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The Victorian Community History Awards were inaugurated and sponsored by Information Victoria
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Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

Bookshop from 1998 to 2010. From 2011 the Awards were administered by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Royal Historical Society of Victoria

The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is a community organisation promoting the history of the state of Victoria, Australia. It functions to promote and research the history of that state after settlement, and as an umbrella organisation for more than 300 affiliated societies.It is operated by...

in partnership with Public Record Office Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria is the government archives of the Australian State of Victoria. PROV was created by the Victorian Public Records Act 1973 with responsibility for the better preservation management and utilization of the public records of the State.-History:Prior to 1903 there was no...

. The awards presented are to recognise "the importance of local and community history as a form of collective memory" and to recognise excellence in historical research.

Victorian Community History Awards - Overall Winner

2011: Gunditjmara people with Gib Wettenhall for The People of Budj Bim.
2010: Jenny Davies for Behind the Facade: Flinders Street more than just a Railway Station
2009: Ken Oldis for The Chinawoman
2008: Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hanson for Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register Volume 6 - T-Z
2007: Jillian Durance for Still Going Strong: The story of the Moyarra Honor Roll
2005: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham and Clare Gervasoni
Clare Gervasoni
Clare Gervasoni, author, publisher and curator was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1962.-Education:Gervasoni was educated at Genazzano FCJ College, Melbourne College of Advanced Education and Deakin University Clare Gervasoni, author, publisher and curator was born in Melbourne, Australia in...

for The Eureka Encyclopaedia
2004: Wandiligong Preservation Society Co-ordinated by Coral Bennett and Joy Kit for Oriental Crossing
2003: Ann Synan for We Came With Nothing: Story of the West Sale Migrant Holding Centre
2002: Gillian Upton for The George: St Kilda Life and Times
2001: Warik Lawrance for 1864 (CD ROM)
2000: Daryl Tonkin and Carolyn Landon for Jackson's Track - A Memoir of a Dreamtime Place
1999: Dr. Andrew Brown-May for Melbourne Street Life
1998: Patrick Morgan for The Settling of Gippsland, A Regional History

Best Community Research, Registers and Records

2011: Marie Hansen Fels for 'I succeeded Once': The Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840.
2010: Susie Zada and Pam Jennings for Scots in Geelong and District to 1860
2009: Karen T Collins, Collingwood Historical Society for Bitter Roots, Sweet Fruit: A history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill
2008: John McKay and Hamilton History Centre Inc for The Streets of Hamilton, Western Victoria Australia: a History of the People behind the Names
2007: Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society for History of a Street Precinct
2005: Graeme Massey for Gallipoli Heroes: A tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave their lives for their country
2004: Arthur Yong, North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association for Chinese Settlement in Darebin
2003: Graeme Massey (Warracknabeal Secondary College – History Department) for Fallen Heroes. Warracknabeal War Memorial
2002: Dianne Carroll for Carroll Heritage Collection
2001: Allan Willingham for Camperdown: A Heritage Study
2000: Keith Clarke for Convicts of the Port Phillip District
1999: Brendan Fitzgerald and Bayside Library Services for Sin on Disc

Best Collaborative / Community Work

2011: Michael Collins and others for Our Boys at the Front: The Mornington Peninsula at War 1914-18 from the pages of the Peninsula Post. (Book and DVD)
2010: Yarra Valley Italian Cultural Group for Dreams from a Suitcase ('Sogni Dalla Valigia'): Recollections of Italian Settlers in the Yarra Valley
2009: Christine Grayden, Phillip Island Conservation Society for An Island Worth Conserving: A History of the Phillip Island Conservation Society
2008: Collingwood Historical Society Inc for Collingwood Plaques Project
2007: Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain (ed) for The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
2005: Peter Yule (ed.) and the Carlton Residents Association Inc. for Carlton: A History
2004: Elizabeth Huf for Courage, Patience and Persistence: 150 Years of German Settlement in Western Victoria
2003: Jewish Museum of Australia (in association with Shalom Association) for From Russia with Hope: Australian Jews from Russia 1870-2002 (Exhibition)
2002: South Port Day Links and Port Melbourne Historical Society for Linking Us Together
2001: Sigrid Borke for In and Out of Port. Voices from the Port of Melbourne. An Oral History
2000: City of Whittlesea for Oral History and Poster Exhibition Project
1999: Jan Critchett for Untold Stories - Memories and Lives of Victorian Koories
1998: Linda Barraclough for historical research and community work in Gippsland

Best Print / Publication - Commercial

2011: Ron Hateley for The Victorian Bush: its 'original and natural' condition.

