- The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction is a component of the annual
Victorian Premier's Literary Award and is valued atAU$ 30,000. Most Australian state premiers present annualAustralia n literary awards to promote Australian writing in all its forms. The award is named afterNettie Palmer . See Australian Literature for more information about Australian authors and their works."This prize is offered for a published work of non-fiction. Books consisting principally of photographs or illustrations are ineligible unless the accompanying text is of substantial length." [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/index.html State Library of Victoria] ]
Palmer wrote regularly for numerous newspapers all round Australia. She wrote on a wide range of topics, from environment to cultural events, reviewing all important books being published in Australia, America, Europe and elsewhere.
Winners by year
*2008 "The Ferocious Summer: Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica" by
Meredith Hooper (Allen & Unwin ) [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_08.html Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2008 Winner] ]
*2007 "Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes" byDanielle Clode (The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Publishing) [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2007.html Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2007 Winner] ]
*2006 "Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography" byHelen Ennis (National Gallery of Australia) [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2006.html Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2006 Winner] ]
*2005 "Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev" byRobert Dessaix (Picador/Pan Macmillan) [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2005.html Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2005 Winner] ]
*2004 "Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities" byGraeme Davison (Allen & Unwin ) [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2004.html Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2004 Winner] ]
*2003 "Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession" by Barry Hill (Knopf/Random House) [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2003.html Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2003 Winner] ]
*2002 "The Boyds: A Family Biography" byBrenda Niall
*2001 "Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000" byAnna Haebich
*2000 "The White" byAdrian Caesar
*1998 "Romulus, My Father " byRaimond Gaita
*1995 "Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer" byBrenda Niall
*1990 "The Sixpenny Soldier" byRoland Griffiths-Marsh References
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