The Award honours Miss Margaret Medcalf OAM, Western Australia’s second State Archivist, for her important contribution to the development of archives in Western Australia.
The State Records Office is pleased to announce that the following works have been shortlisted for the 2024 Award:
Too Far Out: An administrative history of the Ngaanyatjarra homelands (book) by Max Angus
Before Gold: The Northampton Mineral District 1846-1880 (book) by James Cameron
The utility of historical records for hazard analysis in an area of marginal cyclone influence (article) by Joseph Christensen, Adam Switzer, Joanna Aldridge, et al.
Locked up in Fremantle 1829 to 1856: Prisoners and patients on the ‘Marquis of Anglesea’ and in the Round House (book) by Steve Errington
Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains (book) by Paul Grace.
Women in the Court: An examination of women’s trials heard in the Court of Quarter Sessions and the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 1830 - 1890 (PhD Thesis) by Caroline Ingram
Racial Punishment from Slavery to Settler Colonialism: John Picton Beete in Demerara and Swan River (article) by Jane Lydon
Forced Labour, Indenture and Convict Transportation: A Case Study of the Western Australian Pastoral Industry 1830-50 (article) by Jeremy Martens
Tell the Truth Rottnest Island (online article) by Simon Meath / ‘Rottnest Blondie’.
The winner will be announced at an Awards ceremony in August 2024.
For further information about the Award contact us via sro@sro.wa.gov.au(link sends email).
