Dromkeen Medal

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Country Australia		Official website SLV - Dromkeen Medal
Awarded for outstanding achievement in the advancement of Australian children's and young adult literature Presented by State Library of Victoria since 2013 First awarded 1982; 35 years ago (1982)

The Dromkeen Medal is a literary prize awarded annually by the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation for those who have advanced children's literature in Australia. The State Library of Victoria has presented the Dromkeen Medal since 2013.

List of prize winners

1982 Lu Rees AM

1983 Maurice Saxby AM

1984 Patricia Wrightson OBE

1985 Anne Bower Ingram OAM

1986 Albert Ullin OAM

1987 Joan Phipson AM

1988 Patricia Scott AM

1989 Robert Ingpen AM

1990 Mem Fox AM

1991 Robin Klein

1992 Julie Vivas

1993 Alf Mappin

1994 Agnes Nieuwenhuizen

1995 Jennifer Rowe

1996 Belle Alderman AM

1997 Colin Thiele AC

1998 Graeme Base

1999 Barbara Ker Wilson AM

2000 Paul Jennings AM

2001 Julie Watts

2002 Ann James

2003 Ivan Southall AM

2004 Margaret Dawn Hamilton AM

2005 Roland Harvey

2006 Walter McVitty AM

2007 Patricia Edgar AM

2008 Ruth Park AM

2009 Bronwyn Bancroft

2010 Shaun Tan

2011 Libby Gleeson AM

2012 Patricia Mullins

2014 Helen Chamberlin

2015 Andy Griffiths

2016 Alison Lester

References

Dromkeen Medal Wikipedia

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