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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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