The Dame Annabelle Rankin Award is an annual award presented in the Children' Book Council Awards by the Victorian Branch.

In 1977, Dame Annabelle Rankin

Annabelle Rankin

Dame Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin DBE was the second woman member of the Australian Senate, the first woman from Queensland to sit in the Parliament of Australia, the first woman to have a federal portfolio and the first woman to be appointed head of a foreign mission.-Biography:Rankin was born in...

 was one of the first people to be made a Life Member of the Queensland Branch of Children’s Book Council of Australia.

To see the history of the CBCA and other CBCA Awards, see: List of CBCA Awards

Award Category and Description

The Dame Annabelle Rankin Award is presented for distinguished services to children's literature in Queensland.

List of Dame Annabelle Rankin Award Winners

• 2004 - Lyn Linning
• 2005 - Jill Morris
• 2006 - Kerry Mallan