Victorian Community History Awards 2007

Overall Winner

"Still Going Strong: The story of the Moyarra Honor Roll"
by Jillian Durance

Category Finalists

Best Collaborative / Community Work

The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
Edited by Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain

Best Print / Publication

Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800
By Richard Broome

Best Audio-Visual Multimedia

From Gold to Grapes: The Story of Landsborough
by Landsborough Festivals Inc.

Best Exhibit / Display

Jazz Spans the Decades - A History of Jazz in Victoria
By Victorian Jazz Archive Inc.

Best Walk / Tour

Footscray Trail: a guided walk through the historic central business district
By Ruth Gallant, Footscray Reference Group & Maribyrnong City Council

Best Community Research Register Records

History of a Street Precinct
By Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society

Commendations

Best Collaborative / Community Work

Go! Melbourne Melbourne in the Sixties
Edited by Seamus O'Hanlon & Tanja Luckins

Wooden Wonders: Victoria's Timber Bridges
By Don Chambers, National Trust Of Australia (Victoria)

Barns of the Snowy River, Orbost
Documenting the Distinctive Slatted Barns of the Lower Snowy River, Orbost, Victoria
By Orbost Historical Society Inc.

Seeking Harmony: Stories from the Brunswick Women's Choir
By The Brunswick Women's Choir

Best Print / Publication

Charles Joseph La Trobe - Australian Notes 1839-1854
By W. Bruce Nixon

Year of Hope: 1857 in the Colac District
By Dawn Peel

Radio City: the first 30 years of 3RRR
By Mark Phillips

La Trobe's Jolimont: A walk round my garden
By Helen Botham

Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia

Macedonian Immigrant Stories in Victoria
By the Macedonian Community Welfare Association (MCWA)

Darebin Historical Encyclopedia
By Darebin Libraries

Malvern Historical Society - Linking with the World: A Work for the Dole Project
By Jane Nigro & Rodney Cocker, Malvern Historical Society Inc & Taskforce (Working Edge)

Best Walk / Tour

Walk into History 3
By Steve Stefanopoulos, Malvern Historical Society

Warrandyte Gold Soundscapes Trail
By Manningham City Council

Jamieson Self-Guided Heritage Walk
By Jamieson and District Historical Society

Best Exhibit / Display

Women of Port Melbourne
By Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society

Clubhouse
By Swan Hill Genealogical & Historical Society Inc.

Best Community Research, Register and Records

Clonmel to Federation: Guide to people in the Port Albert area 1841-1901
By Gwen O'Callaghan

West Gippsland Early Settlers 1900-1925 &
West Gippsland Pioneers & Settlers Pre 1900 (Volume 2)
By West Gippsland Genealogical Society Inc.

"Archives 6594"
By Castlemaine Historical Society Inc.

The Settling of Gippsland: A Regional History
By Patrick Morgan

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

Awards Archive

Victorian Community History Awards 2009
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