History prizewinners

Arnold Atkinson Prize

1920 – J. Nicol
1928 – Patrick Smith
1966 – P. G. Robb
1988 – Sandra Thomas
2003 – Briony Carew
2004 – Lucy Gamlen
2005 – Louise Dalzell and Claire McEntee
2006 – Kate Roberts
2007 – Emily Boyd
2008 – Renee Bates
2009 – Ruth Upperton
2010 – Anna Smith
2011 – Kathryn Street
2012 – Alexandra Edge
2013 – Julia Wells
2014 – Rhys Muir
2015 – Jessica Paskell and Julia Maclean
2016 – Liam Barnsdale
2017 – Elizabeth Bowyer
2018 – Maggie Blackburn
2019 – Leah Bell
2020 – Katy Rose-White
2021 – Kayla Campbell
2022 – Sarah Carswell
2023 – Thomas Roberts

Australian High Commissioner’s Prize

1985 – Ruth Rennie
1986 – John Koning
1987 – Pauline Northrop
1988 – Paul Goldstone
1989 – Fenella MacFarlane
1990 – Susan McMillan
1991 – David Capie
1992 – Evelyn Wareham
1993 – Alexandra Gillespie
1994 – Esther King
1995 – Gabrielle Muir
1996 – Penelope Anderson
1997 – Elspeth White
1998 – Jonathan Pitt
2000 – Katrina Quickenden
2001 – Elizabeth Bisley
2002 – Bronwyn Mayo
2005 – Nathan Crombie
2006 – Barbara Newton
2008 – Matthew Cunningham
2009 – John Bell
2010 – Kathryn Street
2011 – Julia Wells
2012 – Hamish Crimp
2013 – Kate Mountcastle
2014 – Caitlin Watson
2015 – Brooklyn Mellar
2016 – Josie Major
2017 – Laura Sutherland
2018 – Celia Painter
2019 – Freya Tearney
2020 – Kayla Campbell
2021 – Sophie Binney
2022 – Gilbert Ostini
2023 – Caitlin Mansfield

Bowen Prize

1903 – G. H. Scholefield
1905 – Herbert Evans
1913 – Werner Heine
1927 – William Mountjoy
1938 – James Winchester
1967 – Roy Shuker
1990 – Jon Peacocke
2002 – Harshan Kumarasingham
2003 – Hilary McGeachy
2004 – Sarah Whitehead
2005 – Megan Simpson
2006 – Craig Watterson
2007 – James Campbell and Peter Carter
2008 – Ruth Graham
2009 – Catherine Gray
2010 – Elizabeth Clark
2011 – Florence Baggett and Talia Pollock
2012 – Tom Fitzsimons
2013 – Alexey Krichtal
2014 – Rachel Patrick
2015 – Kathryn Street and Jessica Simkiss
2016 – Geoffrey Brown
2017 – Sarah Pinto
2018 – Clare Gleeson
2019 – Thomas Boyd
2020 – Celia Painter
2021 – Lily Hall-Butcher
2022 – Lauren Parker and Helen “Shelly” Biswell
2023 – Susannah Klaver

* B’nai Brith Hanka Pressburg Essay Prize for 2001

* Holocaust survivor

2001 – Kenneth Clark

* Clare Galambos-Winter Prize

* Holocaust survivor

2007 – Shane Swinerd
2008 – James Keating
2009 – Hannah Blumhardt and Sarah Viggiano
2010 – David Boldt
2011 – Mark Shaw
2012 – Anna Chapman
2013 – Louisa Hormann
2014 – Jessica Simkiss
2015 – Sarah Bracey
2016 – Oliver Bailey
2018 – Maggie Blackburn
2019 – Emma Gardenier
2020 – Ellen Gaging
2021 – Courtney Powell
2022 – Susannah Klaver

