Dorothy Prescott Prize
The Dorothy Prescott Prize will be awarded to the author presenting the best paper, as judged by a panel appointed by the ANZMapS President, at each ANZMapS Conference from 2010 onwards.
Dorothy Prescott (OAM) is an Honorary Fellow at the School of Social and Environmental Enquiry, University of Melbourne, and received the Order of Australia in June 2003 for services to map librarianship and cartobibliography. She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Cartographers (MAIC), and was Eminent Spatial Scientist of the Year, awarded by the Spatial Sciences Institute (Victorian Division), 2004.
The certificate and prizemoney is to be awarded following each conference.
The prize consists of $250.00 and a certificate awarded to the author. The prize money will be sent to the winner once the winning paper:
- is submitted for publication to The Globe Editorial Committee,
- is corrected or amended by the winner as required by the editorial referees, and
- is accepted for publication in The Globe by the Editorial Committee.
The Dorothy Prescott Prize supercedes the Estelle Canning Memorial Prize, endowed by Victor and Dorothy Prescott, in memory of the Australian Map Circle’s Vice-President 1997-98, who passed away on 20 September 1999. The final Estelle Canning Memorial Prize was awarded in 2009.
Past winners, Estelle Canning Memorial Prize:
| Conference | Winner | Title of Paper | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra 2000 | Dianne Rutherford,Australian War Memorial, A.C.T. | “Captive Cartography: Map Production in Prisoner of War Camps in World War II” | The Globe no.50 |
| Hobart 2001 | Michael Ross, New Zealand | “The Mysterious Eastland Uncovered” | The Globe no.53as “The Mysterious Eastland Revealed” |
| Cairns 2002 | Ross Thomas, Queensland | “Robert Logan Jack’s Maps” | Not yet published |
| Sydney 2003 | Grant Kleeman, Macquarie University, N.S.W. | “Topographic Mapping Skills: the Classroom Challenge” | Not yet published |
| Hamilton NZ 2004 | Brendan Whyte, The University of Melbourne, Vic. | “Lettering or littering the landscape? Readymix, Guinness and a Grader” | The Globe no.55 as “The Diamond in the Desert: the Story of the giant Readymix Logo on the Nullarbor” |
| Melbourne 2005 | Amy Griffin,University of N.S.W. / Australian Defence Force Academy | “Can movement help map readers see clusters that move through space and over time?” | [Not yet published] |
| Perth 2006 | Karen Cook | “The Desired Blessing: Thomas John Maslen and the Map of Australia in his Friend of Australia” | The Globe no.61 as “Thomas John Maslen and ‘The Great River or Desired Blessing’ on his Map of Australia |