Student Prizes and Medals

These prizes are determined at the Department’s examination meeting at the end of the second semester. All prizes, unless stated otherwise, are decided on the basis of students’ performance in their History Units of Study. Submissions for the essay prize, however, may be made either by students themselves, or by tutors and lecturers. Please e-mail for further information.

Junior Prizes (First Year)

George Arnold Wood Memorial Prize for History I
Cash Award: $110
Usually awarded to the single best student in a first year course.

• 2008: Johanna Gibson
• 2007: James Christie
• 2006: Joseph Cole
• 2005: Mitchell Baer
• 2004: Emma Torzillo and Luke Heffernan
• 2003: Sarah Hambly and Edward Cohen

George Vari Prize in Medieval and Early Historical Studies
Cash Award: $50
In alternate years, usually given to the best student in first year Middle Ages or Early Modern Medieval Studies.

• 2008: Josephine Jun Kin Seto and Catherine Blake
• 2005: Sarah Kaine
• 2004: Vanessa Crosby
• 2003: David Cunningham

A.E. (Tony) Cahill History Prize
Cash Award: $250
Established in 2004 by friends, former students, colleagues and members of the family of Mr. A.E. (Tony) Cahill, who was a member of the History Department from 1963-1998. Awarded annually to the best first year student in Late Modern European History.

• 2008: Sophie Barrow, Sarah-Jane Cartwright and Hugh Lars Storlien
• 2007: David Thompson and Jessica Andrews
• 2006: Madeleine Darcy and Robert Chiarella
• 2005: Michael Mendell and David Primrose
• 2004: Shane Greentree

Senior Prizes (Second and Third Years)

Maud Stiles Memorial Prize in Senior History
Cash Award: $125
Usually awarded to the best female student in History.

• 2008: Alexandra Connie Robinson
• 2007: Stephanie Mawson and Naomi Hart
• 2006: Trieste Corby and Jane Taylor
• 2005: Alice Lam and Natasha Wheatley
• 2004: Alice Lam and Emily Pollnitz
• 2003: Heather McIntyre

George Arnold Wood Memorial Prize for History II
Cash Award: $110
Usually awarded to best performing student in second year courses.

• 2008: Zoe Fitzgerald
• 2007: Robert Chiarella
• 2006: Naomi Hart and Chris Croke
• 2005: Sophia Loy-Wilson and David Earl
• 2004: Edward S. Cohen
• 2003: Lucy Kaldor

G.S. Caird Scholarship in History II
Cash Award: $650
Usually awarded to the best second year student who is proceeding to History III (Hons.; ie., has to be in 2901/2902 or 2691).

• 2008: Angela Margaret Evans
• 2007: Isobelle Barrett Meyering
• 2006: Naomi Hart
• 2005: Natasha Wheatley and Alex Skinner
• 2004: Alice Lam and David E. Cunningham
• 2003: Altin Gavranovic and Katharine Blake

Sydney University Arts Association Prize in History III
Cash Award: $100
History awards this Prize in even years; English in odd years (usually best student in Hons. III; taking at least 2 3000 level courses and 1 2000 level).

• 2008: Christopher James Beshara
• 2006: David Earl and Karol Florek
• 2004: Heather Austin McIntyre

Isabel M. King Memorial Prize for History III
Cash Award: $50
Usually awarded to most proficient student in Hons. III; taking at least 2 3000 level courses and 1 2000 level course).

• 2008: Anna Grunseit
• 2007: Isobel Barrett Meyering
• 2006: Jack Sexton and Philippa Macaskill
• 2005: Owen Cooper and Philippa Hetherington
• 2004: Altin Gavranovic
• 2003: Hilbert Chiu

J.H.M. Nolan Memorial Prize for Proficiency in History
Cash Award: $110
Usually awarded to the student at Level Two showing the most promise, or to the best student in 2nd year Honours (2901/2902, 2691).

• 2008: Hannah Martin
• 2007: Julia Bowes and Tess Mierendorff
• 2006: Alix Baumgartner and Lydia Connell
• 2005: Jack Sexton
• 2004: Poppy Bourne and Heather A. McIntyre
• 2003: Emily Pollnitz

Helen Newborn Bennet Memorial Prize for History III
Cash Award: $100
For best essay in a senior Unit of Study

• 2008: Ellen Kathleen Stephens
• 2007: Louise Beange
• 2006: Natasha Wheatley
• 2005: Alice Lam
• 2004: David Rylance
• 2003: Agnieszka Sobocinska and Rebecca Simmons

History IV (Honours)

University Medal

• 2008: Christopher Croke, Naomi Hart
• 2007: Jamie Miller, Natasha Wheatley, Jane Taylor
• 2006: Philippa Hetherington
• 2005: Heather McIntyre, Emily Pollnitz, Altin Gavranovic

Ernest Bramsted Prize for Modern or Medieval European History
Cash Award: $180

• 2008: Angus Courtney and Penelope Nash
• 2007: Natasha Wheatley
• 2006: James Robertson
• 2005: Katharine Blake and Craig Lundy
• 2004: Katherine Colleran and Patricia Leehy
• 2003: Nicholas Gordon

The Philippe Erdos Prize in History
Cash Award: $600
To best 4th year thesis provided the student has not won other prizes

• 2008: Naomi Hart
• 2007: Jane Taylor
• 2006: Philippa Hetherington
• 2005: Emily Pollnitz
• 2004: Hilbert Chiu
• 2003: Alecia Simmonds

Charles Trimby Burfitt Prize for the Study of Australian History Prior to 1900
Cash Award: $135

• 2008: Isobelle Barrett Meyering
• 2007: Vasudha Sathanapally and Kathryn Ticehurst
• 2006: Emma D'Arcy
• 2005: Heather McIntyre
• 2004: Alana Piper
• 2003: Jemima Mowbray

Charles Brunsdon Fletcher Prize for Pacific History
Cash Award: $165

• 2008: Emma Ede
• 2007: Jamie Miller
• 2006: Felicity Errington
• 2005: Matthew Rudd
• 2004: Oliver Jones
• 2003: Lila Oldmeadow

Aisling Society of Sydney Prize for an Essay on Irish or Irish-Australian History
Cash Award: $150
Student enrolled in senior courses in either Celtic Studies or History

• 2008: Michael Coward
• 2007: Anne Hanley and Christopher Mason
• 2006: Evan Ellis
• 2005: Daniel Hill
• 2004: Melissa Markauskas
• 2003: Juliet Dewar