Ernest Scott Prize 2014 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2014 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced.

The shortlisted titles are:

• Nature’s Line: George Goyder—Surveyor, Environmentalist, Visionary (Janis Sheldrick, Wakefield Press)
• ANZAC Journeys: Returning to the Battlefields of World War II (Bruce Scates, Cambridge University Press)
• Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand (Paul Moon, Penguin NZ)
• Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand (Angela Wanhalla, Auckland University Press).

The Ernest Scott Prize is worth $13,000 and is awarded annually to a work based on original research that contributes to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation. In 2013, the prize was awarded to Larrikins: A History by Melissa Bellanta (UQP).

The winner of this year’s prize will be announced on 11 July at the Australian Historical Association’s annual conference.

For more information about the shortlist, click here.

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