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History
The Mary Gilmore Award gave recognition to Australian authors for works of importance to the country. It was sponsored by the May Day Committees of Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1964
winner Bill Scott -
Year: 1962
winner (Short story) The Bridge 1962 single work short story
— Appears in: Realist Writer , November no. 10 1962; (p. 6-9) -
Year: 1960
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1958
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winner Conversation i "A big man came to me and said,", 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: Realist Writer , vol. 1 no. 2 1960; (p. 36) -
Year: 1959
joint winner Proudly, My Son 1961 single work short story
— Appears in: The Tracks We Travel : Second Collection Including Mary Gilmore Award Stories 1961; (p. 82-92) Southern Harvest : An Anthology of Australian Short Stories 1964; (p. 187-199) Aliens in Their Land : The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story 1968; (p. 78-90) -
Year: 1958
winner When You Run 1961 single work short story
— Appears in: The Tracks We Travel : Second Collection Including Mary Gilmore Award Stories 1961; (p. 114-126) Australian Pavements : An Urban Anthology 1964; (p. 140-149)
Works About this Award
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For Oodgeroo, the Dawn is at Hand 1993 single work obituary (for Oodgeroo Noonuccal )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 September 1993; (p. 19) -
The 'Fringe Dweller' Who Won World Literary Acclaim 1993 single work obituary (for Oodgeroo Noonuccal )
— Appears in: The Age , 17 September 1993; (p. 11) -
Introduction to The Tracks We Travel II 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Tracks We Travel : Second Collection Including Mary Gilmore Award Stories 1961; (p. vii-xi) Journal of an Era : Notes From Red Letter Days 1988; (p. 91-96) -
"The Last Blue Sea" Wins First Trade Union Novel Award 1959 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 14 1959; (p. 33-34) -
Mary Gilmore Prizes 1957 single work column
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 3 1957; (p. 11)
