Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award - Past Winners
The Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award has recognised the efforts and talents of historians and writers since 2004.
| Year | Winners and Finalists |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Winner: Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories): Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria by li-Yanyuwa li-Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Elders), Liam M Brady, John Bradley, and Amanda Kearney. Highly Commended: Murli la: Songs and Stories of the Tiwi Islands by the Ngarukuruwala Women's Group with Genevieve Campbell. Highly Commended: Tiwi Story: Turning History Downside Up by Mavis Kerinaiua and Laura Rademaker. Finalist: Connecting the North: From the Diaries of the Overland Telegraph Expeditioners by Andrew Crouch. Finalist: Darwin: Survival of a City the 1890s by Derek Pugh. Finalist: Our Voices from the Heart by Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson AO. |
| 2023 | Winner: Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and History on a Central Australian Pastoral Station, by Shannyn Palmer. Highly Commended: Telling Tennant's Story: The Strange Career of the Great Australian Silence, by Dean Ashenden. Finalist: Wild Dogs of Song: The Palmerston (Darwin) Dingo Glee Club, 1895-1905, by Paolo Fabris and Steven Farram. |
| 2022 | Winner: Return to Uluru, by Mark McKenna. Highly Commended: Writing in the Sand, by Matt Garrick. Finalist: The History of the Northern Territory Stolen Generations, by Maisie Austin. Finalist: Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ, by Catherine Bishop. Finalist: Living in Hope; the complete memoirs of Frank Byrne, by Frank Byrne. |
| 2021 | Winner: The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925-1931, by Sally May, Laura Rademaker, Donna Nadjamerrek & Julie Narndal Gumurdul. Highly Commended: The Cummings Family: Family, Belonging and Connection to Country, by Maisie Austin and Matthew Stephen. Finalist: Port Essington: The British in North Australia 1838-49, by Derek Pugh. Finalist: Power and Protection: The contest between the Government Residents and the medical Protectors of the Aborigines in South Australia’s Northern Territory, by Brian Reid. : Oenpelli Mission 1925-1931 |
| 2019 | Winner: Northern Dreams: The Politics of Northern Development in Australia by Lyndon Megarrity Finalist: Found in Translation: Many Meanings on a North Australian Mission by Laura Rademaker Honourable Mention: Forgotten Country: A Short History of Central Australia by Alan Powell Honourable Mention: Olive Pink: Artist, Activist and Gardener by Gillian Ward Honourable Mention: Walking with camels - the story of Bertha Strehlow by Leni Shilton |
| 2018 | Winner: A Stubborn City: Darwin 1911-1978 by Kathy De La Rue Finalist: Charles James Kirkland: The Life and Times of a Pioneer Newspaperman in the Top End of Australia by Steven Farram Honourable Mention: Quincy and the Sheriff by Robyn Smith |
| 2017 | Winner: Alice Springs: From Singing Wire to Iconic Outback Town by Stuart Traynor Finalist: Remember Me Kindly: A History of the Holtze Family in the Northern Territory by Deborah Bisa |
| 2016 | Winner: The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading by Julia Martinez and Adrian Vickers Finalist: Silent Pearls: Old Japanese Graves in Darwin and the History of Pearling by John Lamb Honourable Mention: Gulf Country Songbook: Yanyuwa, Marra, Garrwa and Gudanji by Karin Riederer, Yanyuwa, Marra, Garrwa and Gudanji families |
| 2015 | Winner: Radar Gunner by Dick Dakeyne Finalist: Warning by Sophie Cunningham |
| 2014 | Winner: Maningrida: A History of the Aboriginal Township in Arnhem Land by Helen Bond Sharp Finalist: Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia’s Own Pearl Harbour by Dr Tom Lewis and Peter Ingham |
| 2013 | Winner: Tiwi: Art, History, Culture by Jennifer Isaacs Finalist: The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the Emergence of Indigenous Rights by Jane Lydon |
| 2012 | Winner: Great Central State: The Foundation of Northern Territory by Jack Cross Finalist: Gumbuli of Ngukurr: Aboriginal Elder in Arnhem Land by Murray Seiffert |
| 2011 | Winner: No Place Like Home by Dr Mickey Dewar Finalist: Northern Voyagers: Australia’s Monsoon Coast in Maritime History by Alan Powell |
| 2010 | Winner: An Awkward Truth by Peter Grose |
| 2009 | Winner: Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists by Vivien Johnson Winner Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu by Banduk Marika and the Rirratjingu clan, edited by Margie West |
| 2008 | Winner: Ochre and Rust by Philip Jones Finalist: Alone on the Soaks by Alex Kruger and Gerrard Waterford |
| 2007 | Winner: Empty North: The Japanese Presence and Australian Reactions 1860s to 1942 by Dr Pam Oliver Finalist: Through Chinese Eyes: The Chinese Experience in the Northern Territory 1874-2004 by Glenice Yee |
| 2006 | Winner: Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country to 1900 by Tony Roberts Finalist: Southport Northern Territory 1869-2002 by Marge Duminski |
| 2005 | Winner: Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli by John Mulvaney Finalist: The Evolution of Darwin 1869-1911 by Kathy de la Rue |
| 2004 | Winner: Acclimatisation: Architecture at the Top End of Australia by David Bridgman Finalist: Tom and Jack: A Frontier Story by Geraldine Byrne |