C.H Currey Memorial Fellowships
For the writing of Australian history from original sources, preferably making use of the State Library's resources.
The C. H. Currey Memorial Fellowship was established in 1974 by the Library Council of New South Wales under the terms of the bequest of the late Dr Charles Herbert Currey, a well-known Australian historian who was conscious of the needs of research workers not supported by grants from institutions such as universities.
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Previous winners
2008
Jointly to Dr Nathan Garvey for research on Botany Bay and British popular literature, 1786-1840; and Mr Robert Holden for research on the ANZAC diaries in the Mitchell Library.
2006/07
Ms Eileen Chanin for research on David Scott Mitchell's bequest collection and the development of Australia's creative spirit.
2005
Dr Mark Hearn for research on the fin de siècle imagination in Australia, 1890-1914.
2004
Dr Lisa Featherstone for research on a history of sexualities in 20th century Australia.
2003
Mr Jock Given for research on a biography on Ernest Fisk and the AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) Papers.
2002
Dr Sylvia Martin for research on a biography on Ida Leeson, Mitchell Librarian, 1932-1946.
2001
Dr Judith Godden for biography of Lucy Osburn, pioneer of the nursing profession in Australia.
2000
Dr Sue Robinson for research on a biography of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks.
1999
Dr Suzanne Rickard for researching on connections between colonial Australia and British India between 1788 and 1858.
1998
Mr Isadore Wyner to research a history of the NSW branch of the Ship Painters and Dockers Union 1900-1930.
1997
Jointly to Dr Peter Cochrane for research on the rise and fall of British Australia, a history of British identity in Australia from the colonial period to the late twentieth century; and Mr Barry Hill, to research and write a literary biography of anthropologist, linguist and poet T. G. H. Strehlow.
