Magarey Medal for Biography 2008 (medal & $10,000)

Most generously donated by Adjunct Professor Susan Magarey, the Magarey Medal for Biography is awarded to the female person who has published the work judged to be the best biographical writing on an Australian subject. The awarding of the prize is administered and judged by a panel established by the Australian Historical Association and the Association for the Study of Australian Literature.
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Inaugural Magarey Medal for Biography 2005

Winner announced at the ASAL Conference in Adelaide on July 3, 2005.

Isabel Flick and Heather Goodall. Isabel Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman. Crows Nest, NSW. Allen & Unwin 2004.

Judges' citation [Word document]

The following books were also shortlisted:

Margaret Somerville. Wildflowering: The Life and Places of Kathleen McArthur. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2004.

Anne Whitehead. Bluestocking in Patagonia: Mary Gilmore's Quest for Love and Utopia at the World's End. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2003; London: Profile Books, 2004 paperback.

Judges' reports [Word document]