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Awarded for outstanding achievement in nurturing Australia's heritage of verse.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2015

winner Milton Taylor for outstanding achievement in nurturing Australia’s unique heritage of rhymed verse

Year: 2012

winner Ellis Campbell for his long association with bush poetry as a poet, poetry performer, judge and as one who works tirelessly to help and encourage new poets beginning to write.

Year: 2011

Noel Stallard 'For his work in promoting Australian verse to children, both as a teacher and school administrator, through his shows and workshops in schools and for his service as a past president of the Australian Bush Poetry Association' and especially for his 'tireless and lifelong promotion of the verse and memory of the great Australian poet Patrick Hartigan (Father John O'Brien) (q.v.) which has led to the planned establishment of a multi million dollar John O'Brien Centre to be built at Narrandera in New South Wales'.

Year: 2010

Col Wilson

winner The Blue Shearer

Year: 2008

winner Frank Daniel

winner (Children's Book or Album of the Year) Kym Eitel for You've Got to Be Kidding

VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (18)

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