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History
The Trade Unions established a Mary Gilmore Award in 1956 to encourage literature "significant to the life and aspirations of the Australian People.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1980
joint winner Meeting by Moonlight i "The Rocks? Aye, matey,", 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Artlook , January - February vol. 7 no. 1-2 1981; (p. 22)joint winner Land Rights i "At last a place I can call my own!", 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Artlook , January - February vol. 7 no. 1-2 1981; (p. 22) Landscapes 1982; (p. 10-13) Selected Poems 1988; (p. 39-41) -
Year: 1979
winner In the Kitchens : Stockton i "So I moved in with Nana, learning to cook", 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Costumes : Poems and Prose 1981; (p. 17) The Younger Australian Poets 1983; (p. 176) The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 200) -
Year: 1959
joint winner Conciliation 1961 single work short story
— Appears in: The Tracks We Travel : Second Collection Including Mary Gilmore Award Stories 1961; (p. 72-81) -
Year: 1958
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Year: 1956
winner End of a Holiday 1961 single work short story
— Appears in: The Tracks We Travel : Second Collection Including Mary Gilmore Award Stories 1961; (p. 147-153)
Works About this Award
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Sydney Teacher Wins Dame Mary Gilmore Award for Poetry 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 September 1979; (p. 4)
