Winners of the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced

3 September 2018 Books+Publishing

The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards.

The winning works in each category are:

Australian History Prize ($15,000)

The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia (Christina Twomey, NewSouth)

General History Prize ($15,000)

On the Stump: Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia (Sean Scalmer, Temple University Press)

NSW Regional and Community History Prize ($15,000)

Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney (Paul Irish, NewSouth)

Young People’s History Prize ($15,000)

The Fighting Stingrays (Simon Mitchell, Puffin)

Digital History Prize ($15,000)

We Don’t Need a Map (Warwick Thornton & Brendan Fletcher, Barefoot Communications).

The winners were announced at an event at SLNSW on 31 August, marking the launch of NSW History Week on 1 September. The winners were chosen from shortlists announced in August.

For more information about the awards, click here.

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