Dromkeen Medal
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The Dromkeen Medal is a literary prize awarded annually by the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation for those who have advanced children's literature
in Australia
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Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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List of prize winners
- 1982 Lu Rees
- 1983 Maurice Saxby
- 1984 Patricia WrightsonPatricia WrightsonPatricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
- 1985 Anne Bower Ingram
- 1986 Albert Ullin
- 1987 Joan PhipsonJoan PhipsonJoan Margaret Phipson was an award-winning Australian children's writer. She lived on a farm in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and many of her books evoke the stress and satisfaction of living in the Australian countryside, floods, bushfires, drought and all...
- 1988 Patricia Scott
- 1989 Robert IngpenRobert IngpenRobert Roger Ingpen is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and author.-Early life:Ingpen was born in Geelong Australia and attended Geelong College to 1957...
- 1990 Mem FoxMem FoxMem Fox, AM is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox is semi-retired and lives in Adelaide.-Career:...
- 1991 Robin KleinRobin KleinRobin McMaugh Klein is an Australian author of books for children. She was born 28 February 1936, in Kempsey, New South Wales and now resides near Melbourne.-Early life:...
- 1992 Julie Vivas
- 1993 Alf Mappin
- 1994 Agnes Nieuwenhuizen
- 1995 Jennifer RoweJennifer RoweJennifer June Rowe is an Australian author. Her crime fiction for adults is published under her own name, while her children's fiction is published under the pseudonyms Emily Rodda and Mary-Anne Dickinson...
- 1996 Belle Alderman
- 1997 Colin ThieleColin ThieleColin Milton Thiele, AC was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon.- Biography :Thiele was born in Eudunda in South Australia to a Barossa German...
- 1998 Graeme BaseGraeme BaseGraeme Rowland Base is an Australian author and artist of picture books. He is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989....
- 1999 Barbara Ker Wilson
- 2000 Paul JenningsPaul Jennings (Australian author)Paul Jennings AM is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist.-Biography:...
- 2001 Julie Watts
- 2002 Ann JamesAnn JamesAnn James is an Australian author and illustrator of over 60 books for children. Born in Melbourne, Victoria Ann James has been illustrating books since the 1980s and has become a significant contributor towards the development and appreciation of children's literature in Australia...
- 2003 Ivan SouthallIvan SouthallIvan Francis Southall AM, DFC was an award-winning Australian writer of young-adult fiction and non-fiction. He was the first and still the only Australian to win the Carnegie Medal in Literature for children's literature. His books include Hills End, Ash Road, Josh, and Let the Balloon Go...
- 2004 Margaret HamiltonMargaret HamiltonMargaret Hamilton was an American film actress known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz...
- 2005 Roland HarveyRoland HarveyRoland Bruce Harvey is an Australian children's illustrator, and author. He is best known as an illustrator of children's books using pen, ink and watercolour....
- 2006 Walter McVitty
- 2007 Patricia EdgarPatricia EdgarPatricia May Edgar AM is an Australian author, television producer and educator, best known as the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation....
- 2008 Ruth ParkRuth ParkRuth Park, AM was a New Zealand-born author, who spent most of her life in Australia. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow , and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat , which also spawned a book series .-Personal history:Park was born in...
- 2009 Bronwyn BancroftBronwyn BancroftBronwyn Bancroft is an Aboriginal Australian artist, notable for being the first Australian fashion designer invited to show her work in Paris...
- 2010 Shaun TanShaun TanShaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival...