John Oxley Library Award
Winner 2009
Congratulations to Dr Raymond Evans for his outstanding work documenting the state’s past. He taught for many years at the University of Queensland and is currently an adjunct professor in the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University. Professor Evans has been writing about Queensland and Australian history since 1965. His book A History of Queensland (Cambridge University Press, 2007) was short-listed for the 2008 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for non-fiction.
He has made an outstanding contribution to the appreciation of Queensland history, not only through his celebrated academic career, but more broadly through community seminars and workshops promoting the value of historical knowledge to the Queensland public’s understanding of themselves and each other.
The first two sessions of Professor Evans' recent Discovering Queensland Learning Program at the State Library of Queensland were highly successful and he will lead further Queensland history courses for the public with A History of Queensland being the focal text of the course.
Finalists 2009
- Chermside and Districts Historical Society Inc.
- Mr Andrew Stafford, author of Pig City: from the Saints to Savage Garden
- Mr Erik Eriksen, researcher
View photos [new window] from the 2009 State Library of Queensland Awards announcement.
About the Award
Australia’s leading library of Queensland documentary heritage, the John Oxley Library plays a vital role in the development and communication of knowledge of Queensland’s history. The Award promotes the value of historical knowledge to Queenslanders’ continuing understanding of themselves and each other. The Award acknowledges an outstanding contribution to the appreciation of Queensland’s history.
The John Oxley Library Award recognises:
- a contribution relating to any aspect of Queensland’s social, political, economic and cultural life and to any part of Queensland
- a contribution taking any form, occurring in any context, and extending over any period of time.
The Award is open to individuals and organisations, including historians, writers, filmmakers, broadcasters, local history associations, libraries and archives.
The Award attracts a $5,000 prize.
View past winners of the John Oxley Library Award.
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