[1] The prize is typically awarded to one historical writer, although it has been shared between two people and two books nine times.
The award is to encourage "early career historians" for work relating to Australian History.
[5] Submissions for this award are those prepared for publication and can be in any form, e.g. a monograph, a series of academic articles, an exhibition or documentary film, or some mix of these.
"[7] The WK Hancock Prize is run by Australian Historical Association (AHA)[8] with the Department of Modern History, Macquarie University.
The Jill Roe Prize is awarded annually to a postgraduate student for the best unpublished article of historical research.
Dr. Barrett, then Reader in history at La Trobe University, made a donation of $5000 in 1987 for any article in the Journal that was deemed by a panel of three judges to be of a ‘suitable standard’.
Inaugurated in 2004, this award is named for Kay Daniels (1941–2001),[20] historian and public servant,[21] and recognises her interest in colonial and heritage history.