NSW Premier’s History Awards 2022 winners announced

The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2022 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winners in each category receive $15,000.

The winning titles, chosen from shortlists announced last month, are:

Australian history Prize

• French Connection: Australia’s cosmopolitan ambitions (Alexis Bergantz, NewSouth)

General history Prize

• The Filipino Migration Experience: Global agents of change (Mina Roces, Cornell University Press)

NSW regional and community history prize

• The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land, and a killing at Croppa Creek (Kate Holden, Black Inc.)

Young people’s history prize

• The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the Whale (Aunty Shaa Smith, Neeyan Smith & Uncle Bud Marshall with Yandaarra including Sarah Wright, Lara Daley & Paul Hodge, A&U Children’s)

Digital history prize

• The Last Outlaws (Katherine Biber & Aunty Loretta Parsley, Impact Studios, University of Technology Sydney).

The judging panel is made up of an independent committee of academics, historians and other sector professionals who have been appointed by the premier, the arts minister or their delegates.

For more information about the awards, and to read the judges’ comments, see the SLNSW website.

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