Previous John Oxley Library Community History Award winners
State Library and the John Oxley Library have a leading role in ensuring that Queensland’s cultural heritage is collected, organised, preserved and made accessible. Our heritage is a critical contributor to our identity and self understanding.
The John Oxley Library Community History Award recognises excellence and innovation in the preservation, recording and sharing of Queensland history by community organisations.
The Award promotes the rich history of Queensland’s diverse communities, and seeks to encourage the communication of those histories in varied formats. The achievement being recognised may take the form of a print or online publication, exhibition, website, blog, multimedia presentation, walk or tour.
2012 John Oxley Library Community History Award recipient
The 2012 John Oxley Library Community History Award was presented to the Cardwell & District Historical Society for its efforts to record the events of Cyclone Yasi, despite its own museum being destroyed by the cyclone.
The Cardwell & District Historical Society showed great community spirit as they worked together to collect oral histories from the town’s inhabitants in the wake of Yasi while also salvaging their valuable collections.
2011 John Oxley Library Community History Award recipient
The 2011 winner of the John Oxley Library Community History Award was Berenice Wright.
Ms Wright has long been involved in researching and promoting the history of Mackay, as well as undertaking a wide range of community work. She has worked closely with both the John Oxley Library and the Mackay City Library in the development of collections that reflect the history of the Mackay region.
She has been a driving force behind the Mackay City Library’s heritage collections, which are now a model for the management of regional historical collections in general.
She was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2008 for her services to the community.
2010 John Oxley Library Community History Award recipient
The inaugural John Oxley Library Community History Award in 2010 was presented to Geoff Moore from the North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum.
