Victorian Premier's History Award

• 2021: Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus and Tom Zubrycki for Ablaze – A Feature Documentary^[5]
• 2020: Amanda Scardamaglia for Printed on Stone: The lithographs of Charles Troedel^[6]
• 2019: Phil Roberts for Avenue of Memories^[7]
• 2018: Jill Giese for The Maddest Place on Earth
• 2017: John Burch for Returning the Kulkyne
• 2016: Pam Baragwanath and Ken James for These Walls Speak Volumes. A History of Mechanics' Institutes in Victoria
• 2015: Meredith Fletcher for Jean Galbraith: writer in a valley
• 2014: Anne Vale for Exceptional Australian Garden Makers
• 2013: Robin A Vowels for Victoria’s Iron Lacework The Founders, Part A
• 2012: Maree Coote for The Art of being Melbourne

History Publication Award

• 2021: Michael McCarthy for In the Shadow of the Prom^[5]
• 2020: Brian Rhule for Maldon: A New History 1853-1928^[8]
• 2019: Carolyn Rasmussen for The Blackburns: Private lives, public ambition^[7]
• 2018: Gregory C. Eccleston for Granville Stapylton: Australia Felix 1836, Second in Command to Major Mitchell
• 2017: John Barnes for La Trobe. Traveller, Writer, Governor
• 2016: Rozzi Bazzani for Hector: the story of Hector Crawford and Crawford Productions
• 2015: Lucy Sussex for Blockbuster! Fergus Hume & the mystery of the hansom cab
• 2014: Robert Kenny for Gardens of Fire: an investigative memoir
• 2013: Olwen Ford for Harvester City: the making of multicultural Sunshine 1939–1975
• 2012: Paul Strangio for Neither Power Nor Glory: 100 Years of political Labor in Victoria, 1856–1956

Special awards

• 2021: Paul Paffen for For the Fallen: The 1921-1922 Melbourne Public Library Mural Competition within the setting of Decorative Painting in Australian Art^[5]
• 2021: Richard Broinowski for Under the Rainbow: The Life and Times of EW Cole^[5]
• 2020: Nick Anchen for Visions of Victoria: The Magic of Kodachrome Film 1950–1975^[6]
• 2019: Chloe Hooper for The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire and David Sornig for Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne swamp^[7]
• 2018: Jennifer Bantow and Ros Lewis for Barro-abil Our Beautiful Barrabool Stone: History and Use of Barrabool Sandstone
• 2017: Michael Morrison and Lisa Clausen for Cruden Farm Garden Diaries
• 2016: Magda Szubanski for Reckoning: A Memoir
• 2015: Graeme Davison for Lost Relations: fortunes of my family in Australia's Golden Age
• 2014: Mornington Peninsula Local History Network and Lavender Hill Multimedia for Postcards: Stories from the Mornington Peninsula (DVD)
• 2013: Judges' Special Prize for Excellence - Rod Charles for A Whirr of Many Wheels. Cycling in Geelong: A chronicle from 1869 to 1980 Volume 1: 1869 to 1914
• 2012: Judges' Special Prize for Excellence - Lorne Historical Society & Lorne Aireys Inlet P-12 College VCAL Students for Construction of The Great Ocean Road DVD

Oral History Award (from 2019)

• 2021: Lynda Mitchelson-Twigg, representing the Gippsland Lakes Commercial Fishing Community, assisted by Nikki Henningham, Leigh Henningham, Tanya King, Donna Squire and Geoff Stanton for End of an Era: The Last Gippsland Lakes Fishermen^[5]
• 2020: Sandy Jeffs and Margaret Leggatt for Out of the Madhouse: From Asylums to Caring Community?^[8]
• 2019: Peg Fraser for Black Saturday^[9]

