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2012 - New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize

2012 - New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize

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Sydney: The Making of a Public University by Julia Horne and Geoffrey Sherington

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2013 - New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize

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2015 - New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize

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