The Kay Daniels Award
The Biennial Kay Daniels Award was established by the AHA in 2003 in honour of the historian and public servant, Kay Daniels, who died in 2001. Kay Daniels taught and published widely in the fields of women's history, social history and colonial history. In 1977, she co-edited the first published bibliography of women's history in Australia, which did so much to open up new research in the area. In 1979, she co-authored, Uphill all the Way, a documentary history of women in Australia. And in 1998, she published Convict Women, on the experiences of convict women in Tasmania. At the University of Tasmania, Kay Daniels inspired several generations of devoted students to research in colonial history and in particular in heritage history. She continued this interest in her policy work in the Commonwealth Department of Communications and the Arts in Canberra.
Criteria for the Kay Daniels Award:
outstanding original research with a bearing on convict, heritage and/or early colonial history to self-government/independence
The research need not be confined to Australian history
The entries to be in the form of published work, either a monograph, a series of related journal articles, or in the case of heritage studies, a substantial consultant's report, appearing in the three years preceding the year of the award
The Daniels Award is administered by a judging panel appointed by the AHA to consist of representatives of the University of Tasmania, the Port Arthur Historic Site and the AHA. The decision of the panel will be final.
This Award has been sponsored by members and associates of the Australian Historical Association, the University of Tasmania, and the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority. It commemorates the contribution to the study and writing of history in Australia by Dr Kay Daniels (1941-2001), who taught at the University of Tasmania from 1967 to 1987 and subsequently served with distinction in the Commonwealth Public Service, Canberra, in the areas of cultural policy and intellectual property rights. In accordance with her values, it is to be an international award. The Kay Daniels Award is a biennial prize recognizing outstanding original research with a bearing on Australian convict, heritage and/or early colonial history, or its international context.
Award: $1 500 (at present) and citation. The Award will be presented at the 2012 AHA biennial conference, in Adelaide.
Eligibility: Entries may be in the form of published work, either a monograph, a series of related journal articles or in the case of heritage studies, a substantial consultant's report appearing in the three years preceding the year of the award (subject to review for the second award). The Kay Daniels Award will be administered by a panel appointed by the Australian Historical Association to consist of representatives of the University of Tasmania, the Port Arthur Historical Management Authority and the AHA as appropriate. The chair will determine eligibility and the decision of the panel will be final.