Local History – Small Publication Award

• 2021: Sarah Pinto for Places of Reconciliation: Commemorating Indigenous History in the Heart of Melbourne^[5]
• 2020: Benjamin Wilkie for Gariwerd: An Environmental History of the Grampians^[8]
• 2019: Beris Campbell et al. for More Than Just Housing: The South Port Community Housing Group Story 1983–2018^[7]
• 2018: Hans-Wolter von Gruenewaldt and Kay Ball for Art Captured: Hans-Wolter von Gruenewaldt, Prisoner of War Camp 13 Murchison: His Story and His Art
• 2017: Robyn Lewis for Building Castlemaine: The Red Brick Legacy of H.D. McBean
• 2016: Judith Buckrich for The Village of Ripponlea
• 2015: Fiona Poulton and Katherine Sheedy for Boroondara Remembers: stories of World War 1
• 2014: Margaret Bowman for Cultured Colonists: George Alexander Gilbert and His Family, Settlers in Port Phillip
• 2013: Coleen Bower for Water Races and Tin Mines of the Toora District: A Short History of the Tin Mines at Granite Bar and Toora
• 2012: Ken McKimmie for Chewton Then and Now: A series of studies investigating change over time in the former Mount Alexander Goldfield town of Forest Creek later known as Chewton

Local History Project Award

• 2021: Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria for Victorian CEDT Index^[5]
• 2020: Patrick Ferry with Wally Nye for Blood, Toil, Tears & Sweat: Remembering the Pakenham District’s WW2 Service Personnel, 1939–1945^[8]
• 2019: Jill A'Vard and Armin Richter for When Roads Were Tracks: A history of the roads of Monbulk, Kallista, the Patch and Sherbrooke^[7]
• 2018: Elizabeth O’Callaghan for Silent Lives: Women of Warrnambool and District 1840-1910
• 2017: Collingwood Historical Society for Notable People of Collingwood
• 2016: Ian D. Clark (historian) for We Are All of One Blood: a History of the Djabwurrung Aboriginal People of Western Victoria, 1836-1901
• 2015: Gillian and John Francis for Strewth! An insight into local involvement in World War One, 2 volumes
• 2014: Marguerita Stephens (et al. for Vol 4) for The Journal of William Thomas, Assistant Protector of the Aborigines of Port Phillip & Guardian of the Aborigines of Victoria, 1839-1867, 4 volumes
• 2013: Kevin O’Reilly for Flyers of Time: Pioneer Aviation in Country Victoria, The First Fifty Years. A Collection
• 2012: Mick Woiwod for Coranderrk Database

Collaborative Community History Award

• 2021: Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W Jones & Sarah Rood for A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects^[5]
• 2020: Cheryl Threadgold for In the Name of Theatre: The History, Culture and Voices of Amateur Theatre in Victoria^[8]
• 2019: The Springthorpe Heritage Group for Mont Park to Springthorpe heritage project^[7]
• 2018: John Andrews and Deborah Towns for "A Secondary Education for All?" A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria
• 2017: Julie Eagles (project coordinator) for Fletcher Jones: Stories from our Community
• 2016: Susan Blackburn (ed) for Breaking Out: Memories of Melbourne in the 1970s
• 2015: Craig Cormick (ed) for Ned Kelly Under the Microscope: solving the forensic mystery of Ned Kelly's remains
• 2014: Gerry Robinson and friends for From Apples....to Coffee, the first 90 years of the Heathmont shopping centre, 1923-2013
• 2013: Maree Hanlon and Pam Herbert (editors) for Through Their Eyes: A Glimpse into the Lives of Women from Benalla & District
• 2012: Lyn Skillern and others for From Inkwell to Internet: a century of State Secondary Education in Leongatha

Multimedia History Award / Digital Storytelling Award

• 2021: Atalanti Dionysus / Atalanti Films for A Miscarriage of Justice^[5]
• 2020: Rachel Fensham and Andrew Fuhrmann for the Digital Studio at University of Melbourne and Digital Heritage Australia for La Mama: The Biggest Little Theatre in Australia^[8]
• 2018: Mallacoota and District Historical Society for Secrets from the Mallacoota Bunker
• 2017: Ros Stirling and Heritage Films for Joseph Reed and the Making of Marvellous Melbourne
• 2016: Rural City of Wangaratta for We Remember: honouring the service and sacrifice of local veterans and the Wangaratta community during WW1 (website & DVD)
• 2015: Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society for Postcards from Port: an audiovisual retrospective of Port Melbourne (DVD)
• 2014: Lilydale & District Historical Society Inc for Gun Alley: the forgotten story of Lilydale's back streets 1880 to today (website)
• 2013: Valerie Wilson for A Guide to Pioneer Graves in the Mornington Cemetery Website:
• 2012: Friends of Wyperfeld for Wyperfeld 100: A traverse in time DVD

