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History
The Trade Unions established a Mary Gilmore Award in 1956 to encourage literature 'significant to the life and aspirations of the Australian People.'
In 1985, the Mary Gilmore Award for Poetry was established: for winners after 1985, see Mary Gilmore Award.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1980
joint winner Meeting by Moonlight i "The Rocks? Aye, matey,", 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Artlook , January - February vol. 7 no. 1-2 1981; (p. 22)joint winner Land Rights i "At last a place I can call my own!", 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Artlook , January - February vol. 7 no. 1-2 1981; (p. 22) Landscapes 1982; (p. 10-13) Selected Poems 1988; (p. 39-41) -
Year: 1979
winner In the Kitchens : Stockton i "So I moved in with Nana, learning to cook", 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Costumes : Poems and Prose 1981; (p. 17) The Younger Australian Poets 1983; (p. 176) The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 200) -
Year: 1973
winner y
Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems
Melbourne
:
Longman Cheshire
,
1971
Z546924
1971
selected work
poetry
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Year: 1970
winner y
Moon in the Ground
Sydney
:
Norstrilia Press
,
1979
Z35599
1979
single work
novel
science fiction
'What is really happening at the famous and very secret US base just outside of Alice Springs? Communications with satellites . . . or communications with Pandora? And who is Pandora? An ancient Aboriginal god, the origin of the Rainbow Snake legends from the dreamtime? A computer with a quirky sense of humour? A vanguard of an interstellar invasion fleet? Or is the reality much simpler . . . and much more dangerous?' (Source: back cover blurb.)
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Year: 1967
winner form y
Tilley Landed On Our Shores
Melbourne
:
ABC Television
,
1969
7108860
1969
single work
film/TV
historical fiction
A comic account of Governor Phillips's 1788 landing in Australia.
Little is now known about this instalment in Australian Plays, although Lenore Nicklin noted in the Sydney Morning Herald ('The Fantastic Life Comes Over', 1 January 1970, p.4) that 'Ready When You Are, C.B., and Tilley Landed On Our Shores would have joint claims for the worst program of the year.'
Works About this Award
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For Oodgeroo, the Dawn is at Hand 1993 single work obituary (for Oodgeroo Noonuccal )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 September 1993; (p. 19) -
The 'Fringe Dweller' Who Won World Literary Acclaim 1993 single work obituary (for Oodgeroo Noonuccal )
— Appears in: The Age , 17 September 1993; (p. 11) -
Sydney Teacher Wins Dame Mary Gilmore Award for Poetry 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 September 1979; (p. 4) -
Introduction to The Tracks We Travel II 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Tracks We Travel : Second Collection Including Mary Gilmore Award Stories 1961; (p. vii-xi) Journal of an Era : Notes From Red Letter Days 1988; (p. 91-96) -
"The Last Blue Sea" Wins First Trade Union Novel Award 1959 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 14 1959; (p. 33-34)
