Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History

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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]

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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:

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
YearAuthor(s)TitleResultRef.
2007 Les Carlyon The Great WarWinner
Peter Cochrane Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian DemocracyWinner
David Branagan TW Edgeworth David: A LifeShortlist
Josephine Flood The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal PeopleShortlist
2008 Tom GriffithsSlicing the Silence: Voyaging to AntarcticaWinner [4]
Robert KennyThe Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured WorldWinner [4]
John FitzgeraldBig White Lie: Chinese Australians in White AustraliaShortlist
Philip JonesOchre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian FrontiersShortlist
Paul Rudd, Stephen Amezdroz, Tony Wright, Wain Fimeri, and Matthew ThomasonCaptain Cook: Obsession and DiscoveryShortlist
2009 Martin Butler and Bentley Dean Contact (a documentary film)Winner [5]
VariousFirst AustraliansShortlist
Robin Gerster Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of Japan Shortlist
Grace Karskens The Colony: A History of Early SydneyShortlist
Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds Drawing the Global Colour LineShortlist
2010 / 2011 Jim DavidsonA Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K HancockWinner [6]
Peter Stanley Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Great WarWinner [6]
James Curran and Stuart Ward The Unknown Nation; Australia After EmpireShortlist
Paul DaleyBeersheba: A Journey through Australia’s Forgotten WarShortlist
Kirsten McKenzie A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of LibertyShortlist
Penny Russell Savage or Civilised? Manners in Colonial AustraliaShortlist
2012 Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aboriginies Made AustraliaWinner [7] [8]
James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of AustraliaShortlist [9]
Charles MasseyBreaking the Sheep’s BackShortlist [9]
Russell McGregor Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian NationShortlist [9]
Renegade Films Australia Pty LtdImmigration Nation: The Secret History of UsShortlist [9]
2013 Ross McMullin Farewell, Dear PeopleWinner [10]
Frank Bongiorno The Sex Lives of Australians: A HistoryShortlist
Paul Ham SandakanShortlist
Jenny Hocking Gough WhitlamShortlist
Nicole MooreThe Censor's LibraryShortlist
2014 Joan Beaumont Broken Nation: Australians in the Great WarWinner [11] [12]
Hal G. P. Colebatch Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged our Troops in World War IIWinner [11] [12]
Mike Carlton First Victory: 1914Shortlist [13]
Michael Pembroke Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, SpyShortlist [13]
Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of EurekaShortlist [13]
2015 Ross Coulthart Charles BeanWinner
David Horner The Spy Catchers, Volume 1 of The Official History of ASIOWinner
Alan Atkinson The Europeans in Australia, Volume 3: NationShortlist
Peter Brune Descent into HellShortlist
Anne Henderson Menzies at WarShortlist
2016 Geoffrey Blainey The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient AustraliaWinner [14]
Sam Lipski and Suzanne D. Rutland Let My People Go: The Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews, 1959–89Winner [14]
Peter Monteath and Valerie Munt Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred RoseShortlist [15]
Doug Morrissey Ned Kelly: A Lawless LifeShortlist [15]
Robert StevensonThe War with Germany, Volume III of the Centenary History of Australia and the Great WarShortlist [15]
2017 Elizabeth Tynan Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga StoryWinner
Josephine Bastian A Passion for Exploring New Countries: Matthew Flinders and George BassShortlist
Neil McDonaldValiant Truth: The Life of Chester Wilmot, War CorrespondentShortlist
John MurphyEvatt: A LifeShortlist
Charlie WardA Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-OffShortlist
2018 John EdwardsJohn Curtin's War: The Coming of War in The Pacific, and Reinventing Australia, Volume 1Winner [16] [17] [18] [19]
Judith Brett The Enigmatic Mr Deakin Shortlist [20]
Paul IrishHidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal SydneyShortlist [20]
Jayne Persian Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New AustraliansShortlist [20]
Tim Rowse Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901Shortlist [20]
2019 Meredith Lake The Bible in Australia: A Cultural HistoryWinner [21] [22]
Billy Griffiths Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient AustraliaShortlist [22]
Anna Haebich Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar PerformanceShortlist [22]
David KempThe Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788–1860Shortlist [22]
Clare Wright You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the WorldShortlist [22] [23]
2020 Tiffany Shellam Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the ArchipelagoWinner [24] [25] [26]
Judith Brett From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia got compulsory votingShortlist [24]
Marilyn Lake Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American ReformShortlist [24]
Susan Lawrence and Peter DaviesSludge: Disaster on Victoria’s GoldfieldsShortlist [24]
Scott PattersonThe Oarsmen: The Remarkable Story of the Men Who Rowed from the Great War to PeaceShortlist [24]
2021 Grace Karskens People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia Winner [27] [28] [29]
Michael BennettPathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSWShortlist [30]
Mark DunnThe Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early FrontierShortlist [30]
Jason M. Gibson Ceremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow CollectionShortlist [30]
Amanda HarrisRepresenting Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970Shortlist [30]
2022 Christine Helliwell Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII BorneoWinner [31] [32]
Sheila Fitzpatrick White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to AustraliaShortlist [33]
Mark McKenna Return to UluruShortlist [33]
Deirdre O'Connell Harlem Nights: The Secret History of Australia's Jazz AgeShortlist [33]
Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate Shortlist [33]

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