Historical Interpretation Award

• 2021: Commonplace Productions (Bill Garner and Sue Gore) with Kacey Sinclair, Alice Garner, Pat Furze and the Band Friends of Wendy Cotton for Finding Fanny Finch
• 2020: Lucy Bracey and Gregory Mackay for Annie’s War: The Story of One Boroondara Family’s Wartime Experience^[8]
• 2018: A collaborative exhibition by the Wangaratta Historical Society, Wangaratta Art Gallery and Museums Australia (Victoria) Roving Curator Program for Wangaratta Stories
• 2017: Discover Historic Kyneton for Discover Historic Kyneton: A Guide to Discovering Kyneton’s Historic Places and People
• 2016: Eva de Jong-Duldig and filmmaker David Smith for Duldig Studio Documentaries. Volume 1: 4 documentaries
• 2015: Meyer Eidelson for Melbourne Dreaming: a guide to important places of the past and present
• 2014: Friends of La Trobe's Cottage for The garden at la Trobe's Cottage, Kings Domain, Melbourne
• 2013: Chewton Domain Society for The Monster Meeting, The Great Meeting of Diggers 4 pm, 15 December 1851
• 2012: Gib Wettenhall for Goldfields Track Walking Guide

History Article (Peer Reviewed)

• 2021: Barbara Minchinton for The Rise and Fall of Lady Gillott in Melbourne’s Turn-of-the-Century Society^[5]
• 2020: Ruby Ekkel for "Woman’s Sphere Remodelled: A Spatial History of the Victorian Woman’s Christian Temperance Union 1887–1914" in the Victorian Historical Journal^[8]
• 2018: Nikita Vanderby for "The Happiest Time of My Life": Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria's Aboriginal Reserves
• 2017: Miranda Francis for 'One Woman's Crèche is a Bureaucrat's Child-Minding Centre, "The Flat" at Footscray High School 1976-1986' in Provenance Journal.
• 2016: James Kirby for 'Beyond Failure and Success: the Soldier Settlement on Ercildoune Road' in Provenance Journal
• 2015: Alistair Thomson for 'Anzac Memories Revisited: trauma, memory and oral history' in Oral History Review, Vol 42 Issue 1, 2015

Cultural Diversity Award

• 2021: Roy Henry Patterson and Jennifer Jones for On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture^[5]
• 2020: Jen Rose, Well Chosen Words in partnership with The Boite for The Boite: History Through Music, Song and Story^[8]
• 2019: Jan McGuiness for La Nostra Storia: The story of Italians in Ballarat^[7]
• 2018: Stella Dimadis, Medea Films for Migrant Stories
• 2017: Adam Ricco, Lella Cariddi and Multicultural Arts Victoria for two documentary films, Reading the Wind and Afterwards
• 2016: Anne Doyle for Wadaddi Nabadda. Paths to Peace: voices of the Somali speaking community

Centenary of World War 1 Award (2015–2018)

• 2018: Grahame Thom and the Kilmore Historical Society for Lest We Forget: Southern Mitchell Shire Volunteers Who Served in World War One
• 2017: Richard Travers for To Paint a War: The Lives of the Australian Artists Who Painted the Great War 1914-1918
• 2016: Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc for Home Front Ballarat WW1 (website)
• 2015: Helen Doyle for Suburbs at War: the Cities of Malvern and Prahran during the Great War

Young Historians Award (15–18 years)

• 2015: Discontinued
• 2014: Not awarded
• 2013: Not awarded
• 2012: Chelsea Way for New Horizons: Post-War Migration to Australia

Victorian Community History Awards - Overall Winner

• 2011: Gunditjmara people with Gib Wettenhall for The People of Budj Bim
• 2010: Jenny Davies for Behind the Facade: Flinders Street more than just a Railway Station
• 2009: Ken Oldis for The Chinawoman
• 2008: Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hanson for Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register Volume 6 - T-Z
• 2007: Jillian Durance for Still Going Strong: The story of the Moyarra Honor Roll
• 2005: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham and Clare Gervasoni for The Eureka Encyclopaedia
• 2004: Wandiligong Preservation Society Co-ordinated by Coral Bennett and Joy Kit for Oriental Crossing
• 2003: Ann Synan for We Came With Nothing: Story of the West Sale Migrant Holding Centre
• 2002: Gillian Upton for The George: St Kilda Life and Times
• 2001: Warik Lawrance for 1864 (CD ROM)
• 2000: Daryl Tonkin and Carolyn Landon for Jackson's Track - A Memoir of a Dreamtime Place
• 1999: Dr. Andrew Brown-May for Melbourne Street Life
• 1998: Patrick Morgan for The Settling of Gippsland, A Regional History

