Winning history: 2019 shortlists for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards

On the 12 September 2019 shortlists for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP.

Shortlisted books for the Australian history award are:

Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar Performance, Anna Haebich, UWA Publishing

Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, Billy Griffiths, Black Inc

The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History, Meredith Lake, NewSouth Publishing

The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788-1860, David Kemp, The Miegunyah Press

You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World, Clare Wright, Text Publishing

You can read here If you want to know more about the Australian history award books or the books shortlisted in the other categories covered by the awards. These  include: Fiction; Non-fiction; Poetry; Children's literature and Young adult literature.

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