THE WILLIAMS/LEE STEERE HISTORY PRIZE

After due consideration it was decided not to offer the prize in 2025 because of the disruption caused by the Society’s move to new premises. The next Prize will therefore be awarded in 2026, encompassing publications in the period mid-2024 to mid-2026.

Prizes awarded in 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 in 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.