Call for Nominations – 2009 Prize
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The 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History will be 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 Prize comprises an embossed gold medallion and a tax free grant of $100,000.
The subject of works submitted could include, but is not limited to:
- historical events;
- historical figures (including biographies); and
- work covering a particular subject.
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Eligible nominations can be a published book, a documentary film, a documentary for radio or television, CD-ROM, DVD, other form of multimedia or a series of these works. These must have been first published, produced or broadcast between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2009.
Nominations close at 5.00 pm AEDT, 9 October 2009. The Nomination Guidelines and Application Form are available below:
- 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History Nomination Guidelines:
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- 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History Application Form:
( PDF 186KB | RTF 76KB)
For further information, or if you wish to receive email updates about the 2009 Prize, contact the Secretariat at pmhistoryprize@deewr.gov.au
Announcement of Winners for 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History
Two writers have been jointly awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History 2008 for works published between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007.
Tom Griffiths was awarded joint first place for Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica, along with Robert Kenny for The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World.
Dr John Hirst, Advisory Committee member, presenting Professor Tom Griffiths (joint winner) with his medallion
Dr John Hirst, Advisory Committee member, presenting Dr Robert Kenny (joint winner) with his medallion
In addition to the joint winners, a further three nominations were shortlisted:
- John Fitzgerald for Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia
- Philip Jones for Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers, and
- Paul Rudd, Stephen Amezdroz, Tony Wright, Wain Fimeri and Matthew Thomason for Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery.
More information about the 2008 Prize is available on the 2008 Winners page.