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2012 Winners and shortlists
2012:
Non-fiction
A Short History of Christianity
Author:
Geoffrey
Blainey
Illustrator:
Michael Kirby Paradoxes and Principles
Author:
AJ
Brown
Illustrator:
Kinglake-350
Author:
Adrian
Hyland
Illustrator:
When Horse Became Saw
Author:
Anthony
Macris
Illustrator:
2012:
Australian history
1
winner -
The Biggest Estate on Earth
Author:
Bill
Gammage
Illustrator:
1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia
Author:
James
Boyce
Illustrator:
Breaking the Sheep’s Back
Author:
Charles
Massy
Illustrator:
Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian Nation
Author:
Russell
McGregor
Illustrator:
Immigration Nation: Secret History of Us
Author:
Alex
West
Joe
Connor
Ken
Connor
Illustrator:
2012:
Young adult literature
1
winner -
When We Were Two
Author:
Robert Newton
Newton
Illustrator:
A Straight Line to My Heart
Author:
Bill
Condon
Illustrator:
Being Here
Author:
Barry
Jonsberg
Illustrator:
Pan’s Whisper
Author:
Sue
Lawson
Illustrator:
Alaska
Author:
Sue
Saliba
Illustrator:
2012:
Children's literature
1
winner -
Goodnight Mice!
Author:
Frances
Watts
Illustrator:
Judy
Watson
Evangeline, Wish Keeper's Helper
Author:
Maggie
Alderson
Illustrator:
Claire
Fletcher
The Jewel Fish of Karnak
Author:
Graeme
Base
Illustrator:
Father's Day
Author:
Anne
Brooksbank
Illustrator:
Come Down, Cat?
Author:
Sonya
Hartnett
Illustrator:
Lucia
Masciullo
2011 Winners and shortlists
2011:
Fiction
1
winner -
Traitor
Author:
Stephen
Daisley
Illustrator:
Notorious
Author:
Roberta
Lowing
Illustrator:
When Colts Ran
Author:
Roger
McDonald
Illustrator:
Glissando: a melodrama
Author:
David
Musgrove
Illustrator:
That deadman dance
Author:
Kim
Scott
Illustrator:
2011:
Non-fiction
1
winner -
The hard light of day: An artist's story of friendships in Arrernte country
Author:
Rod
Moss
Illustrator:
Sydney
Author:
Delia
Falconer
Illustrator:
How to make gravy
Author:
Paul
Kelly
Illustrator:
The party
Author:
Richard
McGregor
Illustrator:
Claude Levi-Strauss: the poet in the laboratory
Author:
Patrick
Wilcken
Illustrator:
2011:
Young adult literature
1
winner -
Graffiti moon
Author:
Cath
Crowley
Illustrator:
The good oil
Author:
Laura
Buzo
Illustrator:
The three loves of Persimmon
Author:
Cassandra
Golds
Illustrator:
About a girl
Author:
Joanne
Horniman
Illustrator:
The piper's son
Author:
Melina
Marchetta
Illustrator:
2011:
Children's literature
1
winner -
Shake a leg
Author:
Boori Monty
Pryor
Illustrator:
Jan
Ormerod
Why I love Australia
Author:
Bronwyn
Bancroft
Illustrator:
Flyaway
Author:
Lucy
Christopher
Illustrator:
Now
Author:
Morris
Gleitzman
Illustrator:
April Underhill, tooth fairy
Author:
Bob
Graham
Illustrator:
2010 Winners and shortlists
2010:
Fiction
1
winner -
Dog Boy
Author:
Eva
Hornung
Illustrator:
Summertime
Author:
J.M.
Coetzee
Illustrator:
The Book of Emmett
Author:
Deborah
Forster
Illustrator:
The Lakewoman
Author:
Alan
Gould
Illustrator:
Ransom
Author:
David
Malouf
Illustrator:
Lovesong
Author:
Alex
Miller
Illustrator:
As the Earth Turns Silver
Author:
Alison
Wong
Illustrator:
2010:
Non-fiction
1
winner -
The Colony: A History of Early Sydney
Author:
Grace
Karskens
Illustrator:
The Water Dreamers
Author:
Michael
Cathcart
Illustrator:
Strange Places: A Memoir of Mental Illness
Author:
Will
Elliott
Illustrator:
The Life and Death of Democracy
Author:
John
Keane
Illustrator:
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