![]() ![]() ![]() ‘This beautifully written book is ultimately a revelation, showing that the influence of archaeology on the Australian consciousness has been far greater than anyone could have guessed.’Īccepting the award, Griffiths said: ‘I wanted to write this book to help change the conversation that we’ve been having about Australian history-to deepen our understanding of the history of this continent’. Judges said Deep Time Dreaming ‘fills a critical gap in our understanding of Australia’. Griffiths’ book was also jointly awarded the $40,000 Douglas Stewart Prize for nonfiction, alongside Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay and Disaster (Text). Griffiths’ history of Australian archaeology investigates the ‘twin revolutions’ of ‘the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the twentieth century, and the uncovering of the traces of ancient Australia’. ![]() Winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 29 April.ĭeep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, by writer and historian Billy Griffiths (Black Inc.), was awarded the $10,000 Book of the Year prize. ![]()
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