Annual Croker Prize for Biography |
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The Croker Prize for Biography is a great way to hone your writing skills and share your family history storiesThe 2020 Croker Prize for Biography is now open with the theme: My Most Elusive Ancestor. Entries close 31 May 2020. The Croker Prize for Biography is a wonderful opportunity for you to hone your writing skills, share your family history stories and demonstrate your research. It also enables the Society to showcase your work to assist other members with their research and writing. Entrants are to write a 800-1000 word biography on an individual, based on original research, which must be related to the selected annual theme. Entries are judged according to the following criteria: · Entries must relate to the identified theme. · Entries should be well written, informative and entertaining. · Entries must be logically organised with an introduction and conclusion, using good grammar and spelling. · Entries should demonstrate good genealogical research skills. Full terms and conditions are available here: CONDITIONS ABOUT The annual Croker Prize for Biography was established in 2014 in memory of Colin and Loas Croker, who thoroughly enjoyed visiting the Society to research their family trees. Through this annual prize, we acknowledge the very generous benefaction they left to us after their deaths. A different theme for the competition is set each year, which is announced in the March journal and on the website. Members can submit one entry each on that theme, with the winner chosen by a committee of former recipients and Society representatives. A cash prize of $1000 is awarded to the winner and their entry is published in the September issue of Descent. Click on each of the links below to read all of the 33 entries received for 2020. 2002_Alice Tracing the Thread.pdf 2004_The Unknown Soldier.doc.pdf 2005_Finding the Real Thomas Walsh.pdf 2007_The Riddle of the Sarahs.pdf 2008_A Master of Elusion - Thomas Nepean Gray.pdf 2010_James Connolly A Self Made Man.pdf 2011_The Tailor from Printing Office Street.pdf 2012_Are the Clues in the Tattoos.pdf 2013_A Ninety Year Mystery Solved.pdf 2014_My Most Elusive Ancestor.pdf 2016_Who Were You and Where Did You Go.pdf 2017_My Most Elusive Ancestor.pdf 2018_Francis Cotterill - Artist.pdf 2019_The 20 Year Search for James William Humphreys.pdf 2020_My Most Elusive Ancestor.pdf 2023_The Sad Story of Lieutenant Philip Connor.pdf 2024_Hiding in Plain Sight.pdf 2026_The Professor of Natural Philosophy.pdf 2027_Master Elusive Eliza - Opening Pandora's Box.pdf 2028_Orphan Girl in Mourning Dress.pdf 2029_Showdown at the Blue Bell Inn.pdf 2031_Elusive William Stockand.pdf 2033_But Names Will Never Hurt You.pdf All entries remain on the website for the current and previous year and are then transferred to the Society's digital archive system, where they will be found through the MIDAS catalogue. Use the link below to download and read entries for the previous two years. Previous Themes and Winners2019 – ‘A Woman of Influence’ – Winner Wendy Pryor - ‘The Indomitable Miss Jane Skillicorn’ 2018 - 'A life-changing experience' - Winner Patricia Smith - 'A double-edged sword' 2017 - 'A Tough Life' - Winner Kim Hatherly - A Boy from Shoreditch' 2016 - 'The Ancestor I most admire is ... ' - Winner Christine Collins - Dan's Legacy 2015 - 'My immigrant's story' - Winner Bob Wright - Granny Greenhalgh (2015 Board Prize & 2015 Members' Choice Prize) 2014 - 'The blackest sheep in my family's flock was ...' Winner Members's Choice Category - Bob Wright - Old Brine: Terror of the Richmond River (Brian O'Neil) Winner Board Category - Elizabeth Adams - Sailing Uncharted Waters - the wreck of Master Mariner William Whitfield. Image: Narrabeen Newport bus 1919, SAG Manuscript and Image Collection, Item 6/1338 |