THE WILLIAMS/LEE STEERE HISTORY PRIZE

Information about the Williams and Lee Steere essay prize for 2024 is available below.

Prizes awarded for 2024:

Winner: Dorothy Erickson, Inspired by light & land : designers and makers in Western Australia 1970 to the 21st Century. Western Australian Museum, 2023.

Commendation:  Allen Graham, Inns and outs of Fremantle : a social history of Fremantle and its hotels from 1829-1929 : Part 1: early Fremantle hotels 1829-1856. Exlibris, 2023.

Prizes awarded for 2023:

Winner: JMR Cameron, Before Gold: the Northampton Mineral District 1846-1880. A narrative account of mining in colonial Western Australia pre 1880 with a focus on the Northampton districts lead and copper. Hesperian Press, 2023.

Commendations

• McLaren, Glen, Siren Song: a history of thoroughbred racing in Western Australia, Osborne Park, Racing and Wagering Western Australia, 2022.
• Kalamunda and Districts Historical Society, Foothills Focus: an oral history of the early settlers in the Kalamunda Foothills, KSHS, 2022.