Book awards: CBCA Book of the YearWorks (157)| Titles | Order | | The story of Karrawingi, the emu by Leslie Rees | Book of the Year, 1946 | | Shackleton's Argonauts by Frank Hurley | Book of the Year, 1948 | | Whalers of the midnight sun;: A story of modern whaling in the Antarctic. Illustrated with woodcuts by Charles Pont by Alan John Villiers | Book of the Year, 1950 | | Verity of Sydney Town by Ruth C. Williams | Book of the Year, 1951 | | The Australia Book by Eve Pownall | Book of the Year, 1952 | | Aircraft of today and tomorrow by James Henry Martin | Book of the Year, 1953 | | Good Luck to the Rider by Joan Phipson | Book of the Year, 1953 | | Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker | Book of the Year, 1954 | | The First Walkabout by Norman B. Tindale | Book of the Year, 1955 | | The Crooked Snake by Patricia Wrightson | Book of the Year, 1956 | | The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales. by Enid Moodie Heddle | Book of the Year, 1957 | | Piccaninny Walkabout: A Story of Two Aboriginal Children by Axel Poignant | Picture Book, 1958 | | Tiger in the bush by Nan Chauncy | Book of the Year, 1958 | | Devil's Hill by Nan Chauncy | Book of the Year, 1959 | | All the Proud Tribesmen by Kylie Tennant | Book of the Year, 1960 | | Tangara by Nan Chauncy | Book of the Year, 1961 | | The Racketty Street Gang by Leonard Herbert Evers | Book of the Year, 1962 | | The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson | Book of the Year, 1963 | | Green Laurel by Eleanor Spence | Book of the Year, 1964 | | Hugh's Zoo by Elisabeth MacIntyre | Picture Book, 1965 | | Pastures of the blue crane by Hesba Brinsmead | Book of the Year, 1965 | | Ash Road by Ivan Southall | Book of the Year, 1966 | | The Min-Min by Mavis Thorpe Clark | Book of the Year, 1967 | | To the wild sky by Ivan Southall | Book of the Year, 1968 | | Sly Old Wardrobe by Ivan Southall | Picture Book, 1969 | | When Jays Fly to Barbmo by Margaret Balderson | Book of the Year, 1969 | | Uhu by Annette Macarthur-Onslow | Book of the Year, 1970 | | Bread and Honey by Ivan Southall | Book of the Year, 1971 | | Waltzing Matilda by A. B. Paterson | Picture Book, 1971 | | Longtime Passing by Hesba Brinsmead | Book of the Year, 1972 | | Family at The Lookout by Noreen Shelley | Book of the Year, 1973 | | The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek by Jenny Wagner | Picture Book, 1974 | | The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson | Book of the Year, 1974 | | The man from Ironbark : poem by A. B. Paterson | Picture Book, 1975 | | Fly West by Ivan Southall | Book of the Year, 1976 | | The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey | Picture Book, 1976 | | The October Child by Eleanor Spence | Book of the Year, 1977 | | The Ice Is Coming by Patricia Wrightson | Book of the Year, 1978 | | John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Wagner | Picture Book, 1978 | | The Plum-Rain Scroll by Ruth Manley | Book of the Year, 1979 | | The Quinkins by Percy Trezise | Picture Book, 1979 | | Displaced Person by Lee Harding | Book of the Year, 1980 | | One Dragon's Dream by Peter Pavey | Picture Book, 1980 | | Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park | Book of the Year, 1981 | | Rummage by Christobel Mattingley | Junior, 1982 | | Sunshine by Jan Ormerod | Picture Book, 1982 | | The Valley Between by Colin Thiele | Book of the Year, 1982 | | Master of the Grove (Puffin Books) by Victor Kelleher | Book of the Year, 1983 | | Thing by Robin Klein | Junior Book, 1983 | | Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen | Picture Book, 1983 | | Bernice knows best by Max Dann | Junior Book, 1984 | | Bertie And The Bear by Pamela Allen | Picture Book, 1984 | | A Little Fear by Patricia Wrightson | Book of the Year, 1984 | | Something Special by Emily Rodda | Junior Book, 1985 | | The True Story of Lilli Stubeck by James Aldridge | Book of the Year, 1985 | | Arkwright (Young Hylander) by Mary Steele | Junior Book, 1986 | | Felix and Alexander by Terry Denton | Picture Book, 1986 | | The Green Wind by Thurley Fowler | Book of the Year, 1986 | | All We Know by Simon French | Older Readers, 1987 | | Kojuro and the Bears by Junko Morimoto | Picture Book, 1987 | | Pigs might fly by Emily Rodda | Younger Readers, 1987 | | Crusher is Coming by Bob Graham | Picture Book, 1988 | | My Place by Nadia Wheatley | Younger Readers, Eve Pownall Award, 1988 | | So Much to Tell You by John Marsden | Older Readers, 1988 | | The Best-Kept Secret by Emily Rodda | Younger Readers, 1989 | | Beyond the Labyrinth by Lian Hearn | Older Readers, 1989 | | Drac and the Gremlin (Picture Puffin) by Allan Baillie | Picture Book, 1989 | | The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base | Picture Book, 1989 | | Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein | Older Readers, 1990 | | Pigs and Honey by Jeanie Adams | Younger Readers, 1990 | | The Very Best of Friends by Margaret Wild | Picture Book, 1990 | | Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda | Younger Readers, 1991 | | Greetings from Sandy Beach by Bob Graham | Picture Book, 1991 | | Strange Objects by Gary Crew | Older Readers, 1991 | | The House Guest by Eleanor Nilsson | Older Readers, 1992 | | The magnificent nose and other marvels by Anna Fienberg | Younger Readers, 1992 | | Window by Jeannie Baker | Picture Book, 1992 | | The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher | Younger Readers, 1993 | | Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta | Older Readers, 1993 | | Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten by Bob Graham | Picture Book, 1993 | | Tjarany Roughtail: The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories told by the Kukatja by Gracie Green | Eve Pownall Award, 1993 | | Angel's Gate by