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.