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Dromkeen Medal
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Country Australia
Presented by State Library of Victoria since 2013
First awarded 1982; 42 years ago (1982)
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The Dromkeen Medal is a literary prize awarded annually by the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation for those who have advanced children's literature in Australia. The Medal was established by bookseller, Joyce Oldmeadow in 1982, and is named after the property, Dromkeen Homestead, near Riddell's Creek, Victoria which the Oldmeadow family purchased in 1973, and established as a children's literature museum.

The State Library of Victoria has presented the Dromkeen Medal since 2013.

List of medal winners

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Dromkeen Librarian's Award

In 1994 an annual award was created to recognise someone working in an Australian library setting "in recognition of the important role they play in introducing young people to literature and encouraging an enjoyment and love of reading."

1990s

  • 1994 Suzette Boyd
  • 1995 Debra Rosenfeldt
  • 1996 Bronwen Bennett
  • 1997 Jill McCallum
  • 1998 Juliana Bayfield
  • 1999 Miranda Harrowell

2000s

  • 2000 Suzanne Thwaites
  • 2001 Rita Fellows
  • 2002 Jenny Stubbs
  • 2003 Barbara Braxton
  • 2004 Margaret Catterrall
  • 2005 Margy Heuschele
  • 2006 Jennifer Grant
  • 2007 Jennifer Katauskas
  • 2008 Ruth Jones
  • 2009 Pam Macintyre

2010s

  • 2010 Suzy Wilson
  • 2011 Heather Heraud
  • 2012 Libby Ahern
  • 2014 Pam Saunders
  • 2015 Rosario Martinez
  • 2016 Sarah Steed
  • 2017 Megan Daley, Junior School Teacher Librarian at St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda, Queensland
  • 2018 Sue Wootton, Children's Support Officer at Eastern Regional Libraries (ERL)

See also

  • List of Australian children's literary awards
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