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.Australian History Summit 2006 The winner (or winners) receive a gold medallion and a grant worth A$100,000.Australian History Prize
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."Poets and Historians to be Honoured in Literary Awards" , Prime Minister of Australia, 1 December 2011
Honorees +Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History winners and shortlistsYearAuthor(s)TitleResultRef.2007WinnerColonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian DemocracyWinnerTW Edgeworth David: A LifeShortlistShortlist2008Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to AntarcticaWinner"The 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History" , Department of Education, Employment and Workplace RelationsWinnerBig White Lie: Chinese Australians in White AustraliaShortlistOchre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian FrontiersShortlist, Stephen Amezdroz, Tony Wright, Wain Fimeri, and Matthew ThomasonCaptain Cook: Obsession and DiscoveryShortlist2009 and Bentley DeanContact (a documentary film)Winner"2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History" , Department of Education, Employment and Workplace RelationsVariousFirst AustraliansShortlistTravels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of JapanShortlistShortlist and Henry ReynoldsDrawing the Global Colour LineShortlist2010 / 2011Winner"2010/2011 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History" , Department of Education, Employment and Workplace RelationsBad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Great WarWinner and Stuart Ward ShortlistBeersheba: A Journey through Australia’s Forgotten WarShortlistShortlistSavage or Civilised? Manners in Colonial AustraliaShortlist2012Winner1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of AustraliaShortlistBreaking the Sheep’s BackShortlistIndifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian NationShortlistRenegade Films Australia Pty LtdImmigration Nation: The Secret History of UsShortlist2013Farewell, Dear PeopleWinnerShortlistSandakanShortlistGough WhitlamShortlistShortlist2014Broken Nation: Australians in the Great WarWinnerAustralia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged our Troops in World War IIWinnerFirst Victory: 1914ShortlistArthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, SpyShortlistShortlist2015Charles BeanWinnerWinner, Volume 3: NationShortlistDescent into HellShortlistMenzies at WarShortlist2016Winner and Suzanne D. Rutland Let My People Go: The Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews, 1959–89Winner and Valerie Munt Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred RoseShortlistNed Kelly: A Lawless LifeShortlistShortlist2017Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga StoryWinnerShortlistValiant Truth: The Life of Chester Wilmot, War CorrespondentShortlistEvatt: A LifeShortlistShortlist2018John Curtin's War: The Coming of War in The Pacific, and Reinventing Australia, Volume 1WinnerShortlistHidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal SydneyShortlistBeautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New AustraliansShortlistIndigenous and Other Australians Since 1901Shortlist2019WinnerDeep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient AustraliaShortlistDancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar PerformanceShortlistShortlistYou Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the WorldShortlist2020Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the ArchipelagoWinnerFrom Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia got compulsory votingShortlistProgressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American ReformShortlist and Peter Davies Sludge: Disaster on Victoria’s GoldfieldsShortlistShortlist2021People of the River: Lost worlds of early AustraliaWinnerPathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSWShortlistShortlistCeremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow CollectionShortlistRepresenting Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970Shortlist2022Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII BorneoWinnerWhite Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to AustraliaShortlistReturn to UluruShortlistHarlem Nights: The Secret History of Australia's Jazz AgeShortlist and Keryn WalsheFarmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu DebateShortlist
See also List of history awards
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