AustLit
History
Notes
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The name of this award changed to New South Wales History Prize as of 2006.
Subcategories
Latest Winners / Recipients (also see subcategories)v1155
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Year: 2019
winner (Australian History Prize) y The Bible in Australia : A Cultural History Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2018 13958032 2018 multi chapter work criticism'The revelatory story of the Bible in Australia, from the convict era to the Mabo land rights campaign, Nick Cave, the Bra Boys, and beyond. Thought to be everything from the word of God to a resented imposition, the Bible has been debated, painted, rejected, translated, read, gossiped about, preached, and tattooed.
'At a time when public discussion of religion is deeply polarised, Meredith Lake reveals the Bible’s dynamic influence in Australia and offers an innovative new perspective on Christianity and its changing role in our society. In the hands of writers, artists, wowsers, Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, Indigenous activists, and many more – the Bible has played a defining and contested role in Australia.
'A must-read for sceptics, the curious, the lapsed, the devout, the believer, and non-believer. ' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2002
winner (Australian History) y The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2001 Z821990 2001 single work biography A comprehensive biography of Charmian Clift's life and work. The biographer, Nadia Wheatley, spent over two decades in research for this Life, while continuing to write her own important body of work. Nadia Wheatley's examination of Clift's literary works in print and in manuscript is enlightening.winner (Young People's History) y Papunya School Book of Country and History Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2001 Z918321 2001 single work information book children's 'Tells the story of how Anangu from five different language groups came to live together at Papunya. From the time of the first contacts with explorers, missionaries and pastoralists, through to the Papunya art movement and the Warumpi Band, this multi-layered text finally leads us to the development of the unique educational environment that is Papunya School.' Source: Libraries Australia (Sighted 14/09/2009). -
Year: 2001
winner (Young People's History) y Sick As : Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine Port Melbourne : Roland Harvey Books , 2000 Z821201 2000 single work information book children's humour
Works About this Award
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Undercover 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 March 2012; (p. 31)A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the review, commissioned by Premier Barry O'Farrell, of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the New South Wales Premier's History Prize. Neither award will be presented in 2012 during the Sydney Writers' Week, as has been the practice in recent years. The review was completed in November 2011, but had not been released by March 2012.
Wyndham also notes Andrew Bifield's win the written-word category of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards.
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Success Bittersweet for Student Authors 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 October 2002; (p. 8) -
Tales, Tears and Recognition ... Rest of the Story is History 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 October 2002; (p. 6)