2012 in Australian literature
Award Category Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction James Boyce 1835 : The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia Black Inc
Children 's Book of the Year Award Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch One Small Island : The Story of Macquarie Island Penguin Group
Davitt Award True crime Liz Porter Cold Case Files : Past crimes solved by new forensic science Pan Macmillan
National Biography Award Martin Thomas The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews : In Search of an Australian Anthropologist Allen & Unwin
Prime Minister 's Literary Awards Non-fiction Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity : The Live of Manning Clark Melbourne University Publishing
New South Wales Premier 's Literary Awards Non-fiction Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity : The Live of Manning Clark Melbourne University Publishing
New South Wales Premier 's History Awards Australian History Russell McGregor Indifferent Inclusion : Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation Aboriginal Studies Press
New South Wales Premier 's History Awards Community and Regional History Deborah Beck Set in Stone : A History of the Cell Block Theatre UNSW Press
New South Wales Premier 's History Awards General History Tim Bonyhady Good Living Street : The Fortunes of My Viennese Family Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier 's History Awards Young People 's Stephanie Owen Reeder Amazing Grace : An Adventure at Sea National Library of Australia
Queensland Literary Awards Non-fiction Robin De Crespigny The People Smuggler Penguin Group
Queensland Literary Awards History Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth : How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier 's Literary Award Non-fiction Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth : How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier 's Book Awards Non-fiction Roger Averill ( author ) Exile : The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz Transit Lounge
Western Australian Premier 's Book Awards Western Australian history edited by Anne Scrimgeour ; transcribed and translated by Barbara Hale , Mark Clendon Kurlumarniny : We come from the Desert Aboriginal Studies Press
Awards and honours -- Non-Fiction
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2012.