Northern Territory History Awards

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The Chief Minister of Northern Territory History Awards was begun in 2005. The award was created to recognise the "the scholarly, literary and creative achievements" of Australian writers and to encourage the documenting of history of the Northern Territory.[1]

Information about the award is sponsored by the Northern Territory Library.

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[edit] Northern Territory History Book Award

[edit] 2007

  • Winner: to be announced in October 2007 [2]
  • Finalists
Glenice Yee for Through Chinese eyes: the Chinese experience in the Northern Territory 1874-2004
Liam Campbell for Darby: one hundred years in a changing culture
Pam Oliver for Empty North: the Japanese presence and Australian reactions 1860s to 1942

[edit] 2006

  • Winner: Tony Roberts for Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country To 1900 (UQP, 2005)[3]
Reviews
  • Finalists
Marge Duminski for Southport Northern Territory 1869-2002 (Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 2005)
Claire Henty-Gebert for Paint Me Black (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2005)
Pearl Ogden for People of the Victoria River Region: An Album (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2005)

[edit] 2005

  • Winner: John Mulvaney for Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2004)[4]
Reviews
  • Finalists
Kathy de la Rue for The Evolution of Darwin 1869-1911 (Charles Darwin University Press , c 2004)
Peter Monteath (ed) for The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe, Explorer (Corkwood Press, 2004)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Chief Minister's NT History Book Award 2007. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  2. ^ Chief Minister's NT History Book Award 2007. NT Library. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  3. ^ Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country to 1900. University of Queensland Press. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  4. ^ Northern Territory Library Update:Heritage Services. Northern Territory Library. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.

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