The Barbara Ramsden Award was administered by
Fellowship of Australian Writers and awarded annually to an author and editor in recognition of the efforts of both parties to produce a quality fiction or non-fiction book. The winners receive a memorial plaque. It was established in 1971 and was awarded annually until 1992. It was reestablished in 2006 with sponsorship from Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc.[1] The award was named after Australian editor
Barbara Ramsden (1903–1971).[2] It was cancelled in 2016.[3]
Award winners
1971
Michael Cannon (author) and Sue Ebury (editor) for Who's Master? Who's Man? (Nelson)
1972
J. A. La Nauze (author) and Janet Mackenzie (editor) for The Making of the Australian Constitution (Melbourne University Press)
1973
C. M. H. Clark (author) and Carol Bram (editor) for A History of Australia, Volume 3, (Melbourne University Press)
Dorothy Green (author) and Shirley Purchase (editor) for Ulysses Bound : Henry Handel Richardson and Her Fiction (Australian National University Press[3]
Mary Rose Liverani (author) and Sue Ebury (editor) for The Winter Sparrows (Thomas Nelson)
1977
Harry Gordon (author) and Jennifer Cunningham (editor) for An Eyewitness History of Australia (Rigby)[5]
1978
Alexander Turnbull Yarwood (author) and Carol Bram (editor) for Samuel Marsden: The Great Survivor (Melbourne University Press)[6]
1979
Manning Clark for A History of Australia, Volume IV (Melbourne University Press)
1980
Oskar Spate (author) and Patricia Croft (editor) for The Spanish Lake, (Australian National University Press)[7]
1981
A. W. Martin (author) and Wendy Sutherland (editor) for Henry Parkes: A Biography (Melbourne University Press)[8]
1982
Gavin Souter (author) and Wendy Sutherland (editor) for Company of Heralds: A century and a half of Australian publishing by John Fairfax Limited and its predecessors, 1831–1981 (Melbourne University Press)
Kim Kane (author) and Elise Jones (editor) for Pip : The Story of Olive (Allen and Unwin)[3]
2009
Alasdair McGregor (author) and Nicola Young (editor) for Grand Obsessions : The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin (Lantern)[3]
2010
Kristel Thornell (author) and Clara Finlay (editor) for Night Street (Allen and Unwin)[3]
2011
Jennifer Gall (editor) for In Bligh's Hand : Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty (National Library of Australia)[3]
2012
Neil Grant (author) and Jodie Webster (editor) for The Ink Bridge (Allen and Unwin)[3]
2013
Felicity Volk (author) and Emma Rafferty (editor) for Lightning (Pan Macmillan)[3]
2014
Jenny Hocking (author) and Susan Keogh (editor) for Gough Whitlam : His Time, Volume 2 (Melbourne University Publishing)[3]
2015
Craig Munro (author) and Julia Carlomagno (editor) for Under Cover : Adventures in the Art of Editing (Scribe)[3]