Gary Crew | Older Readers, 1994 | | First Light by Gary Crew | Picture Book, 1994 | | The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody | Older Readers, 1994 | | Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda | Younger Readers, 1994 | | V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals by Patricia Mullins | Eve Pownall Award, 1994 | | Alternative pets : from budgies and yabbies to rabbits and rats by Robin E. Stewart | Eve Pownall Award, 1995 | | Ark in the Park (Redfeather Book) by Wendy Orr | Younger Readers, 1995 | | Foxspell by Lian Hearn | Older Readers, 1995 | | The Watertower by Gary Crew | Picture Book, 1995 | | The First Fleet: a new beginning in an old land by John Nicholson | Eve Pownall Award, 1996 | | The Hunt by Narelle Oliver | Picture Book, 1996 | | Pagan's Vows by Catherine Jinks | Older Readers, 1996 | | Swashbuckler by James Moloney | Younger Readers, 1996 | | A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove by James Moloney | Older Readers, 1997 | | Hannah Plus One by Libby Gleeson | Younger Readers, 1997 | | Killer Plants and How to Grow Them (Picture Puffin Fact Books) by Gordon Cheers | Eve Pownall Award, 1997 | | Not a Nibble! (Little Ark Book (Sydney, Australia).) by Elizabeth Honey | Picture Book, 1997 | | Eye to Eye by Catherine Jinks | Older Readers, 1998 | | A home among the gum trees: The story of Australian houses by John Nicholson | Eve Pownall Award, 1998 | | Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal | Younger Readers, 1998 | | The Two Bullies by Junko Morimoto | Picture Book, 1998 | | Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne | Older Readers, 1999 | | My Girragundji by Meme McDonald | Younger Readers, 1999 | | The Rabbits by John Marsden | Picture Book, 1999 | | 48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls | Older Readers, 2000 | | Fishing for Islands: Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific by John Nicholson | Eve Pownall Award, 2000 | | Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French | Younger Readers, 2000 | | Jenny Angel by Margaret Wild | Picture Book, 2000 | | Fox by Margaret Wild | Picture Book, 2001 | | Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece by Dyan Blacklock | Eve Pownall Award, 2001 | | Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd | Younger Readers, 2001 | | Wolf On The Fold by Judith Clarke | Older Readers, 2001 | | You'll Wake the Baby! by Catherine Jinks | Early Childhood, 2001 | | "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate by Bob Graham | Early Childhood, 2002 | | Forest by Sonya Hartnett | Older Readers, 2002 | | My dog by John Heffernan | Younger Readers, 2002 | | An ordinary day by Libby Gleeson | Picture Book, 2002 | | Papunya School book of country and history by Nadia Wheatley | Eve Pownall Award, 2002 | | I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak | Older Readers, 2003 | | In Flanders Fields by Norman Jorgensen | Picture Book, 2003 | | Iron in the blood : convicts and commandants in colonial Australia by Alan Tucker | Eve Pownall Award, 2003 | | Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson | Younger Readers, 2003 | | A Year on Our Farm by Penny Matthews | Early Childhood, 2003 | | Animal Architects by John Nicholson | Eve Pownall Award, 2004 | | Cat and fish by Neil Curtis | Picture Book, 2004 | | Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson | Younger Readers, 2004 | | Grandpa and Thomas by Pamela Allen | Early Childhood, 2004 | | Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta | Older Readers, 2004 | | Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester | Picture Book, 2005 | | The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer | Older Readers, 2005 | | To the Moon and Back by Jackie French | Eve Pownall Award, 2005 | | Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox | Early Childhood, 2005 | | Annie's Chair by Deborah Niland | Early Childhood, 2006 | | Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham | Younger Readers, 2006 | | Scarecrow army : the Anzacs at Gallipoli by Leon Davidson | Eve Pownall Award, 2006 | | The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley by Colin Thompson | Picture Book, 2006 | | The Story of Tom Brennan by J.C. Burke | Older Readers, 2006 | | Amy & Louis by Libby Gleeson | Early Childhood, 2007 | | The Arrival by Shaun Tan | Picture Book, 2007 | | Being Bee by Catherine Bateson | Younger Readers, 2007 | | The Penguin Book - Birds in Suits by Dr. Mark Norman | Eve Pownall Award, 2007 | | Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan | Older Readers, 2007 | | Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson | Younger Readers, 2008 | | The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett | Older Readers, 2008 | | Parsley Rabbit's Book About Books by Frances Watts | Eve Pownall Award, 2008 | | Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey | Early Childhood, 2008 | | Requiem for a Beast by Matthew Ottley | Picture Book, 2008 | | Alive in the Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival by Lincoln Hall | Eve Pownall Award, 2009 | | How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham | Younger Readers, 2009 | | Perry Angel's suitcase by Glenda Millard | Younger Readers, 2009 | | Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan | Older Readers, 2009 | | Australian Backyard Explorer by Peter Macinnis | Eve Pownall Award, 2010 | | Bear and Chook by the sea by Lisa Shanahan | Early Childhood, 2010 | | Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch | Younger Readers, 2010 | | The hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers | Picture Book, 2010 | | Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen | Older Readers, 2010 |
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