The W. K. Hancock Prize 2008 ($2000)

The W.K. Hancock Prize was instituted in 1987 by the Australian Historical Association, to honour the contribution to the study and writing of history in Australia by Sir Keith Hancock.  Since his death in 1988, it has served to commemorate his life and achievements.

The W. K. Hancock Prize is intended to give recognition and encouragement to an Australian scholar who has published a first book in any field of history. Consisting of a cash award and a citation, it is awarded biennially for a first book published in the two years preceding the year of the award.
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W.K. Hancock Prize 2004:[shared prize]

Mary Anne Jebb, Blood, Sweat and Welfare (UWA Press)
Citation [Word document]
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Warwick Anderson, The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia (Melbourne University Press)
Citation [Word document]

Highly commended entries in the W.K. Hancock Prize 2004:
John Connor, The Australian Frontier Wars: 1788-1838 (University of New South Wales Press)
Brigid Hains, The Ice and the Inland: Mawson, Flynn, and the Myth of the Frontier
(Melbourne University Press).