Our publications have received many Australian national and state awards, including state premiers’ awards and the Stanner Award, and have been shortlisted for the prestigious Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Prize for Australian History.
These awards reflect the strength of our writers, who are committed to maintaining high standards of scholarship while crafting compelling stories that capture the unique heritage and diverse lives of Australia’s first peoples.
Kurlumarniny: We come from the desert
Monty Hale
Winner — Western Australia Premier's Literary Award - Western Australia History 2013
Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian nation
Russell McGregor
Winner — 2012 New South Wales Premier’s Prize for Australian History
Shortlisted — 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Award Prize for Australian History
The Lone Protestor: AM Fernando in Australia and Europe
Fiona Paisley
Shortlisted — Ernest Scott Award, 2013
Winner — Magarey Medal for Biography 2014
Our stories are our survival
Lawrence Bamblett
Shortlisted — Queensland Literary Awards, University of Southern Queensland History Book Award 2013
Our Greatest Challenge: Aboriginal children and human rights
Hannah McGlade
Winner — Stanner Award 2012
The Little Red Yellow Black Book - An introduction to Indigenous Australia
Bruce Pascoe
Shortlisted — Australian Publishers Association Educational Awards, 2009
Fight For Liberty and Freedom - The origins of Australian Aboriginal activism
John Maynard
Shortlisted — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Indigenous Writing, 2008
Rob Riley - An Aboriginal leaders quest for justice
Quentin Beresford
Winner — Stanner Award, 2007
Winner — Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Arts Non-Fiction Award, 2006
Winner — Non-fiction section of the Western Australian Premier’s Literary Award, 2007
Shortlisted — New South Wales Premier’s Award and the Stanner Award, 2007
Writing Never Arrives Naked - Early Aboriginal cultures of writing in Australia
Penny van Toorn
Winner — special commendation, Walter McRea Russell Award for best book in literary scholarship, 2007
Shortlisted — Victorian Premier's Award, 2007
Trustees on Trial - Recovering the stolen wages
Rosalind Kidd
Shortlisted — New South Wales Premier's History Award, John and Patricia Ward History Prize, 2007
Cleared Out - First contact in the Western Desert
Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson and Yuwali
Winner — Western Australia Premier's Book Awards, 2005
Winner — Western Australia Premier's History Awards, 2005
Winner — Stanner Award, 2006
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Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson and Yuwali
Winner — Best Documentary Sydney International Film Festival 2009
Winner — Best Achievement in Directing for Documentary, Australian Directors Guild 2009
Nominated — Best Documentary, ATOM awards 2009
Best Achievement — Sound for a Documentary, Australian Screen Sound Guild
Bronze award — Cinematography Documentaries-Cinema and TV, Australian Cinematographers Society
Paint Me Black - Memories of Croker Island and other journeys
Claire Henty-Gebert
Shortlisted — Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award, 2006