Victorian Community History Awards 2004

Overall Winner

"Oriental Crossing", Wandiligong
Wandiligong Preservation Society
Co-ordinated by Coral Bennett and Joy Kitch

Category Finalists

Best Print / Publication

Mr Felton's Bequests
John Poynter

Best Collaborative / Community Work

Chinese Settlement in Darebin
Arthur Yong, North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association

Best Audio-Visual Multimedia

The First Eleven: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England (Video)
James McCaughey, Red Finch Films

Best Exhibit / Display

Early Motoring in Warrnambool
Jointly organised by the Warrnambool Art Gallery and the Warrnambool and District Historical Vehicle Club. Curated by Brenda O'Connor

Best Walk / Tour

Melbourne General Cemetery
Don Chambers

Best Community Research Register Records

Courage, Patience and Persistence: 150 Years of German Settlement in Western Victoria
Elizabeth Huf

Commendations

Best Collaborative / Community Work

Korean War Honour Roll Quilt
Coleraine Sit and Sew Group

The four 2003 issues of the magazine On Stage
Victorian Theatres Trust

Best Print / Publication

Beyond the Ladies Lounge - Australia's Female Publicans
Clare Wright

Tivoli
Frank Van Straten

The Melbourne Book - A History of Now
Maree Coote

A New City: Photographs of Melbourne's Land Boom
Edited by Ian Morrison

For the Green and the Gold and the Mitre, A Centenary History of Trinity Grammar School, Kew (three volumes)
Jane Mayo Carolan

Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia

"Our Men Are Down There" State Coal Mine, 1909-1968. (DVD)
Wonthaggi and District Historical Society Inc. Co-ordinated by Simon Longstaff

The Grimes 1803 Survey of Port Phillip (CD Rom)
Lavender Hill Multimedia

Best Walk / Tour

Bacchus Marsh Heritage Guide
Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society Inc. Co-ordinated by Katrina Bradfield

Best Exhibit / Display

The Artists' Journey: Discovering the Victorian Coastline 1840-1910
Curated by Andrew MacKenzie

Trentham Falls Exhibition
Trentham Historical Society and Friends of Trentham Falls
Co-cordinated by Ina Bertrand

Best Community Research, Register and Records

Shipwrecks on the East Gippsland Coast
Don Love

Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne's Roads
Dr Max Lay

Eaglehawk and District Pioneer Register, Vol 4 (N to Q)
Annette O'Donohue and Bev Hanson

Huts in the Victorian Alps
Klaus Hueneke

The Spirit of St Kilda. Places of Worship in St Kilda
St Kilda Historical Society. Written by Janette Bomford

Useful Links

Information Victoria Bookshop: Local History - Victoria's best bookshop for local histories.
http://www.bookshop.vic.gov.au

Royal Historical Society of Victoria
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/

Public Record Office Victoria - the archives of the State Government of Victoria.
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au

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