Advisory Committee
Members of the Advisory Committee for the 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History are:
- Chair - Professor Stuart Macintyre, Ernest Scott Professor of History, University of Melbourne, current President of the Academy of Social Sciences and member of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Curriculum Advisory Panel on History.
- Dr Michelle Arrow, Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Macquarie University, an historian of popular culture, who was a presenter on the ABC TV series Rewind
- Dr John Hirst, Emeritus Scholar, La Trobe University, a scholar of Australian social and political history with particular interests in convict society, federation and the history of Australian democracy
- Adjunct Professor Margo Neale, Senior Research Fellow, Senior Curator and Principal Advisor to the Director on Indigenous matters at the National Museum of Australia; and Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University.
- Mr Bill Burmester, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
The Advisory Committee will recommend a shortlist of nominated works to the Prime Minister.
Close of Nominations
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Nominations for the 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History closed on 9 October 2009. The Prize 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.
The Nomination Guidelines and Application Form are available below:
- 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History Nomination Guidelines:
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PDF 200KB | 
RTF 180KB)
- 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
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