Best Community Research, Registers and Records

• 2011: Marie Hansen Fels for 'I succeeded Once': The Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840.
• 2010: Susie Zada and Pam Jennings for Scots in Geelong and District to 1860
• 2009: Karen T Collins, Collingwood Historical Society for Bitter Roots, Sweet Fruit: A history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill
• 2008: John McKay and Hamilton History Centre Inc for The Streets of Hamilton, Western Victoria Australia: a History of the People behind the Names
• 2007: Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society for History of a Street Precinct
• 2005: Graeme Massey for Gallipoli Heroes: A tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave their lives for their country
• 2004: Arthur Yong, North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association for Chinese Settlement in Darebin
• 2003: Graeme Massey (Warracknabeal Secondary College – History Department) for Fallen Heroes. Warracknabeal War Memorial
• 2002: Dianne Carroll for Carroll Heritage Collection
• 2001: Allan Willingham for Camperdown: A Heritage Study
• 2000: Keith Clarke for Convicts of the Port Phillip District
• 1999: Brendan Fitzgerald and Bayside Library Services for Sin on Disc

Best Collaborative / Community Work

• 2011: Michael Collins and others for Our Boys at the Front: The Mornington Peninsula at War 1914-18 from the pages of the Peninsula Post. (Book and DVD)
• 2010: Yarra Valley Italian Cultural Group for Dreams from a Suitcase ('Sogni Dalla Valigia'): Recollections of Italian Settlers in the Yarra Valley
• 2009: Christine Grayden, Phillip Island Conservation Society for An Island Worth Conserving: A History of the Phillip Island Conservation Society
• 2008: Collingwood Historical Society Inc for Collingwood Plaques Project
• 2007: Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain (eds) for The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
• 2005: Peter Yule (ed.) and the Carlton Residents Association Inc. for Carlton: A History
• 2004: Elizabeth Huf for Courage, Patience and Persistence: 150 Years of German Settlement in Western Victoria
• 2003: Jewish Museum of Australia (in association with Shalom Association) for From Russia with Hope: Australian Jews from Russia 1870-2002 (Exhibition)
• 2002: South Port Day Links and Port Melbourne Historical Society for Linking Us Together
• 2001: Sigrid Borke for In and Out of Port. Voices from the Port of Melbourne. An Oral History
• 2000: City of Whittlesea for Oral History and Poster Exhibition Project
• 1999: Jan Critchett for Untold Stories - Memories and Lives of Victorian Koories
• 1998: Linda Barraclough for historical research and community work in Gippsland

Best Print / Publication - Commercial

• 2011: Ron Hateley for The Victorian Bush: its 'original and natural' condition.

Best Print / Publication - Self or Community Publication

• 2011 Anne Longmire for The Catalysts: Change and Continuity 1910-2010.

Best Print / Publication

In 2011 the Best Print / Publication category was divided into Best Commercial Publication and Best Self or Community Publication. See above.

• 2010: Robin Grow for Melbourne Art Deco
• 2009: Gary Presland for The Place for a Village: How nature has shaped the City of Melbourne
• 2008: Barry Heard for The View from Connor's Hill
• 2007: Richard Broome for Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800
• 2005: Barry Hill and the Borough of Queenscliffe for The Enduring Rip: A History of Queenscliffe
• 2004: John Poynter for Mr Felton's Bequests
• 2003: Vicki Fairfax for A Place Across the River. They Aspired to Create the Victorian Arts Centre
• 2002: Carolyn Rasmussen for A Museum for the People
• 2001: Adrian Jones for Follow the Gleam: A History of Essendon Primary School 1850-2000
• 2000: Peter Yule for The Royal Children's Hospital A History of Faith, Science and Love
• 1999: Janet McCalman for Sex and Suffering - Women's Health and a Women's Hospital
• 1998: Phil Taylor for Karkarook: a Mallee Shire History

