History Prizes

The Launceston Primary School History Prize for 2025 is open now and closes on 17 October.

Be in the running to win book vouchers from Petrarch’s Bookshop by becoming a history detective. Your mission is to choose a Tasmanian mystery from the past, gather clues, and uncover the story behind it.

Open to all students from Northern Tasmania in grades 3 – 6.

More information for 2025 is available here: https://launcestonhistory.org.au/activities/history-prize/

ALSO

The Marita Bardenhagen Memorial Award for Local History is in abeyance. It was a biennial prize acknowledging outstanding original research in the field of local history with significant Tasmanian content.

The 2021 winner was Jill Cassidy for her book Deviot Talks. She was awarded $1,500.