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The Institute has three annual awards, the Alexander
Henderson Award, the President's
Award
and the Manuscript Award
, each of which comprises a certificate and a trophy. The winners
and place getters are announced at the Presentation Dinner, which
is usually held in Melbourne on the last Friday in May. Other entrants
receive a commemorative certificate.
Entries from previous years may be inspected at the Institute's
Library during opening times.
THE
ALEXANDER HENDERSON AWARD
Alexander Henderson (1883-1968) was one of a number of dedicated persons
who laid the foundations of genealogical studies in Victoria. He compiled
and published the two great genealogical resources, Australian Families
(1936) and Pioneer Families of Victoria and the Riverina (1941).
His last great work was The Liber Melburniensis centenary edition,
the history of Melbourne Grammar School (1963).
The Institute honours the memory of
this respected genealogist with the Alexander Henderson Award, which is
presented to the person(s) producing, in the opinion of the Institute, the
best Australian family history published in
Australia and submitted for the award.
Strong emphasis is placed on a pre-Australian component.
The winners and place getters are announced at the
Alexander Henderson Award Presentation Dinner, which is usually held in
Melbourne on the last Friday in May. Other entrants receive a commemorative
certificate.
Entries from previous years may be inspected at the Institute's Library
during opening times.
For a list of Awards and Entrants for 2007, please
click here
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Conditions of Entry
An entry must be submitted, with the entry form, to the Awards
Coordinator by 30th November. Selection and presentation of the Award will
be made before August of the following year.
Each entry submitted will remain the property of the Institute and will
become part of the Institute's Library collection, after judging. A special
label indicating that it was an Award entry will be inserted in the front
of the book.
An entry must be in a recognised book form with paperback or hard covers,
and be of an edition with two or more copies. It must include an index and
a bibliography.
An entry need not have been published during the calendar year of entering,
but must not have been previously considered by the judges, unless in the
form of a new edition.
An author may submit more than one title in any year, using separate entry
forms.
The Institute has the right to publicise entries by title, and to publish
comments made by the judges.
The decision of the judging panel will be final, subject to the endorsement
by the Institute Council, before public announcement of the Award winner.
For an Entry Form for the Alexander Henderson Award,
please click here
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The Judges
The Award will be determined by an independent judging panel
of at least three persons, appointed each year by the Institute Council.
The judging panel will consist of at least one of each of the following:
• A genealogist or person experienced
in genealogical research.
• A qualified librarian or teacher.
• An historian or compiler of historical or archival
material.
No member of the judging panel may be a member of the family
of an entrant.
What the judges look for:
Guidelines
The Award is judged under the following criteria.
Objectives & Research
- The scope and planning – what is the objective
of the family history?
- Organisation and research – evidence of detailed
and thorough research.
- A researched pre-Australian component.
- Did work achieve objectives?
- Potential interest - family or broader?
Content
These are critical to the document
- Title page , full title, author, publisher, location
and date. Reverse title page, ISBN number, copyright statement, edition,
reprints.
- Table of contents.
- Footnotes/Endnotes providing source references
and locations.
- Genealogical tables/charts linked to text.
- Maps, where appropriate with source.
- Bibliography, linked to text.
- Comprehensive Index.
- Acknowledgements and appropriate recognition of
copyright (www.copyright.org.au) and respect of privacy (www.privacy.gov.au).
Presentation
- Layout - page numbering, style and syntax and organisation
into Chapters
- Format - easy to read.
- Has good use been made of material?
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