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 2022 award 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)
- NEW IN 2022 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)
We are pleased to announce the 2022 winners:
Victorian Premier’s History Award
Vandemonians: The Repressed History of Colonial Victoria, by Janet McCalman
Judges’ Special Prize
About Corayo: A Thematic History of Greater Geelong, by Dr David Rowe
Collaborative Community History Award
Still on Track: 100 Years of the Melbourne Women’s Walking Club, by Melbourne Women's Walking Club
Local History Project Award
Queer-ways, by Luciano and Georgia Keats and supported by Australian Queer Archives
Small Organisation History Project Award
Red Cliffs Recollections: A Century of Soldier Settlement 1921‒2021, by Helen Petschel, Christine Cook and Matthew Cook (Red Cliffs Historical Society)
History Publication Award
The Women of Little Lon, by Barbara Minchinton
Small History Publication Award
Report on the Place Name: Moreland, by Dr James Lesh
Digital Storytelling Award
City of Melton 150th Anniversary Online Exhibition, by Way Back When and City of Melton
Community Diversity Award
Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley, by Alexandra Dellios
Oral History Award
Prima Donna Podcast, by Nat Grant
History Interpretation Award
Extinct: Artistic Impressions of Our Lost Wildlife, by Benjamin Gray
History Article Award
Policing Gender Nonconformity in Victoria 1900‒1940, Provenance issue no.19, 2021, by Adrien McCrory
The full shortlist, VCHA 2022 booklet, and photographs are available here.
The Victorian Community History Awards are supported by the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund.