Australian History Prize

2021
Winners announced
2021
People of the River
People of the River: Lost Worlds of Early Australia
Grace Karskens
Allen & Unwin
Winner
2021
A Bridge Between
A Bridge Between: Spanish Benedictine Missionary Women in Australia
Katharine Massam
ANU Press
Shortlisted
2021
Amnesia Road
Amnesia Road: Landscape, Violence and Memory
Luke Stegemann
NewSouth Publishing
Shortlisted

The Australian History Prize ($15,000) is for a major work of non-fiction, published in book or ebook form, on Australian history. Entries should address subjects of national significance. 

Past winners

2020
Book cover Bedlam at Botany Bay
Bedlam at Botany Bay
James Dunk
NewSouth Publishing
Winner
2019
cover image of the book the bible in australia
The Bible in Australia
Meredith Lake
NewSouth Publishing
Winner
2018
book cover image of the battle within
The Battle Within
Christina Twomey
NewSouth Publishing
Winner
2017
From the Edge Cover image
From the Edge
Mark McKenna
Melbourne University Publishing
Winner