Best Walk / Tour

• 2011: Peter Cuffley, Helen McBurney, Geoff Palmer & Janey Runci for Henry Handel Richardson in Maldon.
• 2010: Karen McIntyre for Lake Bolac Heritage Walk
• 2009: Wangaratta Regional Tourist Development Inc for Heritage Walk, Wangaratta
• 2008: Bayside City Council for Bayside Architectural Trail
• 2007: Ruth Gallant, Footscray Reference Group & Maribyrnong City Council for Footscray Trail: a guided walk through the historic central business district
• 2005: Margaret Gardner and Val Heffernan, The Hamilton History Centre for Exploring Hamilton Walks
• 2004: Don Chambers for Melbourne General Cemetery
• 2003: Carmel Taig for Yarraville in 1901
• 2002: Ross Bastiaan for The Kokoda Walk in the Dandenong Ranges National Park
• 2001: Bayside City Council for Bayside Coastal Art Trail. Stage 3
• 2000: Richard Peterson for Brimstone to Bunyip Churches of Collingwood, Clifton Hill and Abbotsford 1852-1999
• 1999: Angela Taylor, Ron Hateley, Tarnya Kruger for The La Gerche Walking Track
• 1998: Mary Ryllis Clark for Discover Historic Victoria

Best Exhibit or Multimedia

• 2011: The Jewish Museum of Australia for Mameloshn: How Yiddish made a home in Melbourne.

Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia

In 2011 Best Exhibit and Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia were combined as a category. See above.

• 2010: Keith White & Will Twycross for Visions of Port Phillip: The Burrells of Arthur's Seat 1851-1925
• 2009: Bendigo Chinese Association Museum Inc trading as Golden Dragon Museum for Creating a Community Museum
• 2008: Malcolm McKinnon and The Victorian Country Football League for Football Stories from Country Victoria
• 2007: Landsborough Festivals Inc for From Gold to Grapes: The Story of Landborough
• 2005: The Euston/Robinvale Historical Society Inc for Happy Birthday Robinvale
• 2004: James McCaughey, Red Finch Films for The First Eleven: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England (Video)
• 2003: Lakes Entrance Family History Resource Centre for Casting the Net – Pioneer Fishing Families of the Gippsland Coast
• 2002: Geoff Russell for Sir John Quick and Bendigo's ANA
• 2001: Lilydale & District Historical Society for Melba - Australia's Greatest Daughter
• 2000: Bronwyn Hughes (Author), Laki Sideris (Developer) and Tim Dolby (Producer) for Lights of our Past: Australian Stained Glass
• 1999: Timothy Lee for Wally's Weddings/The Bush Smithy

Best Exhibit / Display

In 2011 Best Exhibit and Best Audio-Visual / Multimedia were combined as a category. See above.

• 2010: Janine Rizzetti (Heidelberg Historical Society) for An Invitation to the Ball
• 2009: Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society for The Navy in Port Exhibition: A month of celebration for the centenary of the Great White Fleet visit
• 2008: Robinvale Network House for Migration Memories - Robinvale
• 2007: Victorian Jazz Archive Inc. for Jazz Spans the Decades – A History of Jazz in Victoria
• 2005: David Williams for Harvests, Headlands & Halcyon Heritage
• 2004: Jointly organised by the Warrnambool Art Gallery and the Warrnambool and District Historical Vehicle Club. Curated by Brenda O'Connor for Early Motoring in Warrnambool
• 2003: Melbourne's Living Museum of the West for A Stone Upon A Stone: A Touring Exhibition about the History and Heritage of Dry Stone Walls
• 2002: Laharum Hall Committee for Federation Mural: History of Laharum
• 2001: Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo for Showing Face
• 2000: Tatura and District Australia Day 2000 Committee for Tatura Collage Columns
• 1999: Jan Mitchell for Baywalk Bollards Project
• 1998: Mr Russell Jack - Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum

Special awards

• 2011: Judges' Special Prize for Excellence - Gregory Eccleston and others for Early Navigators of Bass Strait, 1770-1803. (Map)
• 2010: Award to Celebrate 175th Melbourne Anniversary - Bain Attwood for Possession: Batman's Treaty and the matter of history
• 2009: Judges' Special Prize for Excellence - Paul R Mullaly for Crime in the Port Phillip District 1835-51