2024
Dr Caitlin D’Gluyas, for her project: Archival Archaeology: A Spatial Reading of People and Things in Early Convict Parramatta.
2023
Dr Peter Gibson, for his project: New South Wales’ First Industrial Law: The Factories and Shops Act, 1896-1912.
2022
Dr Paolo Stracchi, for his project: Building Knowledge: The role of modern architecture in the development of the construction industry in New South Wales (1950–1980).
2021
Dr Lisa Murray, for her project: "Here's Too'ee": The breweries and pub culture in New South Wales, 1880-1980.
2020
Dr Ben Huf, for his project: Colonial Liquidity: Making money in early New South Wales.
2019 (Inaugural)
Dr Elizabeth Humphrys for her project: Pressed and strained: the lives of metal workers in the era of globalisation (1970-1990).
The project will examine how changes to the metals industry, brought about by globalisation, has impacted on the lives of their largely blue-collar workforce.