National Biography Award Winners

The National Biography Award was established in 1996. It is open to Australian citizens and permanent residents who have published a work of biography ...more

Winners

	Truganini by Cassandra Pybus 4.14 avg rating — 633 ratings National Biography Award (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon by Patrick Mullins 4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings National Biography Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani 3.92 avg rating — 7,929 ratings National Biography Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett 4.13 avg rating — 91 ratings National Biography Award (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before Rupert: Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty by Tom D.C. Roberts 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings National Biography Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mannix by Brenda Niall 4.31 avg rating — 45 ratings National Biography Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unsentimental Bloke, the life and work of C.J. Dennis by Philip Butterss 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings National Biography Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer by Alison Alexander 3.32 avg rating — 90 ratings National Biography Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings National Biography Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Many Worlds of R.H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian Anthropologist by Martin Edward Thomas 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings National Biography Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin by Alasdair McGregor 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings National Biography Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manning Clark: A Life by Brian Matthews really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings National Biography Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I am Melba by Ann Blainey 3.55 avg rating — 42 ratings National Biography Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Few Lines - A Convict Story : The Lost Lives of Myra and William Sykes by Graham Seal liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings National Biography Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Napoleon: The Path to Power by Philip G. Dwyer 3.99 avg rating — 388 ratings National Biography Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East of Time by Jacob G. Rosenberg 4.10 avg rating — 52 ratings National Biography Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays by John Hughes 2.82 avg rating — 17 ratings National Biography Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy in the Green Suit : An Innocent Abroad in the Middle East by Robert Hillman 3.43 avg rating — 96 ratings National Biography Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession by Barry Hill 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings National Biography Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose Boys by Peter Rose 3.92 avg rating — 50 ratings National Biography Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM by Don Watson 4.29 avg rating — 449 ratings National Biography Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A certain style: Beatrice Davis, a literary life by Jacqueline Kent 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings National Biography Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamtime Alice by Mandy Sayer 3.81 avg rating — 134 ratings National Biography Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	M : The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb 3.94 avg rating — 6,592 ratings National Biography Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snake Cradle (Snake Dreaming: Autobiography of a Black Woman, #1) by Roberta B. Sykes 3.93 avg rating — 147 ratings National Biography Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World of My Past by Abraham H. Biderman 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings National Biography Award (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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	Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons 4.11 avg rating — 340 ratings National Biography Award Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach 4.64 avg rating — 1,515 ratings National Biography Award Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Max by Alex Miller 3.94 avg rating — 130 ratings National Biography Award Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Bright Moon by Andrew Kwong 4.47 avg rating — 514 ratings National Biography Award Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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