Senior Director Northern Territory Library and Archives, Mr Patrick Gregory, today announced the shortlist for the 2018 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award.
“The 2018 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award recognises the most significant contribution to Northern Territory history published in 2017,” Mr Gregory said.
The shortlisted books vying for the Award are:
A Stubborn City: Darwin 1911-1978 by Kathy De La Rue
Charles James Kirkland: The Life and Times of a Pioneer Newspaperman in the Top End of Australia by Steven Farram
The Intrepid Hilda Abbott: Author, Designer, Red Cross Officer, Political Wife, 1890-1984, by Pam Oliver
Tjungunutja: from having come together by Sid Anderson, John Kean, Professor Fred R Myers, Lisa Nolan, Dr Benedict Scambary, Luke Scholes, Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra, Joseph Jurrah Tjapaltjarri, Bobby West Tjupurrula, Desmond Phillipus Tjupurrula and Margie West
“This year we received a record 19 entries, with a diversity of subjects and formats that reflect the ongoing fascination with Territory history,” added Mr Gregory.
The
panel of expert judges said there was an exceptionally strong field of entries
this year.
“The number of entries and the diversity in topics is a testimony to the fact there
is a significant amount of work taking place to capture history. Across the
entries there are demonstrations of high levels of research and analysis which
is vital in presenting an historical work.
The four shortlisted works are diverse in subject with all pieces offering something new to the historical landscape as well as being accessible to a diverse audience the panel noted.
The nineteen entries were:
A Nice Day for Flying: Bombing Of Darwin by Garry Gallagher
A Stubborn City: Darwin 1911-1978 by Kathy De La Rue
Bloody Bastard Beautiful by Mocco Wollert
Charles James Kirkland: The Life and Times of a Pioneer Newspaperman in the Top End of Australia by Steven Farram
Darwin 1942: The Japanese Attack on Australia by Bob Alford
Eagle and Lamb by Noel Kentish
Fort Dundas: The British in North Australia 1824-29 by Derek Pugh
Gilruth: John Anderson Gilruth: A Complex Man by Ted Egan
History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory - People, programs and policies by Brian Devlin, Samantha Disbray, Nancy Friedman Devlin
Iron Roads in the Outback - The Legendary Commonwealth Railways by Nick Anchen
Mr Takahashi (and other falling secrets), by Sandra Thibodeaux
Quincy and the Sheriff by Robyn Smith
Songlines and Fault Lines by Glenn Morrison
The Empire Strikes South by Tom Lewis
The Fall of the Daisy Cutters - bombing of Katherine WW11 1939-1945, by Mike Reed
The Intrepid Hilda Abbott: Author, Designer, Red Cross Officer, Political Wife, 1890-1984, by Pam Oliver
The Spear and the Gun by Robert Baker
Tjungunutja: from having come together by Sid Anderson, John Kean, Professor Fred R Myers, Lisa Nolan, Dr Benedict Scambary, Luke Scholes, Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra, Joseph Jurrah Tjapaltjarri, Bobby West Tjupurrula, Desmond Phillipus Tjupurrula and Margie West
Waratah Football Club: a 100 year history: 1917 – 2017 by Nigel Adlam
The Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award has been administered
by the Northern Territory Library since its creation in 2004.
The winner of the 2018 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award will be announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 4 July at Northern Territory Library in Parliament House.
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