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2023
Winners announced
2023
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NewSouth, in association with the Lord Howe Island Historical Society and Museum
Shortlisted
2023
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Self-published
Shortlisted

The New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize ($15,000)  is for a major work of non-fiction, published in book or eBook form, that makes a significant contribution to understanding of any aspect of the history of New South Wales, including community, regional, urban, institutional or local histories. Books which do not relate to NSW are ineligible for this prize.

Past winners

2021
Landscapes of our Hearts
Thames & Hudson Australia
Winner
2020
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Nēwara Aboriginal Corporation
Winner
2019
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Jon Rhodes
Winner
2018
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NewSouth Publishing
Winner
2017
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Arbon Publishing
Winner