FAW Patricia Weickhardt Award to an Aboriginal Writer
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

This award was created to honor the achievements of Aboriginal writers and was directly sponsored by Patricia Weickhardt. Worth $100 the award was administered by the Victorian Fellowship of Australia Writers. The award was given from 1976-1991.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1991

winner Glenys Ward

Year: 1990

winner Sam Watson

Year: 1989

winner Sally Morgan

Year: 1988

joint winner Lionel Fogarty

Year: 1986

winner Robert James Merritt
VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (14)

Works About this Award

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)
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