Best Print / Publication - Self or Community Publication

2011 Anne Longmire for The Catalalysts: Change and Continuity 1910-2010.

Best Print / Publication

From 2011 the Best Print / Publication category was divided into Best Commercial Publication and Best Self or Community Publication. See above

2010: Robin Grow for Melbourne Art Deco
2009: Gary Presland
Gary Presland
Gary Presland is an Australian archaeologist and writer who studied history at La Trobe University 1973-76, and archaeology at the University of London, 1977-79. He was a staff member of the Victoria Archaeological Survey from 1983 to April 1988; his research interests are in the Aboriginal and...

for The Place for a Village: How nature has shaped the City of Melbourne
2008: Barry Heard for The View from Connor's Hill
2007: Richard Broome
Richard Broome
Richard Broome is a professor of history at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.He is widely recognised as an authority on Aboriginal history in Australia....

for Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800
2005: Barry Hill
Barry Hill (writer)
Barry Hill is an Australian historian, poet, journalist and academic.Hill was born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at the University of Melbourne gaining his Bachelor of Arts , Bachelor of Education and a Doctor of Philosophy and from there went to London where he gained his Master of Arts ...

and the Borough of Queenscliffe for The Enduring Rip: A History of Queenscliffe
2004: John Poynter for Mr Felton's Bequests
2003: Vicki Fairfax for A Place Across the River. They Aspired to Create the Victorian Arts Centre
2002: Carolyn Rasmussen for A Museum for the People
2001: Adrian Jones for Follow the Gleam: A History of Essendon Primary School 1850-2000
2000: Peter Yule for The Royal Children's Hospital A History of Faith, Science and Love
1999: Janet McCalman for Sex and Suffering - Women's Health and a Women's Hospital
1998: Phil Taylor for Karkarook: a Mallee Shire History

Best Walk / Tour

2011: Peter Cuffley, Helen McBurney, Geoff Palmer & Janey Runci for Henry Handel Richardson in Maldon.
2010: Karen McIntyre for Lake Bolac Heritage Walk
2009: Wangaratta Regional Tourist Development Inc for Heritage Walk, Wangaratta
2008: Bayside City Council for Bayside Architectural Trail
2007: Ruth Gallant, Footscray Reference Group & Maribyrnong City Council for Footscray Trail: a guided walk through the historic central business district
2005: Margaret Gardner and Val Heffernan, The Hamilton History Centre for Exploring Hamilton Walks
2004: Don Chambers for Melbourne General Cemetery
2003: Carmel Taig for Yarraville in 1901
2002: Ross Bastiaan for The Kokoda Walk in the Dandenong Ranges National Park
2001: Bayside City Council for Bayside Coastal Art Trail. Stage 3
2000: Richard Peterson for Brimstone to Bunyip Churches of Collingwood, Clifton Hill and Abbotsford 1852-1999
1999: Angela Taylor, Ron Hateley, Tarnya Kruger for The La Gerche Walking Track
1998: Mary Ryllis Clark for Discover Historic Victoria

Best Exhibit or Multimedia

2011: The Jewish Museum of Australia for Mameloshn: How Yiddish made a home in Melbourne.

Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia

From 2011 Best Exhibit and Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia were combined as a category. See above.

2010: Keith White & Will Twycross for Visions of Port Phillip: The Burrells of Arthur's Seat 1851-1925
McCrae Homestead
McCrae Homestead is an historic property located in McCrae, Victoria, Australia. It was built at the foot of Arthurs Seat, a small mountain, near the shores of Port Phillip in 1844 by Andrew McCrae, a lawyer, and his wife Georgiana Huntly McCrae...
2009: Bendigo Chinese Association Museum Inc trading as Golden Dragon Museum for Creating a Community Museum
2008: Malcolm McKinnon and The Victorian Country Football League for Football Stories from Country Victoria
2007: Landsborough Festivals Inc for From Gold to Grapes: The Story of Landborough
2005: The Euston/Robinvale Historical Society Inc for Happy Birthday Robinvale
2004: James McCaughey, Red Finch Films for The First Eleven: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England (Video)
2003: Lakes Entrance Family History Resource Centre for Casting the Net – Pioneer Fishing Families of the Gippsland Coast
2002: Geoff Russell for Sir John Quick and Bendigo's ANA
2001: Lilydale & District Historical Society for Melba - Australia's Greatest Daughter
2000: Bronwyn Hughes (Author), Laki Sideris (Developer) and Tim Dolby (Producer) for Lights of our Past: Australian Stained Glass
1999: Timothy Lee for Wally's Weddings/The Bush Smithy

Best Exhibit / Display