Entries are open for the 2024 Victorian Community History Awards!
Presented by Public Record Office Victoria in partnership with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, the Victorian Community History Awards are held annually to celebrate the people involved in community history projects who are dedicated to telling local stories which help all Victorians to better understand their past. The categories include:
- Victorian Premier's History Award ($5000 prize)
- Collaborative Community History Award ($2000)
- Local History Project Award ($2000)
- History Publication Award ($2000)
- Small History Publication Award ($1500)
- Small Organisation History Project Award ($1500)
- Community Diversity Award ($1500)
- Digital Storytelling Award ($1500)
- Historical Interpretation Award ($1500)
- Oral History Award presented in collaboration with Oral History Victoria ($1500)
- History Article Award ($500)
Entries close at 5pm, Wednesday 2 October 2024.
Enter online at: https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/victorian-community-history-awards-2024
Or use the hardcopy entry form available from September at the following sites: Victorian Archives Centre, Ballarat Archives Centre, Bendigo Regional Archives Centre, Geelong Heritage Centre and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
You can also download and print a form using the link below:
Congratulations to our 2023 Award winners
The 2023 Victorian Community History Awards were presented at the Arts Centre Melbourne on the 2nd of February 2024 by Public Record Office Victoria in partnership with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
Victorian Premier’s History Award
St Kilda 1841-1900: Movers and Shakers and Money-Makers by Carmel McKenzie
Judges’ Special Prize
Frontier Magistrate: The Enigmatic Foster Fyans by John Cary
Collaborative Community History Award
On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston by Lisa Byrne and Dr Jane Eckett
Local History Project Award
Houses of North and West Melbourne by Elio Sarpi
Small Organisation History Project Award
Precious Objects: Shared Memories of our Collective Past by Willaura Modern Inc. at Historic Railway Station Gallery in association with Willaura Historical Society
History Publication Award
Staging a Revolution: When Betty Rocked the Pram by Kath Kenny
Small History Publication Award
Flinders Cargo Shed: Heritage and Environs by Flinders District Historical Society
Digital Storytelling Award
Unknown Melbourne by Julian O’Shea
Community Diversity Award
Nyernila by Charlton Neighbourhood House
Oral History Award (presented in collaboration with Oral History Victoria)
Don’t Be Too Polite Girls by Richard Lowenstein and Martie Lowenstein
History Interpretation Award
The Lost City of Melbourne by Gus Berger
History Article Award
No Mention of the Great Famine: Interpreting a Gap in Dr John Singleton’s Autobiographical Narrative by Sylvia Morrissey, published in Victorian Historical Journal
