Special Award (1982-1999)
Subcategory of Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
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Notes

  • From 2000 this category was combined with the Historical and Critical Studies section, creating a new award for Non-Fiction.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1998

winner y separately published work icon Pomegranate Season Carolyn Polizzotto , South Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1998 Z421635 1998 single work diary

Year: 1994

winner y separately published work icon Summer Shorts Peter Holland (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1993 Z377282 1993 anthology short story drama extract poetry satire

Year: 1991

winner y separately published work icon Bran Nue Dae : A Musical Journey Jimmy Chi , Jimmy Chi (composer), Kuckles (composer), 1990 Sydney Broome : Currency Press Magabala Books , 1991 Z222822 1990 single work musical theatre (taught in 8 units)

The story of Bran Nue Dae concerns Willie, who having been expelled from the missionary school in Perth returns to Broome on the far north coast of Western Australia. Before leaving Perth, however, he finds his Uncle Tadpole and together they make the journey home with a hippie and a German tourist. Willy discovers sex and true love and their adventures end in the revelation that all the principle characters are related to each other. The whole is a celebration of the multi-cultural life of Broome and of the failures by government and church to make the black population assimilate and conform.

Year: 1987

winner y separately published work icon No Sugar Jack Davis , 1980 (Manuscript version)x400874 Z264453 1980 single work drama (taught in 21 units)
— Appears in: ドリーマーズ : ノー・シュガー 2006;

'The spirited story of the Millimurra family’s stand against government ‘protection’ policies in 1930s Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)

Year: 1986

winner y separately published work icon Portrait : A West Coast Collection Ray Coffey (editor), Wendy Jenkins (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1986 Z358999 1986 anthology poetry short story
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