Appendix G
Discretionary grants
Ian Maclean Award
Mr Bruce Smith, the 2004 Ian Maclean Award holder, completed research on business archives. Mr Smith focused on improving the base upon which acquisition decisions can be made and identifying types of records which should be targeted for collection.
The 2005 Ian Maclean Award winner is Dr Nikki Henningham. Dr Henningham will receive a stipend of $13 880 to locate and improve access to records relating to the experience of migrant women in Australia.
The Ian Maclean Award aims to provide an individual with a paid opportunity to conduct research that will benefit the archival profession. The award name commemorates the contribution of Ian Maclean, 1919–2003, who worked as an archivist at federal, state and international levels for 50 years.
Margaret George Award
Two winners for the inaugural Margaret George Award were announced. Dr Nicole Moore was awarded $6 265 to assist her research on Australian literature censorship in the 20th century. Dr Christina Twomey was awarded $8 708 to undertake research on Australian civilians interned by the Japanese in World War II.
The Margaret George Award provides an opportunity for emergent historians to undertake scholarly use of the Archives’ collection. The award is named after a young Australian historian whose research was published after her premature death in 1980.
Frederick Watson Fellowship
The Archives awarded its fifth Frederick Watson Fellowship to internationally renowned novelist and essayist Frank Moorhouse. The stipend of $11 000 granted under the award allowed Mr Moorhouse to research the history and evolving role of the Commonwealth Literary Fund, which assisted many of the established names in Australian writing.
The Frederick Watson Fellow and the Margaret George Award-holders gave staff and public lectures during their tenure and were invited to contribute to the Archives’ website.
Community Heritage Grants
The Archives joined with the National Library of Australia, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Australian Film Commission and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs to fund the 11th round of the Community Heritage Grants. The Archives contributed $40 000 towards the grant pool. This year 55 grants were awarded – the highest number since the inception of the program – with a total value of $201 745.
For small community-based cultural organisations, an invaluable part of the Community Heritage Grants is the two-day preservation, digitisation and archival methods workshop jointly hosted by the National Archives and National Library.
Summer scholars
In January 2005, the winners of the Archives’ Summer Scholarships, Damien Williams from the University of Melbourne and Catherine Mann from University of Sydney, began their six-week research project at the Archives in Canberra. The Archives covered their travel expenses, accommodation at an Australian National University college, taxi fares to and from the airports and a weekly stipend of $300 for six weeks. The scholars undertook designated research projects. They presented their findings through papers and lectures to Archives’ staff. Both scholars gained an in-depth understanding of the national collection and archival research methodology.