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Sponsorship
- Diabetes Australia (1993-1995)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1995
winner y
Songman
Ringwood
:
Viking
,
1994
Z543468
1994
single work
novel
young adult
"Set in Northern Australia, before the time of the white man, Songman is an adventure story of Yukuwa of the Yolngu people, who embarks on a voyage across pirate-infested waters to the Celebes." (Source: The National Library of Australia)
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Year: 1994
winner y
The White Guinea-Pig
Ringwood
:
Viking
,
1994
Z275975
1994
single work
novel
young adult
'At once funny and sad, quirky and moving, here is a powerful novel about change and growth, about fear, about the things in life we can control - and those we can't.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Year: 1993
winner y
Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1992
Z837870
1992
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
Teenage Ariel is not happy to have to share her life with the son of her mother's friend until the two take a trip to The Island, a fantasy place where literary characters are sent by writers to mend their ways.
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Year: 1992
winner y
The House Guest
Ringwood
:
Viking
,
1991
Z574410
1991
single work
novel
young adult
A teenage boy who robs houses with a group of school friends, forms a strange attachment to an old house and a dog, and unwittingly solves the mystery of a missing boy.
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Year: 1991
winner y
Strange Objects
Port Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1990
Z349485
1990
single work
novel
young adult
mystery
(taught in 3 units)
A sixteen-year-old Western Australian boy mysteriously disappears after he discovers valuable relics in the remains of a seventeen-century shipwreck.
