlist [22]
David Kemp The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788–1860 Shortlist [22]
Clare Wright You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World Shortlist [22][23]
2020 Tiffany Shellam Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago Winner [24][25][26]
Judith Brett From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia got compulsory voting Shortlist [24]
Marilyn Lake Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform Shortlist [24]
Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies Sludge: Disaster on Victoria’s Goldfields Shortlist [24]
Scott Patterson The Oarsmen: The Remarkable Story of the Men Who Rowed from the Great War to Peace Shortlist [24]
2021 Grace Karskens People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia Winner [27][28][29]
Michael Bennett Pathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW Shortlist [30]
Mark Dunn The Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier Shortlist [30]
Jason M. Gibson Ceremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow Collection Shortlist [30]
Amanda Harris Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970 Shortlist [30]
2022 Christine Helliwell Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo Winner [31][32]
Sheila Fitzpatrick White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to Australia Shortlist [33]
Mark McKenna Return to Uluru Shortlist [33]
Deirdre O'Connell Harlem Nights: The Secret History of Australia's Jazz Age Shortlist [33]
Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate Shortlist [33]

See also

References

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