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- Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 2:14 pm
The 2024 Victorian Community History Awards shortlist features publications and projects remembering the state's multicultural history.
Of the 39 community groups, historians, writers, and creative talent shortlisted, some of the works include:
Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua
by Cyndi Makabory, Yasbelle Kerkow and Folole Tupuola
Kal Angam-Kal is an Indigenous proverb from the Amungme tribe of West Papua that means ‘the word has been spoken out’. The documentary exhibition was a series of stories from both Elders and youth from the West Papuan community of Melbourne.
The Pioneering Jews of the Ballaarat Goldfields
by Keira Quinn Lockyer
This book tells the story of more than 500 Jewish men and their families who settled in Ballaarat (from the traditional Indigenous name, meaning “Resting place” ) between 1852 to 1871.
Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 1: Truth
by Ross L Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton
Dhoombak Goobgoowana, translated as ‘truth telling’, is an acknowledgement of the complex relationship between First Nations people and the University of Melbourne. Volume 1 looks at the University’s relationship with First Nations people by looking at the stealing of land, wealth and labour.
The 2024 Victorian Community History Awards will be presented on Monday 24 March by the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) in partnership with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
All shortlisted nominees are up for prizes ranging from $500 to $2,000 – with the winner of the Victorian Premier’s History Award receiving $5,000.
Find the full shortlist on the PROV website.
PROV is part of the Department of Government Services.
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