F.P. Wilson Prize – Honours / 300-level

1979 – Lewis Holden
1980 – Anna Gibbons
1981 – Diana Beaglehole
1982 – Diana Beaglehole
1983 – Rachel Barrowman
1984 – Jennifer Taylor
1985 – Lynn Grieveson
1986 – Mark Pearson
1987 – Richard Matthews
1988 – Paul Christoffell
1989 – Kieran Schmidt
1990 – Michael Biggs
1993 – George Perkins
1994 – Peter Hodge
1995 – Stephen Robertson
1996 – Kirsten Mason
1997 – Michael Smith and Jonathan Satherley-Peacocke
1998 – Daniel Burkhard
1999 – Evan Roberts
2000 – Lynette Squire
2001 – Jay Eden
2002 – Paul Pascoe
2003 – Alice Miller
2004 – Karen Cheer
2005 – Jolene Williams and Rebecca Lenihan
2006 – Susan Johnston
2007 – Carolyn Taylor
2008 – Owen Mann
2009 – Matthew Tonks
2010 – Francesca Walker
2011 – Alexandra Dekker and Susannah Shaw
2012 – Anna Smith
2013 – Thomas Coughlan
2014 – Michael Pohl and Louisa Hormann
2015 – Hannah Small
2016 – James Kenrick and Catherine Barnett
2017 – Sian Smith
2018 – Will Hansen
2019 – Maggie Blackburn
2020 – Lily Hall-Butcher
2021 – Fiona McKnight
2022 – Arie Faber
2023 – Charlotte Barker

F.P. Wilson Prize – Master’s thesis

1979 – David Bolitho
1981 – Karen Morris
1986 – Ann Beaglehole
1987 – Rachel Barrowman
1988 – Mark Pearson
1990 – Brian Phipps
1993 – Ben Schrader
1994 – Tamara Ross
1995 – Tony Severinsen
1996 – Carolyn Bayvel
1997 – Elizabeth Cox
1998 – Sarah Wareham
1999 – Johanne Benseman
2000 – Fiona Stokes
2001 – Julie Keenan
2002 – Ann Robinson
2003 – Emma Dewson
2004 – Kerryn Pollock
2006 – Sharmila Bernau
2007 – Jonathan Sarich
2009 – Susan Johnston
2010 – Tristan Egarr
2011 – James Keating and Owen Mann
2012 – Charlotte Bennett
2013 – Richard Thomson
2014 – Nicholas Hoare
2015 – Stephen Clarke
2016 – Louisa Hormann
2017 – Kathryn Street
2018 – Jamie Elder
2019 – Max Nichol
2020 – Will Hansen
2021 – Maggie Blackburn
2022 – Karly Garnock-Jones
2023 – Erin Ramsay

John F. Kennedy Prize in American History

2004 – Robert Hurley and Samuel Mackay
2005 – Tom Fitzsimons
2006 – Jason Carpenter and Claire McEntee
2007 – Prema McIntoch and Camus Wyatt
2008 – Tara Faulkner-Clayton and Jane Latchem
2009 – James Keating
2010 – Simon Judkins
2011 – Simon Judkins
2012 – Emily Sutton
2013 – Nicola Braid
2014 – Alex Holden and Liam Kennedy
2015 – Hayden Thorne
2016 – Jayden van Leeuwen
2017 – Thomas Probert
2018 – Julia Alston
2019 – Forrest Forsythe
2020 – Liam Perkins
2021 – Lauren Parker
2022 – Liv Donovan-Grammer and Zeb Schrader
2023 – Sarah Carswell

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Prize

2020 – Lauren Parker
2021 – Yasmeen Al-Emleh
2022 – Anzac Jeffs
2023 – Oscar Wakelin

Zander and Durden Prize

2004 – Timothy Shoebridge
2005 – Andrew Gregg
2006 – Paul Christoffel
2007 – Nadia Gush
2009 – Andrew Francis
2010 – Gerard Horn and Rebecca Lenihan
2011 – Hayley Brown and Robert Hurley
2012 – Susann Liebich
2013 – Roderick “Jo” Bunce
2014 – Erin Keenan
2015 – Ben Kingsbury
2016 – Julia Wells
2017 – Daniel Thompson
2018 – Hayden Thorne
2019 – Clare Gleeson
2020 – Meera Muralidharan
2021 – Tommy Boyd
2022 – Hayden Thorne
2023 – Joshua King