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2013 National Museum of Australia Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History
The National Museum of Australia and the Academy’s National Committee for History and Philosophy of
2013 Prize winners with Dr Sue Meek
Science co-organise the biennial Mike Smith National Museum of Australia Student Prize for the History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History. The 2013 Prizes were awarded at the National Museum of Australia on 8 February 2013.
The judging panel for the 2013 Prize was delighted to present the first prize of $3000 to Christina Dyson of the University of Melbourne. Christina’s essay on Living fossils and mouth-watering stones: manipulating history in the post-WWII natural Australian plant garden was considered truly outstanding and provides a window into garden history which should be of interest even beyond garden history enthusiasts.
The panel was pleased this year to be able to award two runner-up prizes of $1000 each; to Sonya Duus of the Australian National University for her essay on Contesting coal: echoes through time, and Alessandro Antonello, also from the Australian National University, for his essay on Repelling the ‘assault on the unknown’: Australia and the International Geophysical Year in Antarctica.
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all who submitted essays.
