Australian History Awards
This biennial award has been named for A. W. Martin (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. 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.
- 2004: Maria Nugent for Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet (Allen & Unwin)
- 2006: No award made
- 2008: Dr Fred Cahir for Black gold: aboriginal peoples and gold in Victoria 1850-1870
- 2008: Highly Commended: Dr Keir Reeves for Wild onions: a history of Chinese gold-seekers in the Pearl River Delta region of China and the Central Victorian goldfields.
- 2010: No award made
- 2012: Dr Melissa Bellanta, University of Queensland ,ref.
Read more about Australian History Awards: Blackwell AHA Prize, WK Hancock Prize, The Kay Daniels Award, The Serle Award
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