Australian History Awards

The Allan Martin Award

This biennial award has been named for A. W. Martin[1] (1926–2002) and is administered jointly by the Australian National University and the Australian Historical Association. The award is to encourage "early career historians" for work relating to Australian History.[2] Submissions for this award are to be work that is being prepared for publication and can be in any form, e.g. a monograph, a series of academic articles, an exhibition or documentary film, or some mix of these.[2]

Blackwell AHA Prize

The publishers, Blackwell Publishing Asia, have sponsored a prize for the best postgraduate paper at a Regional Conference.

The AHA information states that the "prize will be judged on two criteria: 1) oral presentation of the paper 2) written version of the conference paper. The written version of the conference paper (not a longer version) is to be submitted at the start of the conference. The winner of the prize will be announced at the close of the conference."[7]

Melissa Bellanta (University of Sydney) for Raiders of the Lost Civilisation, or, Adventure-Romances of the Australian Desert, 1890-1907, and
Nell Musgrove (University of Melbourne) for Private Homes, Public Scrutiny: Surveillance of 'the family' in postwar Melbourne

WK Hancock Prize

The WK Hancock Prize is run by Australian Historical Association (AHA)[8] with the Department of Modern History, Macquarie University. It was instituted in 1987 in honour of Sir Keith Hancock and his life achievements.

The award is for the first book of history by an Australian scholar and for research using original sources. It is awarded biennially for a first book published in the preceding two years with the award presented at the AHA's National Biennial Conference.

Mary Anne Jebb for Blood, Sweat and Welfare: a History of White Bosses and Aboriginal Pastoral Workers (UWA Press, 2002)citation
Warwick Anderson for The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia (Melbourne University Press, 2002)
John Connor for The Australian Frontier Wars: 1788-1838 (University of New South Wales Press)
Brigid Hains for The Ice and the Inland: Mawson, Flynn, and the Myth of the Frontier (Melbourne University Press)
Maria Nugent for Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet (Allen & Unwin, 2005)
Sue Taffe for Black and White Together, FCAATSI 1958-1972 (UQP, 2005)
Robert Kenny for The Lamb enters the Dreaming: Nathaniel Pepper and the Ruptured World (Scribe Publications, 2007)
Tracey Banivanua-Mar for Violence and Colonial Dialogue: The Australian-Pacific Indentured Labor Trade (University of Hawaii Press, 2007)
Dr Natasha Campo for From Superwomen to Domestic Goddesses: the rise and fall of Feminism Peter Lang, 2009
Dr Clare Corbould for Becoming African Americans" Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919-1939 Harvard University Press, 2009[9]
Frances M Clarke for War Stories: Suffering and Sacrifice in the Civil War North
Ian Coller for Arab France: Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798-1831
Michael L. Ondaatje for Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America[10]
Janet Butler for Kitty’s War: The Remarkable Wartime Experiences of Kit McNaughton (University of Queensland Press, 2013)

The John Barrett Award for Australian Studies

The John Barrett Award for Australian Studies is for the best written article published in the Journal of Australian Studies, in the categories: the best article by a scholar (open) and the best article by a scholar (post-graduate).

John Barrett Award: Open Category

John Barrett Award: Postgraduate Category

The Kay Daniels Award

Inaugurated in 2004, this award is named for Kay Daniels (1941–2001),[15] historian and public servant,[16] and recognises her interest in colonial and heritage history.

The biennial award will be administered by The Australian Historical Association.[16]

The Serle Award

The Serle Award was first presented in 2002. The award was established through the generosity of Mrs Jessie Serle for the historian Geoffrey Serle (1922–1998).[17]

The Serle Award is for the best thesis by an "early career researcher" and will be payable on receipt of publisher’s proofs, which must be within twelve months of notification of the award.

The biennial award will be administered by The Australian Historical Association.[17]

Commendation: Catherine Mary Gilchrist for Male Convict Sexuality in the Penal Colonies of Australia 1820-1850 (University of Sydney, PhD 2004)
Highly Commended
        • Olwen Valda Pryke for Australia House: Representing Australia in Great Britain 1901-1939 (University of Sydney PhD 2006)
          Robert Bollard for The Active Chorus: The Mass Strike of 1917 in Eastern Australia (Victoria University PhD 2007)
Commendations
        • Dr Malcolm Allbrook for Imperial Family: the Prinseps, Empire and Colonial Government in India and Australia (Griffith University PhD 2008)
          Dr Clare McLisky for "Settlers on a Mission" Faith, Power and Subjectivity in the Lives of Danial and Janet Matthews (University of Melbourne PhD 2008)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bibliography of A. W. Martin’s Writings" (PDF). University of Melbourne. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  2. 1 2 "The Allan Martin Award". AHA. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  3. ↑ Allen Martin 2004 Award citation Archived 4 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  6. 1 2 3 http://www.theaha.org.au/ Retrieved 2014-8-8
  7. ↑ "Blackwell AHA Prize for the Best Postgraduate Paper at the Regional Conference 2007". AHA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  8. ↑ "The Australian Historical Association". AHA. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  10. ↑ http://www.theaha.org.au/awards-and-prizes/w-k-hancock-prize/w-k-hancock-prize-previous-winners/
  11. ↑ http://explore.tandfonline.com/content/pgas/jas-john-barrett-award
  12. ↑ 2015-12-13
  13. ↑ Retrieved 2014-8-8
  14. 1 2 http://inasa.org/blog/the-annual-john-barrett-prize/ Retrieved 2014-8-8
  15. ↑ "Kay Daniels, 1941-2001". AHA. Archived from the original on 28 April 2003. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  16. 1 2 "The Kay Daniels Inaugural Award: 2004". AHA. Archived from the original on 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  17. 1 2 "The Serle Award". AHA. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
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